Cover Story: 'Family Place Libraries' come to Mahoning County

Family Place Library is a national model focused on early childhood development, parent support, and whole-family learning. There are over 500 such libraries in 32 different states that take part in this program.

Right now, there is a bill being discussed in the Ohio House that would require schools to show students a video that shows fetal development as early as in the third grade.

Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague is looking to change state law so that the state could accept bitcoin as payments . So far, 15 states are investing in this blockchain technology.

Some people swear by their chiropractor. People who have back problems sometimes go in for a few hands-on adjustments and manipulation of the human spine and then after a few sessions... they feel good as new.But did you know there are chiropractors who n

In the Catholic diocese, the feast day for St. Vincent de Paul was celebrated Saturday September 27th. It's a day when Catholics remember and celebrate someone important to their faith.In this case, St. Vincent de Paul was a pastor who was born in 1581. "

Cover Story: Food insecurity rates increase

Recently, BRITE energy and the Youngstown Business Incubator announced a formal partnership.It is an effort to spur entrepreneurship and increase the numbers of business start-ups throughout the Mahoning Valley. While new businesses have a ribbon-cutting

Cover Story - Canfield Fair: Focusing on 4H

It's been around for 123 years and its a staple at any county or local fair in Ohio and around the nation.We're talking about 4-H.And while the focus on 4-H for years has been local youth take part in farming and agriculture, it's grown into something muc

Cover Story: Utica Shale Boom Part II?

It's Sunday. Are you already worried about going to work tomorrow? A lot of people are these days and it's mostly the younger generation.

According to Caring.com's 2025 survey, an estimated 76% of Americans die without a will.

People can now take online classes offered by Green Flower through Kent State.

Have you ever been to an out of town wedding and thought something big was missing? Here in the Mahoning valley when you go to a wedding you expect and nice big cookie table. In today's cover story, Matt Stone takes a look into the history and tradition o

While the Mahoning Valley may have lost some important businesses over the years, like General Motors for instance, we've been able to welcome many new ones recently.

Over the last few weeks, The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, also known as YNDC, has broken ground for new homes to be built in three different communities.

While banks all over America seem to be changing names or get swallowed up by bigger banks, the Mahoning Valley has been home to a local bank that has called Canfield HOME for nearly 140 years. Farmers National Banks just recently unveiled the new headqua

Student loan borrowers are being alerted that their credit scores could soon suffer if they don't start making payments on their defaulted loans that the federal government started collecting again this month. According to the Department of Education some

You've probably know the cost of a college education is Extremely high these days, even at state funded universities. Faced with a huge load of college debt, more and more high school students are looking at other ways to earn a paycheck after graduation.

This month, Youngstown State University's student newspaper, The Jambar, placed first in Overall Excellence in the Ohio News Media Association's Collegiate Newspaper and Website Competition.

That 'Hello Fresh' survey found that 74% of the teachers surveyed said they see students come to school hungry.

Many of of us have faced a time of great trauma in our lives. Maybe you were in a serious car accident or perhaps you were a victim of a violent crime. Now imagine having to deal with those things multiple times a day. That's what our first responders do

It was 2019 when Reader's Digest named Columbiana the "nicest place in America." If you ask city leaders how they did it, they'll tell you they got started by listening to their businesses.

A new survey from Wallethub.com found that 90% of Americans think tipping in the U.S. has gotten out of hand.

Cover Story: The Youngstown Cookie Table Tradition