President Donald Trump and other GOP officials have largely avoided taking sides in the GM strike that threatens to upend the economy in election battleground Michigan.

The location opened in the late 80's and has been a favorite spot for ice cream lovers ever since.

General Motors' transition from gas-powered vehicles to an all-electric future is becoming an issue in contract talks aimed at ending a six-day-old strike by union workers that has paralyzed the company's factories.

A big rise in mass shooting tips poses challenge for police after gunmen kill 34 in California, Ohio and Texas.

Walmart to stop selling electronic cigarettes at its stores in the wake of string of deaths related to vaping.

The 1,600 page report will be independently reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

1 event near Area 51 pulls plug due to low attendance; second festival continues.

Boardman Police Chief Tod Werth told 21 News that they have made a couple arrests connected to the break-in.

Gov. Tom Wolf busied himself in the quiet Capitol over the summer with plans: paying for new voting machines, writing new charter school regulations, creating gun violence prevention programs and more.

According to the release, the groups challenge Niles Mayor Steven Mientkiewicz to bridge the gap between the communities of color in the area.

Police say the driver of the vehicle crashed into the brick guardrail.

Ohio's insurance fund for injured workers tells employers to watch their mailboxes as it prepares to send out dividend checks totaling around $1.5 billion.

The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda that flooded parts of Texas left at least two people dead and rescue crews scrambling to reach stranded drivers and families trapped in homes.

First calls came in around 12:30 a.m. after witnesses reported hearing shots near the 4100 block of Monticello Boulevard.

If you don't yet have your ticket for what's being billed as one of the Valley's biggest music events of the year, there's still time to get yours.

No one knows what to expect, but people are preparing for "Storm Area 51" in the remote Nevada desert.

Free medical services are available Saturday and Sunday in Youngstown.

The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport received nearly $1.3 million to make repairs and enhance safety. 

Kisling, Nestico and Redick donated thousands of books to Akron Children's Hospital in Boardman on Friday. 

Senator Sherrod Brown said that he introduced the Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2019 to reduce youth tobacco use by closing loopholes in the tax code that he says the tobacco industry has used to avoid regulation and taxes for their products.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced it will conduct an OVI checkpoint in Boardman tonight.

Around 30 people gathered at Wick Park in Youngstown today to take place in a global demonstration. 

Four people were taken to the hospital after a three-car crash in Youngstown Friday. 

A 14-year-old Girard student was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to "shoot up" the high school.

US health officials have revised a count of vaping-related illnesses, to 530 in 38 states.

Former New Castle Police officer Ronald Williams has been charged with deprivation of civil rights by a federal grand jury. 

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate remained stable in August, as payrolls rose to a record high.

The Pennsylvania State Police says it hopes to resume collecting data early next year on the race of drivers that troopers pull over after a news organization reported the practice ended seven years ago.

As the autoworkers strike against General Motors began day five, UAW members staged a support rally Friday outside the gates of the idled GM assembly plant in Lordstown on the roadway that happens to be named UAW Parkway. 

Austintown police were called to an accident Wednesday night which later lead to an alleged assault of a police officer.

According to Trumbull County dispatch, people that live within a one-mile radius of the gas well fire in Hartford Township can return to their homes.

A top United Auto Workers official reports many unresolved issues in talks with General Motors as both sides try to reach a deal to end a four-day strike.

Youngstown police are investigating a shooting and fire on the city's southside that sent two people to the hospital Thursday night.

The owner of a Trumbull County golf course says he can't believe someone stole a memorial dedicated to the memory of a former member who was murdered by her neighbor last year.

The operator a Warren business is telling police that a bogus check-cashing scheme left the company unable to make payroll.

Ohio's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly from July to August. 

Jewish leaders are preparing to discuss plans to commemorate the deadly shooting that killed 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue almost a year ago.

A third person has stepped forward with allegations against a former St. Joseph Warren Hospital employee already accused of sexually assaulting elderly patients.

General Motors is recalling more than 93,000 2015-2018 Chevrolet Trax models that may have steering issues posing a risk of crashing.

A Mahoning County judge has labeled an Akron man a Tier One sex officer for molesting a mentally impaired teen.

Liberty Township's Police chief and a fellow officer say they didn't do anything wrong when they investigated the death of a woman and are asking that a lawsuit filed against them be dismissed.

A Warren man who federal authorities say supplied a powerful opiate that caused an overdose death in Warren has been arrested on eight federal charges.

Pennsylvania State Police now say they believe a driver's medical emergency caused his pickup truck to crash through the front of the Dollar General store in Coolspring Township earlier this week.

The Ohio Republican Party is paying a $100,000 civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission for improperly funding a 2014 voter turnout database through a company tied to an ally of then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich. 

Police are investigating after a pickup truck crashed into a garage behind the Knights of Columbus building on Vienna Avenue in Niles.

Officials in Houston and surrounding communities say so far there have been no severe consequences as Tropical Depression Imelda deluged parts of Southeast Texas with rain.

Kirsti Manna of Poland graduated from Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music.

A Hermitage Bowling alley had to be evacuated Thursday night after a fire broke out near the buildings main entrance.

The week of September 23-27, Brookfield High School will join thousands of other school districts across the country to reduce social isolation. 

Sharon City School District Superintendent Michael Calla tells 21 News the district is taking "extra precautions" Friday after threats were allegedly made, and spread on social media. 

A special tribute will be paid to the military during a high school football game in the Valley Friday night. 

The Mahoning County OVI Task Force has announced it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Friday night.

The Niles Board of Education expects to vote on the status of Treasurer Lori Hudzik, currently on family medical leave, in less than two weeks.

A spokesperson for the McDonald Education Association reports that they have reached a tentative agreement with the McDonald Board of Education.

A woman who pleaded guilty for the role she played in a murder that happened in Youngstown in 2018 was sentenced Thursday. 

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A Trumbull County Grand Jury has indicted a former St. Joseph Warren Hospital employee on 11 sexual assault charges including rape. 

Route 82 in Trumbull County is open and flowing normally again Thursday afternoon.

O'Rourke will be visiting the Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Labor Council headquarters on North Main Street.

An assistant principal in Canfield Village Middle School has been suspended for two days without pay after failing to notify police of an alleged threat made by a student last week.

Heavy smoke could be seen throughout the area of East Georgia Street in Sebring from an industrial fire.

State election officials are reviewing about 1,000 more Ohio voter registrations that were flagged for cancellation during a recent purge to assure they weren't improperly deleted.

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Tokyo and Sydney logging moderate gains, after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year.

Agents from the FBI, the Violent Crimes Task Force, and SWAT team members searched at least two locations in Austintown Thursday morning.

Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that gutted one apartment and damaged several others in a multi-family complex on Youngstown's East Side.

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Akron Children’s Hospital has announced that plans are underway to expand its behavioral health services in the Mahoning Valley by the end of this year, and creating a new space on its campus for the programs.

A fire broke out at one of Rogers Flea Market and community's Pavilion.

More than 100 workers suddenly thrown out of a job when Lordstown's Vista Window company closed earlier this year will share in a $622,000 settlement from the company.

Firefighters were called out Thursday morning to put out flames that erupted on a tractor-trailer. The Mercer East End Fire Department was dispatched to the 18-mile marker of Interstate 80 where a wheel on the driver's side of a trailer hauling cardboard

A panel of state senators is hitting the road to gather input on how the broad reach of Facebook and Google impacts average Ohioans. 

People on Bermuda are getting ready for an expected close brush with Hurricane Humberto, a powerful Category 3 storm that caused authorities on the British Atlantic island to order early closings of schools, transportation and government offices Wednesday.

Tension at a Canfield School Board meeting ran over Wednesday night.

A local youth football team will play the rest of this season with some new and much-needed gear - all thanks to two Warren unions.

Westminster College is celebrating an 11.2 million dollar expansion on its campus with a groundbreaking ceremony. 

Niles income tax revenue increased by nearly $1 million in 2018 over the previous year, which city Treasurer Stephen Telego attributes to the work of the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA).

Some of the topics included alcohol, anxiety, teen pregnancy, and vaping.

There has reportedly been a non-specific threat by a Hilltop Elementary school student. 

Repairs at Kinsman Lake and the only road leading back to the Lakelands neighborhood are running on schedule according to the leader on the project.

The grant, which was administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development under the federally funded HOME program. 

.Using new technology, Dominion Energy has an ambitious goal to significantly reduce methane emissions in the ongoing battle against climate change.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says any money the state receives from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should be spent at the local level.

A report says Ohio went ahead with executions in recent years even after drugmakers threatened to cut off supplies if medications were used for lethal injection.

The judge handling the pending resentencing of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is taking himself off the case.

Union and company bargainers were making progress toward a new contract as a strike by United Auto Workers brought 33 General Motors factories to a halt continued into its third day Wednesday.

A birds-eye view of a Kinsman neighborhood the progress being made to restore access to residents who have been cut off from their homes since flooding washed out the only road on July 20. Video provided to 21 News by 680 Aerials on Wednesday showed crews

U.S. Route 30 is closed west of Lisbon due to an accident, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Warren police have arrested a man accused of posting threats to law enforcement just days after two police officers were cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a man outside a Niles apartment.

Ursuline High School's biology classes are going high-tech this year, using some next-level technology to study the human body in a whole new way with an "Anatomage table."

A Warren man is going to prison for scalding a toddler with hot water and beating another five-year-old child with a belt.

Perdue Foods is recalling approximately 495 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The mayor of Lordstown says he plans to meet with an official from CSX next month to talk about stopped trains blocking traffic in the community.

A Hubbard volunteer firefighter has been sentenced for using his position as treasurer with the Eagle Joint Fire District to pocket payments for fire calls. Richard Wittkugle, who pleaded guilty to petty theft has already made restitution to the fire depa

A group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the death of a woman hit by a falling piece of tree at an Ohio state park. 

More than 3,600 people have written letters, emails and made phone calls to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in the month following the deadly mass shooting in Dayton. 

What looked like a geyser erupting on a street corner just a few blocks from the Pennsylvania line brought police and firefighters out to a Brookfield neighborhood early Wednesday.

Democratic Presidential candidate will be speaking on Kent State's campus in September, according to the Kent State University College Democrats.

Greenwood Chevrolet in Austintown presented the keys to an all-new Chevrolet Silverado to a Warren couple.

Lordstown High School hosted its annual Constitution Day celebration.

It's being pitched as a way to raise money for new police cruisers - but it has one Warren city council member very upset.