As President Joseph Biden announces that he is granting clemency to nearly 1,500 people, the most in a single day, two Valley residents are waiting for Donald Trump to take office early next year to see if they’ll get out of prison early.

Disgruntled residents collected a petition presented to the council Monday with 151 signatures, requesting the change be reverted. 

"I think we've hit every part of the township and made some really big investments," Devitz said. "That's going to stretch our dollars in the departments for many more years to come."

President-elect Donald Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.

"It's definitely worth a phone call to see if you're eligible or to start looking into it," said Ian Beniston. "I'd encourage everyone to act now to at least start getting information."

DeWine said despite some notable Ohio Republican names floating around as potential picks, only he knows who he's considering to fill the spot once Vance heads to the White House.

JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years.

Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur has won another term in the U.S. House after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Following a roller coaster of election night results, Republican Lynn Maro came out on top by 818 votes. The final numbers show Democratic Incumbent Gina DeGenova at 53,643 and Republican Lynn Maro sliding in with 54,461. That's 49.62% compared to 50.38%.

Republican Jason Stephens says he won't seek another term as the Ohio House speaker.

"I believe that the citizens are concerned about it," said Jason Small, Senior Assistant Law Director with the City of Youngstown. "And there needs to be more time for investigation by the Mayor, city council, and all the elements of the city."

"We're limiting overtime in both police and fire," he said. "Just because that's what you have to do this time of year and especially with this money that we're missing."

Sergey Bogza has served as music director since July of 2024.

After acknowledging that she knew it was wrong, she added that was “sick of seeing political signs”

Bernie Moreno unseated incumbent Sherrod Brown.

Trump won Ohio handily after Harris had a brief early lead.

In each county, it's the sheriff's department in the lead for election security. Even so, other police departments are prepared to assist if needed. 

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Secretary of Commonwealth, Al Schmidt both addressed the public to reassure the public about election integrity and preparedness.

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In the 6th installment of our Voters' Viewpoints series, we talked to people at Riser Tavern on the Links who say they have election fatigue while encouraging others that everything will be ok no matter who wins.

A Philadelphia judge is set to hold a hearing in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states.

The late Jo Ann Davidson is set to lie in state at the Ohio Statehouse ahead of a public memorial service.

Both candidates focused on earning votes in the Mahoning Valley as the race for Senate draws closer.  

The Ohio Supreme Court has found that Republican Attorney General Dave Yost lacked the authority to reject a voting-related amendment’s ballot petition solely because he objected to the title.