we've learned that a search warrant was served last week on Hernandez by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, seeking information from his cell phone. 

The noncompliance issues concerned financial documents the township is required to submit to Mahoning County officials, as well as the proper approval process for transferring funds.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has sent the city of Campbell a second notice of violation, saying the city has failed to comply with regulations regarding its separate stormwater sewer system.

Kohan Retail Investment Group, the owners of the Southern Park Mall, have now racked up nearly $50,000 in penalties on top of $519,344 in property taxes.

See the complete list of dams rated as 'poor' condition in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

A newly-released audit of the Girard city schools found it's former treasurer, Mark Bello, was paid nearly twice as much as had previously been uncovered after a creative change in contract language. 

21 News has now received "designation of treasurer" paperwork from the Ohio Secretary of State's office for the group that, while not providing much information, does include one man's name: Thomas Datwyler of Hudson Wisconsin. 

The building's landlord is Trumbull commissioner Rick Hernandez, who has repeatedly said that the investigation was "politically motivated."

After pressing for details for months, 21 News was sent reports of what led to not only that lieutenant's resignation, but the demotion of one trooper and reprimand of another at the Warren post. 

Captain Jason Simon lost his teaching certificate through the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy OPOTA in 2019 after being reported for a sexual relationship with a student while he was teaching at Kent State University's police academy. 

One criticism is there is no way of knowing if there's a conflict of interest when deals are made. So why have they been unable to effect any significant reforms? 

They claim this is to give them greater flexibility to work with companies to attract investment. But is it working? Some longtime critics are saying the state is not getting its money's worth. 

But two members of the Lake to River board also have taxpayer-funded jobs, and the work they do with Lake to River often takes place during work hours.

The current contract runs until 2038, and the extension is estimated to cost between $10 billion and $22 billion. 

Congressman Mike Rulli is standing by a decision to hire a man who was forced to repay tens of thousands of dollars as part of an alleged fake charity scheme set up purporting to assist the residents of East Palestine in his Congressional office.

21 News has been investigating concerns about the conditions and operations at the Columbiana County Jail.

Among the concerns are untrained staff, use of excessive force and lack of proper health care. Examples like these and others are reflected in a federal lawsuit filed in 2022 that alleges mistreatment and wrongful actions in the Columbiana County Jail

Their premise is to drive economic development and job creation. How they select what projects to invest in, is kept confidential.

Could the non-profit tasked with supporting economic growth in Ohio funnel a portion of profits from liquor sales back to the struggling businesses that fund their budget?

The Columbiana County cancer clinic levy, the only one of it's kind in the state, brings in $2.3 million in the 10 year levy period

Part one of our Watchdog report that looks closer at Mahoning County's TB levy.

Newly released 911 audio shows the chaos of that day, and how delays by the Youngstown Water Department and FirstEnergy hampered rescue attempts to get inside that building.

21 News obtained pictures that show people dressed as construction workers taking items out of the realty building at dusk, on the night of July 11.

For several days , 21 news has been looking into the possibility that items were taken after Wednesday, July 10. 

Much of the uncertainty lies with what crew was working on the building, and the qualifications of these workers.
One of the questions 21 news has been asking is why the city awarded this work directly to the building's owner without taking bids.