Even though SOBE Thermal is in the hands of a court-appointed receiver and any plans to convert rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its Youngstown facility are abandoned, city council will vote Nov. 19 on a third one-year moratorium banning the process

Youngstown has paid $186,619 so far to an outside law firm to handle a wrongful death lawsuit and unsuccessfully convince three different courts to permit the city to use a defense of immunity from liability after city lawyers failed to timely introduce it

The apparent low bid for a riverfront project on Youngstown’s lower West Side is more than $200,000 less than the estimate for the work

Leaders of the Mahoning County Republican and Democratic parties will announce as soon as next week that they will proceed with a petition drive to start the process to have Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone removed from office through legal action

Embattled Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone, a Republican, owes more than $3,000 in delinquent property taxes — most of it for the Austintown house where he lives https://t.co/r5rLonfT5l

An expensive project to divert millions of gallons of sewage from the Mahoning River in Youngstown is more costly because of issues with a broken waterline

Column: Mahoning County, Austintown are pawns in Ohio redistricting

A Sebring charter amendment to eliminate the village’s civil service commission is winning by one vote with 10 provisional votes to be counted

Youngstown Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell said one of his top priorities is surrounding himself with the right people in his cabinet who will help him lead the city

Races for seats on the boards of trustees in Bristol and Mesopotamia, Lordstown Village Council and the Liberty Board of Education, as well as a new levy in Farmington, are so close that uncounted votes could decide the outcomes

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed @amyactonoh for Ohio governor. President Jessica Mackler said: “Ohioans are looking to elect a tough leader like Amy Acton, who understands the struggle that so many of them are facing right now."

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, which represents operating engineers in most Ohio counties, endorsed Republican @VivekGRamaswamy for governor. The union previously endorsed Republican U.S. Sen. @JonHusted.

Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Renee DiSalvo again ended up on the winning end against Marty Hume in a rematch from six years ago

Derrick McDowell, an independent candidate who ran on a platform of change and accountability, won the Youngstown mayoral race over two-term incumbent Democrat Jamael Tito Brown

Independent Derrick McDowell is the next mayor of Youngstown beating two-term Democratic incumbent Jamael Tito Brown.

Democrat Anita Davis is the winner in the Youngstown council president's race.

Early vote in Mahoning County (which is 5.17% of the vote in a low turnout election) for Youngstown mayor has incumbent Democrat Jamael Tito Brown with 1,385 votes to 1,180 for independent challenger Derrick McDowell.

The Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council endorsed @SherrodBrown for U.S. Senate. Mark Douglas, council president, said Brown "is a man of conviction who has always stood on the side of workers – even when that means standing up to the people in his own party."

The Trumbull County Board of Elections agreed to put a referendum on unmanned speed cameras in the Newton Falls school zone on a ballot next year, but village council may repeal it Wednesday and consider legislation to hire a firm to operate the cameras

The United Auto Workers endorse @SherrodBrown for Senate. "Sherrod is more than an ally of the UAW; he is an honorary union brother,” said UAW Region 2B Director Dave Green.