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Potential Development (a PK-12 school for students with autism) submitted the only proposal to repurpose the long-vacant Bottom Dollar building on Glenwood Avenue for new K-2/K-3 classrooms.

CEO Paul Garchar said the plan will ease crowding at their current school.

Howland trustees approved a resolution to back an application for extending the Mahoning River Water Trail along Mosquito Creek near Lowellville, joining efforts with nearby communities to boost tourism and outdoor learning.

The resolution supports plans to connect parks and enhance local recreation.

A $700,000 EPA grant may let 43 Weathersfield property owners get new waterlines at little to no cost if estimates hold, with installation set to start later this year and complete early 2027 near Crane and Stillwagon roads.

OSU Extension is guiding Trumbull County gardeners on preserving harvests as produce starts arriving.

The educator explains proper blanching and freezing techniques to maintain food quality — and advises canning where refrigeration is not needed.

The Mahoning Valley People’s Action Alliance will host a town hall on working class issues and senior affordability at 2 p.m. Friday at Local UAW 1112 Union Hall in Lordstown, with doors opening at 1 p.m. for the free event, which coincides with the Social Security Administration's founding anniversary.

Youngstown correspondent Susan Wojnar was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Ohio Arts Council’s Artists with Disabilities Access Program to fund a recording and video project with her band Feral Company, supporting her ongoing artistic development.

On Tuesday, 45 volunteers from Huntington Bank and Great Clips stuffed 480 backpacks with school supplies at the United Way Volunteer Resource Center in Boardman for students in local schools — Cocca’s Pizza provided lunch and both companies will raise funds during August for additional supplies.

Authorities seized 113 animals from a farm in Columbiana County on Aug.

12.