Good morning, Youngstown.

Youngstown Pickle Fest is set to bring pickle-themed food and local vendor booths to a downtown venue (details on timing and location are pending) for a community celebration.

Residents can plan to enjoy a fun, family-friendly event that spotlights local flavors.

A truck spilled flue dust at Tibbetts Wick Road and Shannon Road in Liberty Township before 3 p.m. Thursday, and early Friday officials reported that all ramps remain closed while crews + state agencies work to clean up the spill.

Business owners on Main Street reacted to a new designation announced Aug.

13, saying the change boosted customer traffic and spurred plans for storefront updates. Some retailers prepared to renovate as local investments increased.

Ciao Beauty Bar offers lashes, nails and facials along with other beauty treatments to help locals look their best.

The salon serves as a one-stop shop for beauty services.

Hundreds gathered on Calvin and Victoria streets at the 34th annual Brier Hill Italian Festival to celebrate local heritage and sample Saint Anthony’s famed pizza (1500 pizzas sold last year).

The event will run through Sunday, Aug. 16.

Boardman Historical Society celebrated the grand opening of its museum and 150-year anniversary at the Oswald-Detchon House on Aug.

13 + historian Jim Dorman led tours that shared the area's rich past.

YSU Steubenville held its first Penguin Kickoff Tuesday afternoon, offering enrollment steps, placement testing, and a community fair (with food trucks, games, and a mascot photo booth) for new and admitted students.

The police academy starts Monday while other classes begin Aug. 24.

Choffin Career and Technical Center has paused its Adult Dental Assisting program (with only two enrolled versus an eight-student target) while the high school dental program continues.

The center is accepting enrollments for the 2027-28 school year and is using commercials and social media to draw adult students.

Local experts and educators share advice on healthy living to help kids adjust to a new school.

Parents are encouraged to use balanced meals and fun exercise to ease the transition at home.

Struthers Board of Education met Tuesday and approved July’s financial report, an agreement for Leonard Kirtz School educational services for 2026-27, and several staffing and contract updates + including arrangements with United Way Care Closet and Response to Intervention Tutors.

Drivers welcomed the reopening of US Route 224 in Canfield Township on Thursday after a $10 million bridge replacement project started in March 2025 was completed on schedule ahead of Canfield Fair, with one lane remaining open during construction.

Trumbull County projects in Howland Township and Niles have received $577,000 in ODOT Safe Routes to School funding to build new sidewalks, crosswalks, and traffic signals.

The upgrades will help students walk and bike safely while boosting community health.

The Public Utilities Commission will meet Wednesday, Aug.

19, to review appeals from the city and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel on emergency rate hikes approved for SOBE Thermal Systems affecting downtown customers. A written order or new hearing may follow within 90 days.

The Austintown Senior Center will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug.

20 at 2 p.m. when it opens its new Telehealth Health and Wellness Room at 112 Westchester Drive to provide seniors with private healthcare access through an AARP Community Challenge Grant.