The Official Law Journal for Local, County, State, US District and US Bankruptcy Courts. To the right are listed all legal happenings in Mahoning County by court. The Daily Legal News offers daily ...

A Lakewood lawmaker has resumed her effort to ban the removal of oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake Erie. Current state law authorizes the director of the Ohio Department of Natural ...

Ohio voters will elect 172 judges to courts at every level across the state in the November 6 general election. Twice as many candidates (115) are unopposed on the ballot compared to those (57) that ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Journalism faces a credibility crisis. Only 32% of Americans report having "a great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in news reporting – a historical low. Journalists generally ...

What is 'dark money' political spending, and how does it affect US politics? (THE CONVERSATION) Every campaign season brings renewed attention to the amount of money influencing American politics, and ...

Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Lou A. D’Apolito will retire at the end of this year, creating an open seat on that bench to be filled in the upcoming November election. Judge D’Apolito has ...

As efforts to move away from a cash-based bail system continue to gain momentum across the country, Youngstown Municipal Court officials recently unveiled the first pretrial services program in ...

The 10th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed a woman’s theft convictions after she allegedly used a former employer’s gas card to purchase $2,700 in fuel. The three-judge appellate panel found ...

Senate Bill 106, a measure supported by the Emergency Management Association of Ohio and the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association, would prohibit a person from driving on a roadway that is temporarily covered ...

Youngstown attorney Anthony Donofrio’s family has a tradition of sitting on the judicial bench in Mahoning County. With both his father and brother current and former members of the local judiciary, ...