Salem’s Rylee Hutton, Maggie Hall and Maggie Hopple celebrate a second-place finish in the Div. II 3200-meter relay race on Friday at the state track meet at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium. (Photo by Ron Firth)

SALEM - The utilities commission heard updates on the department’s ongoing projects in its May meeting. Work continues on phase three of the wastewater treatment plant improvements, which Project Manager Bob Schreiner of Burgess and Niple said was on pace to be “substantially completed” ...

BOARDMAN — Four members of a work crew in the Realty Tower building’s basement and vault area who were clearing antiquated and outdated pipes and other infrastructure and debris had no idea any gas was in one of the lines, a National Transportation Safety Board member said. “The crew ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proposed legislation to study the health implications on residents in East Palestine and other impacted communities following last year’s Norfolk Southern train derailment passed through the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Sen. J.D Vance ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The National Transportation Safety Board has preliminarily found that a natural gas line in the basement of the Realty Tower that had been cut was the reason for the 2:44 p.m. explosion that destroyed the lower floors of the building Tuesday afternoon and killed a man. The ...

YOUNGSTOWN — GreenHeart Companies was relocating utility lines — including gas lines — at Realty Tower when a huge explosion caused heavy damage to the downtown building, according to a city official. Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works, said Thursday of ...