Press Coverage


For many decades now, The Vindicator has lamented Youngs-town’s ignominious reputation as a hotbed of serious crime.

Now that land contracts are being regulated in Youngstown, the community group ACTION (Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods) is focusing on the city as a food desert.

The public is invited to the February monthly meeting of the Powerstown Block Watch from 7 to 8 p.m.

City council’s vote to stop predatory land-installment contracts is the first step in a process to increase the quality of the housing stock in Youngstown, backers of the law say.