Josh West, who grew up in Warren but now lives in Youngstown, was fascinated by an old Vindicator story about how black men who worked in the steel mills often were assigned the most dangerous jobs.

Lou's article focuses on the latter, a 24 x 47-foot freelance model railroad set in northeast Ohio ... Youngstown as it appeared in the late 1950s and early '60s, before the closing of steel mills ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN ... including the closure of the steel mills in the 1970s and most recently the explosion of the Realty building downtown. He has received numerous awards during ...