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Privacy of Realty Tower settlement to be decided

YOUNGSTOWN — A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. May 12 for Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Robert Rusu Jr. to hear arguments for why he should or should not seal the records relating to the settlement reached between the relatives of Akil M. Drake and the defendants in the civil suit related ...

West Virginia embraces Trump’s push for coal

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted remains of coal tipples and processing plants coming back to life. Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will ...

White House focuses on border crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs ...

Captured fugitive pleads guilty to several felonies

YOUNGSTOWN — David E. Cobb Jr., 34, pleaded guilty to several felony offenses Monday, including attempted robbery, multiple counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and was sentenced to four years in prison. The ...

Trumbull sheriff’s sergeant on leave amid 19 complaints

WARREN — Nineteen complaints from deputies were outlined against a Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office sergeant on leave, alleging he’s previously made false statements in sheriff’s reports, made arrests without justification, and created a toxic work environment, according to an email ...

Reward offered for the capture of 2 fugitives

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that would lead to the capture of fugitives Vincent Marbley and Eddie Winphrie. Marbley and Winphrie are wanted by the Youngstown Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service for ...