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EPA abolishes rule on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and it announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate ...

Leader of US House backs $5,000 ‘Dividend’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it ...

Patriot Day ceremony salutes veterans

AUSTINTOWN — The community gathered Thursday evening at Quaker Steak & Lube for Patriot Day, an annual celebration honoring military veterans and marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Eleven men and women who served their country were recognized with plaques and ...

Americans unite to mark Sept. 11

The Associated Press Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, ...

Lowellville man killed in Poland Township one-vehicle crash

POLAND – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield Post is investigating a one-vehicle fatal crash that occurred after midnight Saturday on Struthers Road in Poland Township. The OSP reports a 2025 Subaru Forester was traveling northbound on Struthers Road, just south of U.S. Route 224. The driver failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the left side of the roadway, struck a tree, and overturned. Reports indicate the driver and sole occupant, Ryan M. George, 27, of Lowellville, was not wearing a safety belt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Assisting at the scene were ...

Police blotters for Austintown, Boardman, Canfield for Sept. 12

Austintown Police activity reported Sept. 1-9: Sept. 9, 11 a.m. — Chloe Jones was arrested at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital on a drug offense. Sept. 8, 10:36 a.m. — Vehicle window broken and a wallet taken at 4629 Woodhurst Drive. 8:14 a.m. — Theft of catalytic converters from ...