Capsules – July 10, 2026

July 10, 2026

Kawhi trade on hold amid NBA probe Kawhi Leonard’s trade to the Toronto Raptors is on hold because of an NBA investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers. The league is examining whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules. The Raptors announced Thursday they will wait for the investigation’s outcome. The NBA’s probe began in September, focusing on a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC. The Raptors and Clippers had agreed on a trade earlier this month. Leonard, a seven-time All-Star, is coming off his highest-scoring ...

Judge grants injunction for 24 basketball players suing NCAA over eligibility

July 10, 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge has granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA for eligibility, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. Judge Christopher Wagner said Thursday the NCAA eligibility rules have been applied to 2022 high school graduates in an arbitrary and capricious manner, adding the plaintiffs would suffer “irreparable injury” without an injunction. “We hope the NCAA reconsiders its position and allows all other similarly situated athletes from the high school ...

NC couple scoop up $37,650 in Newton Falls treasure hunt

July 10, 2026

NEWTON FALLS — Trevor and Jennifer Debth of Raleigh, North Carolina are not leaving Newton Falls empty-handed as the couple are the winners of the five-month treasure hunt, which has brought hundreds of treasure seekers to the village. The Debths on Thursday visited Fieldview Acres ...

EMA coordinator: County unlikely to receive storm aid

July 9, 2026

BOARDMAN — Despite widespread storm damage, emergency management officials say Mahoning County seems unlikely to qualify for state and federal financial aid. Zach Williams, emergency coordinator for Mahoning County EMA, told Boardman trustees Wednesday evening that Sunday’s EF-1 tornado ...

Warrant filed in Coitsville dogfighting investigation

July 9, 2026

COITSVILLE — Animal Charity of Ohio has filed a new search warrant related to an investigation in Coitsville Township. The affidavit, filed Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and signed by Judge John Durkin, asserts that humane agents believe they will find evidence of dog-fighting operations, including the bodies of deceased animals buried on the property. The house at 502 Coitsville-Hubbard Road was raided on June 25 and six dogs were taken from the dilapidated building. At the time, few details were known about what happened that day. The search warrant filed Monday ...

Suspect in Lincoln Reflecting Pool vandalism pleads not guilty

July 9, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power. David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, entered the plea through one of his attorneys during his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court. Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, was indicted last Thursday on a single felony count of property destruction. Before the country’s ...