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Ohio’s March unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

Ohio’s March unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported last week. The March 2026 rate was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in February 2026. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,500 over the month, from a revised 5,669,200 in February to 5,681,700 in March. The rate is not seasonally adjusted and is subject to revision. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in March was 243,000, down from 251,000 in February 2026. The number of unemployed has decreased by 45,000 in the past 12 months from ...

US sets mission to ‘guide’ ships through strait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States will launch an effort Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 seafarers. Iran quickly denounced it as a ceasefire violation. Trump said in a social media post Sunday that “neutral and innocent” countries have been affected by the Iran war, and “we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they ...

Suspect arrested after rat poison discovered in jars of baby food

VIENNA (AP) — Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in. The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a ...

New career navigator to guide local students

Eight Trumbull County school districts are taking part in the Career Navigator program offered by the Trumbull County Educational Service Center to prepare students for their futures. Denise Holloway, supervisor of curriculum and instruction with a focus on workforce development, said the ...

DC suspect’s shot struck agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent, according to the federal prosecutor overseeing the investigation. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said last week there was no evidence the agent was hit by friendly fire during the incident at a Washington hotel on April 25, but she went beyond that Sunday in saying a shot from one of Cole Tomas Allen’s weapons ...

Boardman police blotter

Boardman Police activity reported April 22-30: April 30, 4 a.m. — Jamar R. Berry, 45, 3973 S. Schenley Ave., Youngstown, was arrested by Youngstown police on a Boardman theft warrant. April 29, 2:30 p.m. — Brett D. Busch, 60, 2134 Roy St., Youngstown, was served at the Trumbull County jail on a Boardman vandalism warrant. 5:27 a.m. — Jonathan J. McFall, 33, 3266 Southern Blvd., Youngstown, was arrested at Dunkin’, 3900 Market St., on a Brookfield warrant for menacing and was issued a summons for obstructing official business and possession of drug paraphernalia. 5:22 ...