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200 students in Valley launch drones, futures

CANFIELD — The Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio, in partnership with Youngstown State University STEM, hosted the second annual Northeast Ohio Future Pilots Drone Showcase on Tuesday at YSU Williamson Innovation Park on Tippecanoe Drive. This year’s event brought together 14 ...

Ex-Campbell police chief arrested again

CAMPBELL — The former chief of police is in police custody again. Reports from the Campbell Police Department released Tuesday show Dennis Puskarcik, 69, was arrested on a warrant about 12:15 p.m. Monday at his Robinson Avenue home. Campbell Municipal Court Judge Mark Kolmacic hired ...

Nation and world at a glance for April 29

Ex-FBI director Comey indicted over photograph WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials say constituted a threat against President Donald Trump. It’s the second criminal case the Justice Department has brought against the longtime Trump foe. Comey says he assumed the arrangement of shells reading “86 47” was a political message, not a call to violence against Trump, the 47th president. The two-count indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and ...

Election chief hopefuls disagree on drop boxes

Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, who is running in the Republican primary for secretary of state, said he wants to eliminate drop boxes and limit those who can vote absentee. Sprague said, “We want elections to be secure, and the drop boxes are a way where people can cheat by putting other people’s ballots in them. It’s impossible to enforce.” Sprague added, “They are a creature of COVID because people didn’t want to come in contact with one another. Their time of usefulness has passed. People need to walk the extra 50 feet 30 days before the election, while people can vote ...

Rulli measure seeks to condemn British over free expression

With British King Charles III addressing a joint session of Congress, U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced a resolution “condemning the ongoing assault on freedom of speech and expression by officials of the United Kingdom.” Rulli said Tuesday the resolution came about because among his “guilty pleasures” is “British politics,” and he’s seen a number of British subjects on social media objecting to “assaults on their rights to free speech and freedom of expression.” Rulli said: “The gall to go to your house because you criticize the national health system. ...

Student ambassadors get set to ease transition to one Youngstown high school

YOUNGSTOWN — Mia Clark is accustomed to helping friends calmly settle their differences with one another, and she is prepared to take such conflict-resolution skills to another level. “Not all kids are bad; we can get along,” Clark, an East High School freshman, said. Clark will have such opportunities because she is a student ambassador who likely will play a pivotal role in the district’s reconfiguration plan, set to take effect at the start of the 2026-27 school year. She also was one of the 20 student ambassadors who spoke during the regular Youngstown Board of ...