YOUNGSTOWN — A former corrections officer with the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office has filed a civil rights lawsuit claiming his First Amendment rights were violated. He was fired by Sheriff Paul Monroe for what the lawsuit claimed was circulating an email questioning the county ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A jury in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court found Samuel L. Byrd Jr., 69, guilty of aggravated murder, and he was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole. Byrd shot Keimone L. Black, 29, to death in a car parked at the South Avenue Shell station gas pumps about ...
WARREN — Two people arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection to the fatal Jan. 19 fire on Nevada Avenue NW made their initial appearance on aggravated murder charges Thursday in Trumbull County Common Pleas court. A third suspect remains at large, and the city’s prosecutor said a grand ...
WARREN — The attorney for former Liberty schools superintendent Joseph Nohra said his client is willing to “roll the dice” and go to trial before the court Wednesday in a felony case involving the wiretapping of a school district office. Joseph Nohra, 51, of Topper Hill Drive, Hubbard, ...
HUBBARD — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking for any information on who struck and killed a Masury man in the eastbound lane of Interstate 80 on Wednesday. The lane was closed for a period Wednesday after the body of Tyler Estep, 28, was found off the side of the roadway. The ...
Victim rights advocates enjoyed a victory in Ohio earlier this month when Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 288, an omnibus criminal justice bill that included what they call a “Victims Matter Amendment.” The amendment rolls back Senate Bill 256, Ohio’s new juvenile offender ...