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High Court throws out double taxation case

A civil case that claims illegal double taxation, argued by lawyers from Community Legal Aid before the Ohio Supreme Court, was dismissed by the high court on Wednesday. Among the defendants in the case were Ohio Tax Commissioner Jeff McClain and state Treasurer Robert Sprague. The court ...

Supply-chain problem hampers Trumbull office

WARREN — Supply-chain difficulties have wreaked havoc on the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s vehicle fleet. Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough told county commissioners Wednesday that some of his workers have had to use their personal vehicles to perform work for the department, ...

Child-porn cases swamp Mahoning Valley court dockets

Prosecutors in the Mahoning Valley are talking about the outbreak of child pornography cases cropping up in area courts. Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman says there used to be a handful per year, but now he has 20 to 25 cases before him at one time. Wildman just ...

Yemma pleads to reduced charge

STRUTHERS — A visiting judge sentenced Mahoning County Treasurer Dan Yemma to a three-day alternative jail sentence plus fined him $1,000 and suspended his driver’s license for one year after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of failure to maintain physical control of a motor ...

Federal suit filed against school district

The Liberty Township School District and two of its employees are named as defendants in a $2.25 million lawsuit filed by the father of a female student, who alleges she was sexually assaulted in the restroom of W.S. Guy Junior High. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 1 in U.S. Northern Ohio District ...

Competency ruling allows suspect to be placed on trial

YOUNGSTOWN — The man accused in the Aug. 24, 2021, double homicide on Salt Springs Road has been ruled competent to stand trial after a third round of psychological tests. At a hearing Monday before Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin, both sides in the case against Jabrae ...