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Couch Fan: The end of college football

One of my elders back in the day used to tell me that history didn’t repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. Well, that old adage can certainly pertain to the history of U.S. Presidents when talking about the similarities between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump, but I didn’t thinkt it ...

Lawyers get OK to work local appeal for Danny Lee Hill

Judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals who previously had been favorable to convicted murderer Danny Lee Hill’s legal attempts to avoid Ohio’s death chamber are allowing his federal public defenders to work his latest appeal in Trumbull County court. In a ruling dated ...

Woman accused in Trumbull courthouse vandalism is no-show

WARREN — The Youngstown woman accused of causing more than $11,000 in damage to the historic Trumbull County Courthouse in November did not appear for a hearing Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Visiting Judge David Fuhry, who retired from the Geauga County Common Pleas ...

Frenchko attorney denies violation

YOUNGSTOWN — An attorney for Trumbull County Commissioner Niki Frenchko has filed a court document stating her client did not violate a gag order imposed by a federal judge over a lawsuit filed by a commissioners office employee. Dawn Guarino Gedeon’s lawsuit alleges Frenchko expressed ...

Niles police officer’s killer up for parole

WARREN — Many Trumbull County residents remember the murder of Niles patrolman John A. Utlak, 26, in December 1982. They are reminded of it by driving by the street near the Niles Safety and Services Building named after the slain policeman. One man charged with that 40-year-old murder is ...

Deaths of fetuses included in 2 cases

Two murder cases involving pregnant victims are seeing activity in courtrooms at opposite ends of the Mahoning Valley. A Sebring man last Thursday answered a murder charge in Mahoning County Court in Sebring in connection to a case that legal minds had not seen here. The man is being ...