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Warren drive-by kills one

WARREN — Police detectives and the city prosecutor credited the vantage points of several security cameras in the area and cooperation from the public with the arrest of a Warren man suspected of using an AR-15 rifle in a fatal drive-by shooting near the Hot Dog Shoppe on Thursday ...

20-year-old pleads in sex case

WARREN — A Burghill man pleaded guilty to six charges Thursday involving his illegal sexual conduct with three girls in Weathersfield. Elijah D. Peters II, 20, 7740 Thompson Sharpsville Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of gross sexual imposition, a count of unlawful ...

Drug charges net man 22 months

The Salem man who was one of nine people charged last summer in a 59-count indictment involving a drug-trafficking operation in the Youngstown area received a 22-month federal prison sentence on July 12 in U.S. Northern Ohio District Court. All defendants now have been sentenced or are ...

Youngstown man gets life sentence for rape

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County jury was sent home around noon Tuesday after a West Side man decided to take a plea deal and a life sentence, ending his trial on rape charges in Common Pleas Court. Ronald Paris, 28, of Roy Street in Youngstown, pleaded guilty to seven charges connected ...

Rape trial begins

YOUNGSTOWN — A trial of West Side man accused of raping a 1-year-old that’s been repeatedly delayed, in part because of the pandemic, is underway in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Jury selection was completed during the noon hour and opening statements and testimony were to begin ...

Sports betting will support vets homes

When the state launches sports betting on Jan. 1, 2023, a portion of the annual gambling revenue will be earmarked for Ohio’s military veterans. Lawmakers, in approving the sports betting initiative, created the Ohio Sports Gaming Profit Veterans Fund and will be contributing a pool of ...