NEW YORK (AP) — Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study. Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a small amount reaches the Earth’s surface, but ...
By ED RUNYAN Staff writer WARREN — Warren Municipal Court Judge Natasha Natale has filed a response to an affidavit filed by an attorney with the Ohio Public Defender’s Office asking that the Ohio Supreme Court disqualify Natale from hearing a criminal case. Assistant Public Defender Shawna Merkich, who works in the Trumbull County public defender’s office, filed the affidavit regarding a criminal case involving a 19-year-old Youngstown man charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing at Warren G. Harding High School on Aug. 21, 2025. The case involved several people seen ...
SERVICE RECOGNIZED: Ginny Pasha, a program ambassador with YBI, has announced her retirement after more than 40 years of nonprofit leadership. Pasha joined YBI in 2022. “In joining YBI, I was given the privilege of working with really smart people and introducing YBI to those who are unaware of the breadth and depth of YBI and our impact,” Pasha said. Pasha’s nonprofit career began with Junior Achievement, where the focus was on education. She then worked at the state level for the Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates program, where the focus expanded into health and human ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Robert E. Bush Jr., who enjoyed a lengthy career in high-level positions with Mahoning County and Youngstown, died at the age of 79. “He was an amazing man,” said Paul J. Gains, a former longtime county prosecutor, for whom Bush worked. “He was a good friend, a good lawyer and he lived a hell of a life. The world’s certainly a lesser place without him. You look at all he accomplished. He’s a tremendous man. I’ll miss him.” Bush, who died Thursday, had a career of nearly 50 years in public service, including as Youngstown’s first black police chief, city ...
WEATHERSFIELD — Evan Warholic doesn’t like to ask for help nearly as much as he likes giving it. The 24-year-old, who juggles three part-time jobs and wants to be a paramedic, is in end-stage renal failure and isn’t comfortable when the attention turns to him. “You can kick and ...
In addition to previously announced road closures for the Interstate 80/76 pavement rehabilitation project in Austintown and Jackson townships, I-80 westbound between Salt Springs Road and state Route 46 will be reduced to one lane through the end of the month. Also, the ramp from I-80 west to Route 46 will be closed through late August. The detour will be I-80 westbound to I-76 westbound to Bailey Road to I-76 eastbound to I-80 eastbound to Route 46.
