COLUMBUS (AP) — Marcus L. Martin felt instant trepidation Sunday when he saw five adults wading thigh- and waist-deep in the Scioto River. A frequent boater on the Ohio waterway, the Baptist pastor knew the area where they were standing to be treacherous. He believes the people he captured ...
POLAND — Village council gave several green lights Tuesday for projects taking place around the village. A “go-ahead” was given for cleanup efforts and for a location to place the bronze William McKinley statue when it arrives. John Scotford from the non-profit group Town One Range One ...
PARIS — The Louvre’s Apollo gallery on Wednesday reopened to the public for the first time since 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels were stolen in a dramatic daytime heist. The public can tour the majestic room and view its gilded ceilings and Greek frescoes en route to the nearby Mona Lisa, but they won’t see any crown jewels or empty display cases. The collections and precious jewels once displayed there have been removed, as the museum said the gallery is returning to its 17th-century original ceremonial purpose. The stolen jewels remain unrecovered nine ...
Staff report LIBERTY — The Liberty Police Department has filed criminal charges against Christina Marie Merrick, 48, former president of the Liberty Local School District’s wrestling and soccer booster programs, following an investigation into embezzled funds. Liberty police Chief Ray Buhala said Merrick, of Liberty, has been charged with two counts of theft — fourth- and fifth-degree felonies — and misuse of credit cards in connection with the theft of approximately $40,000 from the booster organizations’ accounts. The investigation was launched in June after board ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Ishia Milledge, 40, was arraigned Wednesday in Youngstown Municipal Court on burglary, a low-level felony, following an incident Tuesday afternoon at a home on Oxford Avenue on the North Side in which she was found inside someone’s home — a problem that the homeowner has had with Milledge in the past. Officers were called to the home regarding a burglary in progress at 2:32 p.m. Tuesday. The resident told dispatchers that her neighbor contacted her to say that the front door of her home was open. A police report called this an “ongoing issue with Milledge” ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — R. James Woolsey, a national security expert who led the CIA for two turbulent years after his appointment by President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 84. Woolsey, who became CIA director in early 1993, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, according to several newspapers. His wife, Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, told the newspapers that he died from a stroke. She told The Washington Post that his health had declined in recent years due to “Havana syndrome,” a mysterious condition that’s been reported by some U.S. diplomats and other government personnel. ...
