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Former SOBE receiver seeks funds he’s owed

Latest News July 15, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s former receiver and ex-legal counsel were supposed to be paid $55,570 by May 9, but it keeps getting delayed because the current receiver says the troubled downtown utility company doesn’t have the money. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio voted June 24 to increase the monthly rate for most SOBE customers by 93% now with an additional 162% increase for most from November to April, when steam heat is primarily used. Included in the rate hike is money owed to Reg Martin, the former receiver, and Kenneth R. Goldberg, the ...

Minnesota prosecutors obtain long withheld evidence in investigation into protest shooting deaths

National News July 14, 2026

The Trump administration has turned over evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced ...

Girard students ‘make waves’ at summer enrichment camp

Local News July 14, 2026

GIRARD — With 90-degree temperatures outside, Girard students are staying cool indoors by using water for a four-day science learning camp. Bill Young, coordinator of the camp and curriculum and support services coordinator for Girard City Schools, said this is the first year for the ...

Patrick S. Kiraly named interim president at Cardinal Mooney High School

Local News July 14, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown has appointed Patrick S. Kiraly as the interim president of Cardinal Mooney High School effective immediately. Kiraly has 30 years of leadership experience and is a former Cardinal Mooney board member. Kiraly, a native of ...

Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies

National News July 14, 2026

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s cruel husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. His death was “sudden and unexpected,” the statement said, adding that he “remained ...