NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died peacefully ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections is considering a reduction in voting precincts, starting next year, because of issues recruiting enough poll workers and an eventual reduction in costs. With numerous people voting early, the strain on polling locations during elections is less than several years ago, said Tom McCabe, the board’s director. Also, with 212 precincts, the board of elections needs 848 poll workers for each election, and the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office wants 30% over that as backups, McCabe said. “We struggle with poll workers,” McCabe ...
STRUTHERS — After nearly three weeks in the hospital, a baby has died from injuries reportedly inflicted when a family friend shook him because he would not stop crying. Struther police detective Rich Craig said he was notified early Tuesday that Elijah Dennis, 5 weeks old, died at ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man will spend close to five years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Youngstown man on the South Side in September 2025. The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office announced the decision by Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony ...
Judge rejects Maxwell’s claims, bid for prison release NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate that new evidence had emerged were “demonstrably meritless.” Maxwell filed a habeas petition last December seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, claiming exonerating information was withheld and false testimony presented at her trial, resulting in a ...
Staff, wire report San Francisco 49ers owner John “Jed” York was arrested on two misdemeanor charges at an East Palestine trailer park over the weekend. Court records show that York initially was charged with engaging in prostitution, but Columbiana County prosecutors amended that to ...
