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Trump calls AI risks a ‘hoax,’ blasts data center opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology is part of a “SICK conspiracy.” Trump was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as ...

Flock cams addressed at Austintown meeting

AUSTINTOWN — Many expected this month’s trustees meeting to focus heavily on Flock cameras. Instead, only one resident raised the issue, just enough for police Chief Valorie Delmont to provide an update on the department’s process and progress with installing the controversial traffic cameras. “We’re just in the very beginning stages of planning for Flock. And we’re still, I’m still, going through the education process,” Delmont said. She was responding to resident Doug Wright, who asked a few questions about the six license plate reader cameras that Austintown ...

Liberty fire chief voices safety concerns

LIBERTY — Liberty’s fire chief emphasized challenges in keeping both first responders and the public safe during emergencies, noting that one of his department’s vehicles has been struck several times by negligent drivers. Fire Chief Doug Theobald, during his report at Monday’s meeting, recalled the details of an Aug. 15 spill that closed Tibbetts Wick Road for eight hours, covering the road in a flour-like substance, a byproduct of steelmaking that was being hauled by a private company. Theobald said the department’s on-duty personnel, himself and two mutual aid ...

Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the ...

Gipson wows as ‘Lady Day’

YOUNGSTOWN — Singing like Billie Holiday may be the least of the challenges that Carla Gipson faces and triumphs over in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” There are plenty of songs in Lanie Robertson’s play, which continues its run at Hopewell Theatre with three performances this weekend. But Gipson essentially delivers a well-calibrated meltdown on stage in a show that takes place in a Philadelphia saloon a few months before Holiday died in 1959 at age 44 from heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver. It starts cheery enough with Holiday singing up tempo numbers such ...

Canfield Army vet’s love of helicopters propelled career

Sean McFarland AGE: 61 RESIDENCE: Canfield (Liberty native) SERVICE BRANCH: Army MILITARY HONORS: Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Aircraft Crewman Badge, among many others OCCUPATION: owner of four convenient stores and Lou’s Beer & ...