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Lynching victims memorialized

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Josiah Moss stood still with a long look of contemplation on his face as he silently connected with a descendent he knew only from tragic stories about him. “It just feels different having a relative per se being a part of this,” Josiah, 15, of Sharon, Pa., ...

Judge awards $35K to ex-SOBE receiver

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge has approved a $35,246 final payment to Reg Martin, ousted receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, for less than three months of work in which the utility company repeatedly failed to provide basic services. Judge Anthony ...

Ohio court suspends law license of Poland attorney

The Ohio Supreme Court suspended the law license of Nick Graham of Poland, a former Warren city assistant prosecutor convicted of conspiracy in an alleged bribery scheme. Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy ordered Graham “suspended from the practice of law for an interim period” and ...

No sanctions for prosecutor in Mahoning rape trial

YOUNGSTOWN — Proceedings continued Friday in the case of a Columbiana man accused of rape. The trial of Matthew Nicholson, 47, of Garfield Road, was postponed Feb. 23 after defense attorney John Shultz learned Feb. 20 that the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office had failed to turn ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded March 16 to 20 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Robert F. Premec and Taylor L. Premec to Michael Puskar, 238 Aldrich Road, $143,860 Jane S. Bennett to Jack T. Flynn, 100 Clearwater Cove S, $339,000 Deborah S. Horvath to ...

20 Fed saga drags on

YOUNGSTOWN – The 7th District Court of Appeals ordered a judge to dismiss claims by the last tenant at the Youngstown-owned 20 Federal Place building against three co-defendants, including the former mayor, but rejected a motion by the city to have the entire lawsuit dropped. In a July 23 ...