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Police probe shooting death of boy, 6

YOUNGSTOWN — A 6-year-old boy died after being found shot inside a home in the 500 block of Plum Street on the near West Side on Monday afternoon. The Youngstown Police Department issued a news release Tuesday morning stating that police were called to the home at 4:09 p.m. Monday for a ...

ICE officers plan to use electric-shock gloves

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation ...

Holocaust center in Youngstown rededicated

YOUNGSTOWN — Following extensive renovations, a rededication ceremony took place Tuesday morning for the Schwartz Holocaust and Antisemitism Resource Center at the Jewish Community Center. The center is a premier educational resource dedicated to Holocaust education, the study of ...

Nation and world at a glance for Aug. 12

Threat caused Trump’s odd exit from Air Force One WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump slipped away from Air Force One after a recent summit in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat, he told reporters after a trip to Ohio on Tuesday. Trump’s comments confirmed a report that first appeared in The Washington Post on Monday saying that Trump stowed away in an airport catering container to slip into another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky out of Turkey, essentially as a decoy, just in case Iran made ...

School-zone speeding violations in Youngstown soar

YOUNGSTOWN — The number of citations issued from Youngstown’s unstaffed speed cameras in school zones significantly increased during the past school year, but the city is still struggling to find ways to spend the money it generates from collections. The speed cameras in 21 school zones ...

Mahoning auditor advances property-tax distributions

By DAN POMPILI Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham announced efforts on Monday to ease the impact of delayed property tax bills and warn residents about a tax relief scam targeting seniors. Meacham said his office is advancing second-half property tax revenue to local governments, because of delays caused by legislative changes that affect second-half property tax calculations. Mahoning County’s software vendor, which serves both the county auditor’s and treasurer’s offices, is updating the system to account for the new tax credits before tax bills ...