Trump appeals block on ballot restrictions to high court

September 4, 2026

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system that would govern the entire project was operational yet. The administration filed its appeal the afternoon before mail ballots were scheduled to be sent out by North Carolina, which on Friday kicks off a wave of states shipping ballots out for the rapidly approaching midterm election. Its appeal was part of a flurry of ...

Private prison inmate stabbed over paint job

September 4, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — An inmate at a local prison is in stable condition after being stabbed during a fight. A Youngstown police report states that officers responded to CoreCivic’s Northeast Ohio Correctional Center on Hubbard Road on Wednesday afternoon. Security officers at the prison showed them surveillance video of a fight that happened around 3:45 p.m. in a common area. The report states that two inmates, Monroe Merrell and Manuel Erazo-Alvarado, were painting steps in the area when another inmate walked through the fresh paint. The two became irate with the other man and a fight ...

YSU’s Desmeal Leigh enjoying unique journey after late start

September 4, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — In the Doug Phillips era, Youngstown State has long described itself as being a “developmental program.” Perhaps no player is a better product of that than fifth-year left tackle Desmeal Leigh. Coming out of high school at Kent Roosevelt, Leigh only had one year of ...

Judge in Lindsay Clancy case says he’ll declare a mistrial, then gives defense 1 hour to appeal

September 4, 2026

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case said he was going to declare a mistrial on Friday before giving her defense attorney an hour to appeal, after jurors said for a third time they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally ...

Road and bridge project in Austintown advances

September 4, 2026

AUSTINTOWN — The first phase of an ODOT plan to remove a bridge in the township is underway. Mahoning County commissioners Thursday approved a resolution by the county engineer to close Lanterman Road for repaving, but that is only part of a bigger picture. The Mahoning County Engineer’s Office has not specified a timeline for the work. More dramatic changes will follow. ODOT originally proposed demolishing the Lanterman Road bridge, which spans Interstate 680, in 2019, but that plan was shelved during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, Austintown Township officials learned ...

Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds

September 4, 2026

NEW YORK — Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department's Office of Inspector General. The report alleges that Chavez-DeRemer ...