Woman pedestrian, 70, struck, killed in Weathersfield

November 14, 2026

WEATHERSFIELD -- A Niles woman, 70, died in a 6 p.m. Friday motor vehicle-pedestrian accident on U.S. Route 422 near the McKinley Heights area of Weathersfield Township. According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol press release, Matthew Adams, 42, of Warren was traveling west on Route 422 when his car struck Ellen DeFoor, 70, of Niles, who was crossing the roadway from the north side of Route 422. Defoor sustained serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where she later died, according to the OSHP press release.

Property transfers for Nov. 14

November 14, 2026

Property transfers recorded in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6: Austintown Bruce E. and Marilyn J. Dunn to Ronald Latone, Great Lot 25, South Turner Road, $35,000 Alaina Gilbert to Pops Renovations LLC, 93 Heather Creek Run, $110,000 Michael J. ...

Microsoft reports progress as it works to recover email and other services in a global outage

November 13, 2026

Microsoft said progress is being made in bringing its popular workplace software back online as a global outage enters its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools. The outage, which affected a wide range of Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, left many complaining they couldn't access their emails. Microsoft indicated that it was making some headway as it tried to restore services, in fresh updates posted Friday on social media. “We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with ...

Flights are halted at airports across the United States

November 13, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there is a communications issue affecting the 22 regional air traffic control centers that direct planes en route between airports nationwide. He said FAA technicians are investigating. This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023 ...

FAA ends grounding of US flights

November 13, 2026

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday night airplane departures can resume after the agency lifted a nationwide ground stop caused by communications problems. The FAA had grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon, causing hundreds of flights to be ...

Girard honors veterans with parade, ceremony

November 13, 2026

GIRARD - Residents of the city came together Wednesday to honor and thank veterans for their service to the community and the country. The Girard Veterans Council, which is made up of local veterans organizations, hosted the special service that included a parade, guest speakers and services ...