U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no talks planned with Iran but insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains “open and operating,” despite limited traffic and a reported strike on a ship exiting the waterway. Earlier this week, Trump also threatened to bomb Oman as the ...
TOLEDO (AP) — Explosions rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business early Tuesday, killing two workers and sparking a large fire, officials said. Flames and dark smoke poured from Brent Industries in Toledo as fire engines surrounded the building, TV news video showed. Crews later discovered the bodies of two employees, a man and a woman, inside the smoldering building, said Toledo Fire Chief Allison Armstrong. Two or three other employees had minor injuries, she said. Two explosions occurred shortly before 5 a.m., during a shift change, Armstrong said. Crews had to deal with ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said. The illicit initiation was revealed Monday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people — including 13 current or former Penn State students — in connection with the alleged drug ring. The man accused of leading the operation, 24-year-old Agostino Abbatiello, surrendered on Tuesday after failing to appear for a scheduled arraignment on Monday on charges including possession with intent to ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Tax-incentivized development projects across Mahoning County are operating as they should, county officials say. At a recent meeting of the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners, the panel approved a resolution accepting the report of the county’s Tax Incentive Review Council, completed in 2025 for tax year 2024. The council meets annually to assess the effectiveness of economic development projects born out of tax incentives such as abatements or Tax Increment Financing districts. When a company is given a tax abatement to open in any part of the county, the entity ...
Tim Ryan, who spent 20 years serving the Mahoning Valley in the U.S. House, has opened Unlikely Majorities, a consulting firm that touts it “runs campaigns that make the politically and culturally impossible possible.” A Democrat, Ryan left the U.S. House after 10 two-year terms at the end of 2022, after losing a Senate race to Republican J.D. Vance by 6.1%. Since then, Ryan has advocated for the natural gas industry and cryptocurrency through his Celtic Consulting firm. He considered a run for Ohio governor for this election, but said in November he would not seek the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Demolition work for the long-closed West Avenue Bridge, across the Mahoning River, won’t be done until summer 2028 despite the city getting a grant for the work more than three years ago. This is the latest delay for the work to the 97-year-old, 286-foot-long bridge that ...
