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HALFWAY to HALLOWEEN: Horror fans flock to downtown Youngstown fest

YOUNGSTOWN — A lifelong love of horror films led artist Justin Haines of Niles to develop a clothing and accessories brand. Celebrating the 15th year of his Dead Ink Apparel company, he created the two-day Halfway to Halloween Horror Fest, which made its debut over the weekend at Penguin ...

Suspect arrested after rat poison discovered in jars of baby food

VIENNA (AP) — Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case ...

Ohio’s March unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

Ohio’s March unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported last week. The March 2026 rate was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in February 2026. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,500 over the month, from ...

US sets mission to ‘guide’ ships through strait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States will launch an effort Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 ...

New career navigator to guide local students

Eight Trumbull County school districts are taking part in the Career Navigator program offered by the Trumbull County Educational Service Center to prepare students for their futures. Denise Holloway, supervisor of curriculum and instruction with a focus on workforce development, said the ...

DC suspect’s shot struck agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump struck a Secret Service agent, according to the federal prosecutor overseeing the ...