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Galloping pony takes Austintown police for a ride through township

AUSTINTOWN — Not every police chase involves a subject in an automobile. Austintown officers got a taste of what an exciting Monday evening might have looked like in the days of founders Calvin Austin and John McCollum. Their quarry was not a suspicious character in a sedan but rather a ...

Judge postpones civil trial over collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims. U.S. District Judge James Bredar expressed frustration about the timing ...

City to consider $130K payment to determine SOBE’s viability

YOUNGSTOWN — With SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is responsible for providing steam heat for a majority of downtown Youngstown “in the midst of a financial crisis,” city council will consider legislation Wednesday to pay up to $130,000 to a law firm to determine the long-term ...

Youngstown police respond to weekend gunfire

YOUNGSTOWN — Residents of Dogwood Lane in the southwest area of the city reported seeing gunfire coming from two cars in front of a home early Saturday. The cars were a white Dodge Durango and a white Chevrolet Malibu, the report states. Officers were dispatched to the location at 3:40 ...

Nation and world at a glance for June 1

US strikes another suspected drug-smuggling boat, killing 3 WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Sunday it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death ...

Israel captures castle in deepest incursion in Lebanon in 26 years

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday. The taking of Beaufort castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, followed ...