Staff report WARREN — One of the Valley’s first victim advocates, Miriam Fife, died Saturday at 86 years old, her daughter, Paula Fife Lazzari, shared on Facebook. Fife worked as a victim advocate after her own 12-year-old son, Raymond Fife, was murdered Sept. 10, 1985. “My sweet ...
YOUNGSTOWN – The two candidates for attorney general — Democrat John Kulewicz and Republican Keith Faber — said for Ohio voters, the choice comes down to experience. The two debated Monday at Youngstown State University with the Youngstown Press Club hosting and Tony Paglia, the ...
WARREN — The high-profile criminal cases Chris Becker has prosecuted during his 26-year career as an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor barely scratch the surface of people he helped send to prison. For every killer of a child, elderly woman or Air Force veteran husband, there were others, such as a young Detroit man who killed another man in a downtown Warren gunbattle that spilled over into the parking lot of a prominent downtown church in 2012. Becker is running for a second time to move from First Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge, ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —- President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the American had withheld for months as the vote neared and the leaders' ...
While it’s been 20 years since a Democrat was last elected Ohio governor, this year’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton is hotly contested. During separate endorsement interviews with this newspaper, the two candidates discussed their priorities, their plans ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Property taxes continue to dominate the county’s political discourse, but the candidates for Mahoning County commissioner have their eyes on other problems too. By and large, they both want to improve economic development, address rising property taxes and make better use of county resources, but they have different views about how county government should operate to get the job done. Commissioner Carol Rimedio-Righetti is retiring at the end of the year, and wants fellow Democrat Lauren McNally to take her place. Republican Christine Oliver hopes to play spoiler on ...
