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Youngstown man gets 30 days in jail and probation for killing dog

YOUNGSTOWN — Dustin M. Shamp, 31, was sentenced to five years of probation and 30 days in the Mahoning County jail Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier to one felony count of cruelty to companion animals and one misdemeanor count of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises for shooting a dog on Tremble Avenue in Campbell on March 1, 2025. Prosecutors dismissed a firearm specification as part of the plea agreement prosecutors reached with Shamp, said Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Katherine Jones. She asked Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin to ...

Boardman teachers pact approved

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Board of Education during its regular meeting Monday unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the Boardman Education Association (BEA) that includes no raises in the base salary. The board also approved a two-year agreement with the Ohio Association of ...

Tariffs help autoworkers, GM, Trump touts in Mich.

MILFORD, Mich. — In a visit to Michigan on Monday, President Donald Trump argued that his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing even as many businesses contend that the tariffs he’s imposed against Canada and the rest of the world have hurt the ...

Ciccone fails to file routine finance reports

YOUNGSTOWN — The office of embattled Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone failed to file routine monthly reconciliation reports for well over a year until county commissioners agreed to pay an accounting firm to do the job. Based on the recommendation of county Auditor Ralph Meacham, the commissioners voted April 28 to pay up to $25,000 to the Canfield accounting firm of Schroedel, Scullin & Bestic LLC to do the work. When SSB discovered how bad the situation was in the clerk of courts’ office, the commissioners on July 18 authorized an amended agreement for an estimated ...

DETROIT (AP) — A major new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been bruised a bit by international politics. Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey legend whose name is on the ...

4 weekend shootings reported in city

YOUNGSTOWN — Several instances of gunfire were reported in Youngstown on Saturday,, including a felonious assault that involved Shawn M. Grant, 21, being charged with felonious assault for allegedly shooting a woman at the Plaza View Apartments on Plaza View Court on the East Side. A ...