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Police sergeant in Alliance facing endangering child charge from fruit farm

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — A sergeant with the Alliance Police Department is facing potential felony charges after recently being accused of endangering a child at White House Fruit Farm in Canfield. Alliance Police Department Sgt. Ethan Griffith appeared for arraignment in Mahoning County Court No. 3 in Sebring on Thursday on a charge of endangering a child, a second-degree felony. Griffith was released from the Mahoning County jail on Wednesday after a $25,000 cash or surety bond was posted, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Sept. 3. The charge stems from an incident ...

Austintown man indicted again on weapons, menacing charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The criminal case against Jacob E. Hall, 34, of Yorkshire Boulevard in Austintown, was on the grand jury list Thursday with Hall indicted again on the same three charges — improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school safety zone with a firearm specification and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated menacing. Hall was indicted the first time Dec. 11, 2025, in an incident at his home on Yorkshire Boulevard in which Hall was shot by an Austintown police officer. He survived the shooting, which was investigated as an officer-involved shooting by the ...

Liberty pilot’s dream came true in Air Force

John D. ‘JD’ Williams AGE: 64 RESIDENCE: Liberty SERVICE BRANCH: U.S. Air Force MILITARY HONORS: Meritorious Service Medals, 2002, 2009 for outstanding service while assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station; The Air Medal for Meritorious ...

39th ITALIAN FEST SIZZLES DOWNTOWN YOUNGSTOWN

The 39th annual Greater Youngstown Italian Fest kicked off Friday and will run through Sunday in downtown Youngstown. The festival runs 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, with children under 12 free. The fest includes many food vendors, nightly ...

Wollitz: A day of fishing over 30 years in the making

More than 30 years after a Poland Middle School student penned a letter describing his great interest in fishing, we finally made good on a suggestion about getting out on the lake together. Kevin Schaffert’s heartfelt letter to me struck a nerve. That a seventh grader would take the time to so earnestly express his love for fishing made a big impression. I replied with encouragement for his fishing. Kevin, his father, Eric, and I soon bumped into each other in town. A youngster as smitten by fishing as Kevin deserved an invitation to hit the lake. But as often happens, lots of ...

Judge OKs SOBE receiver to kill appeal on gasification permit

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge permitted SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s receiver “to take any action necessary to dismiss” an appeal by the company’s CEO, who abandoned the steam heat utility, to a state agency’s decision to revoke a permit for a controversial waste gasification ...