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Milton event honors Revolutionary War soldiers from area

MILTON TOWNSHIP — An America250 celebration honored soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War on Friday at Lake Milton State Park Amphitheater at Craig Beach. The 22 soldiers honored were men who settled in what would become Milton Township, and their descendants attended the ...

Nation and world at a glance for Aug. 3

Suspect in shooting at Idaho restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The suspect has been identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams. Police on Sunday credited an off-duty officer and a citizen with firing shots at Williams, diverting him from the restaurant. Authorities said they are confident that Williams acted alone. In all, four people died, including the gunman, and seven were injured in the shooting at a recently opened ...

Patrol’s ‘eye in the sky’ helps to capture suspect

YOUNGSTOWN — Shawn Rodriguez-Perez, 24, remained in the Mahoning County jail Saturday after being arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on felony charges of fleeing and eluding and receiving stolen property in a Wednesday incident in which a Youngstown police officer, U.S. marshal ...

Police blotters for Austintown, Boardman, Canfield for Aug. 3

Austintown Police activity reported July 24-29: July 29, 8:53 p.m. — David Moore was arrested on a criminal trespassing charge at 990 Compass West Drive 7:34 p.m. — Theft of a wallet and unauthorized use of credit cards reported at Walmart. 2:48 a.m. — Tyrese M. Altman was ...

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 ...