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Attacks launched in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe ...

Appeals court upholds order to reinstate fired officer

YOUNGSTOWN — The 7th District Court of Appeals upheld a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge’s decision requiring the city reinstate Brian Flynn, who was fired as a police lieutenant in December 2022 after being accused of dereliction of duty, with back pay and interest. In a 3-0 decision, the court denied the city’s claims that Judge Maureen Sweeney erred in affirming the Dec. 26, 2024, binding decision by arbitrator Jerry B. Sellman that the city should have suspended Flynn for two weeks without pay rather than fire him and Sellman correctly interpreted the collective ...

Youngstown council asked to save Cornersburg Sparkle

YOUNGSTOWN — A request from the Mayor Derrick McDowell administration to provide a $350,000 “business retention” grant and three years of income tax refunds to Sparkle Market in Cornersburg to keep it operating received a cool reception from council members. Council’s community planning and economic development committee heard the request Monday from administration officials and the owners of Sparkle Market. DeMaine Kitchen, the city’s community planning and economic development director, said some of the store’s aisles and shelves are empty, and some people thought the ...

Big Boy steams into Struthers

STRUTHERS — A crowd of approximately 20,000 gathered downtown and along the Mahoning River on Sunday to see the Union Pacific Big Boy train make a whistle stop downtown during its trip across the United States to celebrate America250. “That was the largest working steam locomotive in the ...

LINDSEY GRAHAM: 1955-2026: Death of senator triggers praises

For decades Lindsey Graham traveled the globe selling a vision of the United States as a nation willing to use its military might to protect democracies around the world, even as his party was taken over by a president openly skeptical of that worldview. Graham — who died unexpectedly at ...

Canfield Navy veteran served in high places

Mike Heher AGE: 81 RESIDENCE: Canfield SERVICE BRANCH: U.S. Navy, Naval Security Service MILITARY HONORS: National Defense Medal OCCUPATION: Regional Director of Marketing for BFI, now Republic Services FAMILY: wife, Sue Heher; daughters, Melissa, Melinda and Megan; three ...