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Cavaliers trade Max Strus, get Peyton Watson in 4-team deal

CLEVELAND — Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers. A person familiar with the trade said Wednesday night that Watson, a restricted free agent who spent his first four NBA ...

High school scoreboard – Aug. 20, 2026

GIRLS TENNIS Boardman 3, Howland 2 SINGLES: No. 1: Nina Sinchak (B) def. Avery Gebhardt (H) 7-5 6-4, No.2: Reagan Homa (H) def. Svera Ceccarani (B) 6-4 6-2, No. 3: Makayla Hathhorn (H) def. Katie Mosher (B) 3-6 6-6 (7-2) 6-0. DOUBLES: No. 1: Stella Mitchell/Reese Murray (B) def. Penelope Morris/Ximena Martinez (H) 3-6 6-0 6-4, No.2: Riley Zelesnak/Kenzie Tobey (B) def. Anastasia Leivadiotis/Aubrey Tolley (H) 1-6 6-4 6-2. Liberty 3, McDonald 2 SINGLES: No. 1: Mary Ann Woods (L) def. Chloe Baldwin (M) 6-0 6-1, No. 2: Cordelia Kerr (L) def. Sarah Sprague (M) 7-5 6-0, No. 3: Layla ...

Death penalty for child rapists sought

WARREN — A July 2026 Pew Research poll found that 68% of U.S. adults consider the death penalty justified for those who commit murder, but Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins says it appears many Valley residents think Warren killer Danny Lee Hill and Warren rapist Felicia Beemer deserve the most severe punishment possible, including the death penalty. Hill and Beemer have been in the news recently, Hill because of an appeals court ruling denying him another chance to argue intellectual disability to erase his death sentence for killing 12-year-old Raymond Fife in 1985, and ...

Park upgrades unveiled

YOUNGSTOWN — The city is a little bit more beautiful, and public officials gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the efforts that made it that way. Dignitaries from across the Mahoning Valley met at Spring Commons Park, in front of the B&O Station, to cut the ribbon on a new outdoor ...

PUCO agrees to revisit SOBE issue

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio directed an administrative law judge to schedule a hearing on revisiting its vote to approve huge emergency rate increases for SOBE Thermal Systems LLC customers. The commission voted 5-0 Wednesday to grant requests for a rehearing on its June 24 approval of emergency rate hikes to SOBE customers by the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. With SOBE in serious financial peril, the PUCO approved steam heat rate increase for all 23 of the utility company’s customers, which make up a majority of the downtown ...

Operation targets violent crime in Northern Ohio

Staff report The Youngstown Police Department was among dozens of law enforcement agencies involved in a northern Ohio violent crime crackdown known as Operation Northern Shield, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Hundreds of individuals were ...