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EMA coordinator: County unlikely to receive storm aid

BOARDMAN — Despite widespread storm damage, emergency management officials say Mahoning County seems unlikely to qualify for state and federal financial aid. Zach Williams, emergency coordinator for Mahoning County EMA, told Boardman trustees Wednesday evening that Sunday’s EF-1 tornado ...

Warrant filed in Coitsville dogfighting investigation

COITSVILLE — Animal Charity of Ohio has filed a new search warrant related to an investigation in Coitsville Township. The affidavit, filed Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and signed by Judge John Durkin, asserts that humane agents believe they will find evidence of dog-fighting operations, including the bodies of deceased animals buried on the property. The house at 502 Coitsville-Hubbard Road was raided on June 25 and six dogs were taken from the dilapidated building. At the time, few details were known about what happened that day. The search warrant filed Monday ...

Suspect in Lincoln Reflecting Pool vandalism pleads not guilty

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power. David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, entered the plea through one of his attorneys during his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court. Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, was indicted last Thursday on a single felony count of property destruction. Before the country’s ...

Court filings: Schwebel’s may rise again

Schwebel Baking Company looks to enter an accelerated bankruptcy proceeding as part of its strategy to attract new ownership for the century-old business, according to paperwork filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. The potential for a new buyer was revealed when U.S. District ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 10

Democrats in Maine begin search for new US Senate candidate PORTLAND, Maine — Democrats in Maine are beginning a sprint to nominate a new candidate for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat. The drive began after progressive nominee Graham Platner announced he’s withdrawing from the race after a sexual assault allegation. Democrats need to pick a candidate to replace Platner on the ballot by July 27, less than four months before the nominee will face longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race Democrats need to win to take back the chamber. Potential candidates began to come into ...

Elections board wants to move warehouse, voting center

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections wants to relocate its warehouse and voting equipment — and eventually its early-voting center — to the former Bottom Dollar store and the rest of its operations to the planned county government center downtown. But DeMaine Kitchen, director of the city’s community planning and economic development department, said Wednesday the talk by the board of elections is premature. The plan requires an agreement for the city to sell the former grocery store to the Western Reserve Port Authority in order for the board to lease it as ...