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Ind., Ill. residents grapple in aftermath of tornadoes

Residents in tornado-ravaged areas in Illinois and Indiana were grappling with the damage to their homes and neighborhoods on Friday, after the strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago and left trails of destruction. Cleanup efforts were underway, and utility companies said power restoration efforts could extend into next week. Thursday’s storms ripped roofs off of buildings, flattened homes, brought down scores of trees and power lines and caused hundreds of thousands of power outages and major air traffic disruptions. Officials said there were no reports ...

Trial sheds light on misplaced stop sign in Coitsville

COITSVILLE — It’s not often that a criminal trial results in a discovery that a stop sign is in the wrong place and it is moved to meet regulations. But that is what happened in one instance in Coitsville Township. On May 20, a jury in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court found Robert C. ...

Project for city safety campus is likely dead

YOUNGSTOWN — City officials allocated $1.5 million of American Rescue Plan money in 2024 for the study and design of a safety campus, which almost certainly will never come to fruition. Strollo Architects, the Youngstown-based firm hired for the design work, has received about $1.16 million of that ARP money from the city to date, said Gregg Strollo, its owner. “What we did is worth more than that, but no one thinks we did anything worthwhile,” Strollo said. “What we’ve done so far is a pretty good start. But the city, near as I can tell, isn’t interested in the ...

US judge OKs Trump’s UFC birthday show

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Friday that the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. U.S. District Judge Amit ...

Trump name must be removed from Kennedy Center, judge rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center’s exterior on Friday, denying a last-minute request from the institution’s board that would have kept the name in place. Unless the Kennedy Center decides to appeal the decision from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, Trump’s name could be removed from the building within hours. Workers were seen building scaffolding around a section of the building that includes Trump’s name and about a dozen people watched nearby, chanting “take it down.” A Kennedy ...

Texas mass shooter had targeted police

A man who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland in an attack Friday morning that left one person dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase, authorities said. The suspect, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, already was being sought by authorities when ...