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Property transfers for June 13

Property transfers recorded June 1 to 5 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown James Ahmed to Ruth Rovder, 5479 W. Nora Mill Road, $86,250 Robert A. Smiley to Kayleigh Cannell, 4576 Alderwood Drive, $189,900 Christopher W. Loomis and Christine Loomis to Chelsea Schlindler and Jacob Dean Walton, 3490 Warwick Court, $182,000 The estate of Mary Frances Parry to In O, 4226 Buckey Road, $117,500 Justin M. Paskel to Christopher Weaver and Alicia Weaver, 252 Parkgate Ave., $125,000 Gary A. Newhard to Tierra Reynolds, 4220 Nottingham Ave., $305,000 Brian ...

Youngstown police, water workers may get big raises

YOUNGSTOWN — City Council will consider ratifying contracts Wednesday with its water department and emergency police dispatchers unions that include large raises for this year — to put the employees in line with what other unions are receiving in 2026. The 78 members of the water ...

Trump calls off attacks on Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump called off new military strikes on Iran on Thursday, claiming a breakthrough in negotiations to end the war just hours after the American leader threatened to escalate the conflict by seizing control of Iran’s oil ...

Ohio BCI investigates officer-involved shooting in Valley

WARREN — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has been requested by the Warren Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting early Thursday in the 1500 block of Longfellow Court NE. Dominic Binkley, press secretary with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office BCI, said ...

Execution tool of nitrogen gas ruled unconstitutional

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday night as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is unconstitutionally cruel, issuing a brief order that came well after the hour originally planned to initiate Jeffery Lee’s execution. The justices decided not to lift an injunction blocking the state from carrying out the nation’s ninth execution by nitrogen gas. A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections said the execution was off for the evening and the state would not try ...

Nation and world at a glance for June 12

El Nino arrives; scientists fear it will be big, bad and very costly WASHINGTON — U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed. That’s the natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather around the globe. It is likely to a major factor in extreme and deadly weather across the planet for the next year or so. The one announced Thursday is expected to rival the record and costly 1997-1998 El Nino. It is usually strongest in the wintertime, and it makes it incredibly likely that 2027 will set a record for the hottest year globally. The United Nations ...