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Federal court dismisses appeals of settlement from 2023 derailment

EAST PALESTINE — The five residents appealing the East Palestine train derailment class-action settlement were a day late and $850,000 short, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled last week. The appellate court in Cincinnati dismissed appeals filed by attorney David Graham on ...

Some roadways reopen in Youngstown after many accidents earlier

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department issued an advisory to the public at a little before 8 a.m. today to slow down and use extreme caution after black ice on roadways in Youngstown led to “over 20 traffic crashes, mainly on the freeways.” But by 10:15 a.m., Lt. Frank Rutherford, ...

Ellsworth Marine connected with Vietnamese villagers

ELLSWORTH — Kenneth Calhoun remembers the moment he decided to be a Marine. His father moved the family from the coal mines of Tarentum, Pa., to Indianapolis, where Calhoun belonged to his high school’s ROTC. A Marine came to a function wearing his dress blues. “I looked and said ...

Trump challenges order to fund SNAP

BOSTON (AP) — Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund the monthly benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown. A judge had given the ...

From the front lines to the home front

CANFIELD — The War Vet Museum has passed the 45,000-artifacts point and among the items are correspondences from veterans serving on other shores who wanted to stay in touch with their families. “We have hundreds, if not thousands, of letters and postcards sent home by veterans serving ...

Ciccone owes more than $3,000 in property taxes to county

Embattled Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone, a Republican, owes more than $3,000 in delinquent property taxes — most of it for the Austintown house where he lives. Meanwhile, the leaders of the county Republican and Democratic parties will announce as soon as next week that ...