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Trump taps housing chief to lead national intelligence WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans say President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence seems unqualified. Democrats say federal housing finance director Bill Pulte lacks national security experience. Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas are leaving the chamber after this year’s elections and say Pulte lacks qualifications to be DNI. The Republican president says Pulte will remain director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and ...

Ex-city clerk of courts opposes case dismissal

YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney representing Sarah Brown-Clark, a former Youngstown clerk of courts seeking back pay, told a judge the city’s request to dismiss the case is “improper” and “premature.” James Vitullo, Brown-Clark’s attorney, wrote in a response to the city’s dismissal request that his client’s “complaint states valid claims under Ohio law, and she is entitled to proceed to discovery and adjudication on the merits, as such claims are particularly appropriate for resolution on a full factual record, not at the pleading stage.” Brown-Clark filed the ...

Galloping pony takes Austintown police for a ride through township

AUSTINTOWN — Not every police chase involves a subject in an automobile. Austintown officers got a taste of what an exciting Monday evening might have looked like in the days of founders Calvin Austin and John McCollum. Their quarry was not a suspicious character in a sedan but rather a self-propelled single-horse-power vehicle with no passenger. Yes, about 8 p.m., police responded to a resident report of a pony running loose on Staatz Drive. An Austintown dispatch center report chronicles the adventurous animal’s harrowing 15-minute romp through town. Austintown Dispatcher ...

Judge postpones civil trial over collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims. U.S. District Judge James Bredar expressed frustration about the timing ...

City to consider $130K payment to determine SOBE’s viability

YOUNGSTOWN — With SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is responsible for providing steam heat for a majority of downtown Youngstown “in the midst of a financial crisis,” city council will consider legislation Wednesday to pay up to $130,000 to a law firm to determine the long-term viability of the company. Mayor Derrick McDowell said at Monday’s council public utilities committee meeting that the work to be done by Roetzel & Andress needs to start right away. With John C. Collins, SOBE’s receiver, writing in a court document last Wednesday that “the company is in the ...

Youngstown police respond to weekend gunfire

YOUNGSTOWN — Residents of Dogwood Lane in the southwest area of the city reported seeing gunfire coming from two cars in front of a home early Saturday. The cars were a white Dodge Durango and a white Chevrolet Malibu, the report states. Officers were dispatched to the location at 3:40 a.m. The resident of the home reported being inside the house when he or she heard multiple gunshots and went outside to see his or her car parked in front of the house with its back window shot out and a bullet hole in the front windshield. Youngstown police officers checked the area and did not find ...