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Ex-Ohio State players plan to join sexual abuse lawsuit against school Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, have agreed to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student athletes decades ago by a team doctor, a lawyer in the case said Thursday. The lawyer, Rocky Ratliff, said in an interview that the men came forward some eight years after the first lawsuit was filed because they needed to overcome the shame of revealing that they’d been sexually abused by another man and the fear of taking on the ...

AAUW program highlights power of collaboration for career prep

BOARDMAN — Building a bridge between classroom learning and real-world careers was the focus of a program Tuesday hosted by the American Association of University Women, as local education leaders and workforce partners came together to discuss how collaboration is shaping the future for ...

US fires on Iranian oil tanker

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals. A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in ...

Democrats turn out despite little on the ballot

Despite a number of contested Republican races and very little for Democrats to decide on the primary election ballot, more Democrats voted in Mahoning County than GOP voters, and Republicans didn’t outnumber Democrats in Trumbull County by much. It’s also a huge turnaround from the 2024 ...

Austintown woman arraigned in death of 17-year-old daughter

AUSTINTOWN — Bond was set at $500,000 when Laronda A. Mitchell, 38, of South Raccoon Road in Austintown was arraigned Wednesday morning in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown in the death of her 17-year-old daughter. During the hearing, no plea was accepted on the involuntary manslaughter, felony child endangering, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Not guilty pleas were made on the two misdemeanor counts of child endangering and failure to report a death, and Judge Scott Hunter ordered Mitchell to have no contact with “the alleged victim(s)” of the misdemeanor ...

Yost resigns as Ohio attorney general

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican who’s held statewide office for more than 15 years, said he is resigning, effective June 7, to join a Christian conservative legal advocacy group – a move that may create a domino effect among other executive branch positions. Yost is leaving his state position to become vice president of strategic research and innovation for the Alliance Defending Freedom. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the ADF focuses on cultural issues such as religious liberty, private school vouchers, restricting abortion access as well as opposing LGBTQ+ rights ...