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Sellers charged with murder in Columbus

COLUMBUS — A man acquitted of murder in March is now in jail again, charged with the same offense in the state capital. Franklin County Municipal Court documents show that Danyo Wayne Sellers, AKA Legend Pless, 19, was arrested Monday in connection with a July 23 shooting on Hamilton ...

Man found dead under truck in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are still investigating a man’s death after he was found under a truck Tuesday afternoon. A Youngstown police report states that officers responded to 890 Midlothian Blvd., near Zedaker Street, about 3 p.m. The businesses listed at that address are Youngstown Comfort Systems, Famous Supply of Youngstown and Precious Metals. When they arrived, they found a man face down on the ground, with the lower half of his body under a tan pickup truck, which was parked next to the building. The report states that an officer rolled him over with the intention of ...

City man arrested at football game Friday

WARREN — A Youngstown man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, both low-level misdemeanors, following a run-in with a Warren police officer who would not allow him to re-enter Mollenkopf Stadium on Friday night in the second half of the Harding-Youngstown football game. Ronald Davis, 61, returns for a second hearing in Warren Municipal Court at 10:15 a.m. Sept. 29. Judge Patricia Knepp set a personal recognizance bond for Davis. A Warren police report states that a Warren officer was working the football game about 9:30 p.m. Friday on the ...

Metroparks seeks to extend water trail designation

HOWLAND — The Trumbull County MetroParks board wants to extend the Mahoning River water trail designation from Packard Park to the Ohio-Pennsylvania line in Poland Township in Mahoning County. The metroparks board at a recent meeting authorized Zachary Svette, executive director, to apply to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the extension. Svette said in 2012, the metroparks board obtained the Mahoning Water Trail designation for the section of the river from Foster Park to Packard Park where there are boat launches. He said since then, there has been a lot of work ...

Defendants want separate trials in bizarre 2024 murder

YOUNGSTOWN — Two men set for trial Sept. 21 in the Oct. 17, 2024, bizarre shooting death of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at the home of co-defendant Andre K. Bailey on Bott Street on the East Side are are asking Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum to try them separately. On Aug. 17, Eddie Winphrie, 43, asked to be tried separately from co-defendant Vincent Marbley, 61, saying that if Winphrie testified, Winphrie’s testimony “would tend to implicate” Marbley as to Marbley’s “potential complicity” in the case. Winphrie’s filing states that being tried ...

Jackson-Milton welcomes Gateways clients to practice

NORTH JACKSON — Jackson-Milton High School officials invited clients of Gateways to Better Living to attend a special football practice alongside the school’s varsity football team on Tuesday. This was the third year of the district’s and Gateways partnership, and the purpose of the ...