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Man sentenced to 6-7.5 years for attempted murder, aggravated robbery

YOUNGSTOWN — Nabil A. Allan, 18, was sentenced to 6 to 7 1/2 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in July to two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated robbery, all with gun specifications for offenses that occurred on two dates in 2024. Mahoning County Juvenile ...

City must pay $739K penalty to federal government

YOUNGSTOWN — A federal judge ordered Youngstown to pay a $739,500 penalty to the United States for missing deadlines on a major wastewater improvement project. Judge Christopher A. Boyko of the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of Ohio, who is overseeing the case, ruled Tuesday in ...

Mental health issues of man in hospital shooting surfaced last October

YOUNGSTOWN — A sister of “Ricky” Frederick P. Howk III, 33, of Austintown, the man who stole the gun of a Mercy Health police officer a week ago in the emergency department at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and used it on himself, says her brother’s mental health issues mostly ...

Trumbull to create committee to raise funds for dog pound

WARREN — Members of an advisory committee designed to help the Trumbull County Dog Pound find the financing needed for the building of a new 55-kennel dog pound in Vienna are expected to be named after next week’s commissioner workshop. The advisory committee is expected to focus on ...

Ohio Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Youngstown homicide case

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Dec. 10 to determine whether to uphold the 7th District Court of Appeals’ decision granting Lavontae Knight a new trial in the Dec. 30, 2018, killing of Trevice Harris and wounding Harris’ girlfriend in a car on Youngstown’s South ...

Boardman Subaru gives Glenwood a boost

BOARDMAN — Laura Frost believes that much of the fun of science lies in making science fun, and her teaching philosophy will be receiving a bit of a financial boost. “I feel that the new school year brings new opportunities,” Frost, a Boardman Glenwood Junior High School eighth-grade ...