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Bicyclist killed in hit-skip collision

WARREN TOWNSHIP — The Ohio State Highway Patrol Warren Post is investigating a Thursday morning fatal hit-skip crash that left a man riding a bicycle dead. OSP reports that calls were made to Trumbull 911 after 11 a.m. Thursday of the fatal accident on Main Avenue Extension (Austintown ...

Stormwater board OKs Canfield line

CANFIELD — A drinking water line will be installed in Canfield Township, through the auspices of the ABC Water and Stormwater District. But arriving at the approval was no easy task. At a meeting Tuesday, ABC board members Austintown Trustee Robert Santos, Canfield Township Administrator ...

Man found not guilty of raping woman he met on dating app

YOUNGSTOWN — Quentell Elhakim, 30, of West Middlesex, Pa.,was found not guilty on all three rape counts Thursday afternoon in a case that was a bit unusual in that it involved an adult rather than a child. Perhaps also unusual was the scenario that the woman described during her testimony ...

Man, 20, pleads guilty to punch that dropped man to concrete

YOUNGSTOWN — Semaj Barlow-McElvaine, 20, of Falls Avenue, pleaded guilty to felonious assault Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court regarding a July 12 incident at the Western Reserve Transit Authority bus station in which he punched a man in the head, causing the victim to fall ...

Forfeiture in prostitution cases results in $114K to law enforcement

YOUNGSTOWN — A recent judgment entry in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court provides the amount of money two law enforcement agencies are getting as a result of money forfeited by three women who operated illicit massage parlors in Beaver and Springfield townships in 2024 — $114,515. It ...

Struthers mayor: Enbridge fixes gas billing mistake

STRUTHERS — When many city residents receive their gas bills next month, they likely will be pleased to also see a return to normalcy. “They have corrected the situation,” Mayor Catherine Cercone Miller said after Wednesday’s regular city council meeting. She was referring to ...