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Trump issues series of pardons

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term. Adriana Camberos was convicted in a separate plot in 2024 after ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded Jan. 5 to 9 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Alexander Nicholas Stanley to Azalea Keith and Bradley Demapan, 5676 Baylor Ave., $194,000 Beaver The John J. Lesnansky Revocable Trust to Timothy Allen Flaherty and Julie Anne ...

Deliberations in murder trial will resume Tuesday

YOUNGSTOWN — Closing arguments were given in the Kenneth Carter and Terry Hopkins murder trial Friday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, but the jury went home Friday evening without reaching a verdict. The jury will resume deliberations Tuesday morning since Monday is the Martin ...

New Philadelphia man gets 14 to 19.5 years for shooting city man

YOUNGSTOWN — Christina May of Youngstown said the killing of her son, Allen W. Pierce-May, 23, in January of 2024 has left an “empty place in our home and in our hearts that will never be filled.” She told Jules L. Freeman, 23, of New Philadelphia, who pleaded guilty last week to ...

Local photographer’s work to be displayed in new OSU hospital

KINSMAN — A local photographer’s work has been selected to adorn the walls of a Columbus hospital, which is scheduled to open in about a month. Rebecca Nieminen, owner of Storyteller Photography: Images by Rebecca, specializes in portraiture and fine art landscape and nature ...

Registration will open Tuesday for People’s Law School at library

The second course of the People’s Law School, a free legal education series for the public, begins in February. Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro, in partnership with the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, will present the seven-part series. Topics will include ...