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YSU professor to present international gang research

Staff report Ryan Roberts, assistant professor of criminal justice at Youngstown State University, will share his research on gangs, prisons and applied intelligence with an international audience of government officials and public-security advisers during an October virtual course on organized crime and hybrid threats. Roberts was invited by Colombia’s Instituto de Ciencia Politica Hernan Echavarría Olozaga in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to serve as a guest professor in the program’s second specialized course on organized crime and hybrid threats. He will lead ...

YSU to host history speaker series

Staff report Youngstown State University’s History 4820 course, “History in the Headlines,” will host a public speaker series this fall examining major issues in the news and their effects on people in the Mahoning Valley. The programs will be at 6 p.m. at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, 151 W. Wood St. The series is designed to make history accessible and relevant while encouraging community conversation about contemporary issues. The 2026 schedule includes: •Sept 15: “How have political party divisions in the U.S. become so vast, and can they ...

Mahoning County courts marriage licenses

Marriage licenses granted Aug. 24-28 in Mahoning County: William Terrence Eldridge, 50, Boardman, and Asha Marie Allen, 48, Canton David Harold Chance III, 35, Youngstown, and Celina Breeze Wilson, 27, Youngstown John Lacy Galloway, 42, Youngstown, and Lashonna Marie Shakoor, 37, Youngstown Robert James Santarelli III, 32, Youngstown, and Brianna Shelby Quinn, 31, Youngstown Ryan Christopher McCusker, 26, Beaver, Pa., and Hannah Renee Grymes, 23, Beaver Falls, Pa. Jonathan Edward Markota, 31, Youngstown, and Jordyn Lynn Markovitch, 30, Youngstown Peter James Hallof, 25, ...

Federal jury convicts father, son in murder of postal carrier

Staff report CLEVELAND — A federal jury convicted a father and son Thursday for their roles in the premeditated murder of an on-duty United States Postal Service letter carrier in March 2024. After a nearly two-week trial in front of U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent, Kaprise Sledge, 24, of Warren, and Thomas Sledge, 44 of Youngstown, were found guilty of murder of an officer and employee of the United States and using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in Relation to a crime of violence. According to evidence presented to the jury, on March 2, 2024, the two men ...

Warren man accused of pointing gun at driver in Liberty road-rage incident

LIBERTY — A Warren man faces a charge after being accused of pointing what appeared to be a firearm at another driver Wednesday afternoon. Ludnir Wade, 43, pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated menacing in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler. According to a police report, two Liberty officers were called to a Niles address for a road rage incident that had occurred on Tibbetts Wick Road and state Route 11, where a suspect pointed a firearm at the driver from their driver’s side window. The officer noted that the driver followed the suspect into Niles and ...

Youngstown man accused of hitting woman’s car

Staff report LIBERTY — Liberty police issued a warrant through Girard Municipal Court for Adham Aburahma, 31, of Youngstown, on a charge of felonious assault Friday morning. According to a police report, an officer was called to the parking lot of a Trumbull Avenue bar for an incident in the Aldi parking lot. The officer spoke with the caller, who said she went into the store to report an illegally parked car to an employee, noting that it was parked near the store’s Goldie Road exit and it could have caused an accident. The woman said she confronted Aburahma about the ...