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Harsher penalties sought in Ohio for repeat nonviolent felony convicts

WARREN — A Trumbull County man, who has been arrested 69 times and imprisoned four times, is headed back to prison for another stretch behind bars for only two years following his July 14 sentencing. The sentence was the maximum allowed by Ohio law because Ohio has eliminated habitual criminal statutes and many repeat-offender escalation of penalties provisions during the long tenure of Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. Watkins has assigned Trumbull County First Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Becker and Chief of the Criminal Division Mike Burnett to propose legislation ...

Consumers’ watchdog opposes SOBE hikes

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel has requested the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio revisit its decision to impose huge emergency rate hikes on SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s downtown Youngstown customers. The OCC filed a motion, on behalf of SOBE’s residential ...

$100K bond set for suspect in trooper’s death

YOUNGSTOWN — Ryan Rach, 36, who was indicted last week on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide in the Oct. 16 crash that killed Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Cayton, was arraigned on the charges Monday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Rach, of Canfield, who ...

100 march to end violence in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Sometimes, all it takes are a few hundred feet marching in solidarity to sharpen the perspective of those who live in a given community that sometimes faces daunting challenges to realize and appreciate they have more commonalities than differences. Just ask Nevaeh ...

Inspiring students show off wares, skills at South Side marketplace

YOUNGSTOWN — It may take London Cowan only 20 to 30 minutes to crochet a headband, though it’s safe to say that certain valuable lessons woven into the fabric of her young life will endure longer than 20 or 30 years. “I got my inspiration from my grandma (Gloria Thompkins). She taught ...

ROTC military alumni reunite at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — It was a picnic for heroes. The annual Youngstown State University ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) alumni gathering took place Saturday afternoon at the Pollock House pavilion on campus. A 1974 YSU graduate with a major in political science and former ROTC member Dave ...