Bobblehead of rescued kitten offered at museum Staff report The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled the first bobblehead of Sue, the tiny orange kitten who went viral recently after being rescued from an excavator in Leavittsburg by workers from RiverReach Construction ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
