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Vehicle eludes cops in Belmont Avenue chase

LIBERTY - A vehicle whose registration showed a suspect with an active warrant managed to elude officers in a recent chase. According to a police report released Tuesday, an officer was on patrol in the southbound area of Belmont Avenue Oct. 7 when he noticed a black GMC pickup truck traveling in the same direction near the Walmart intersection. The report states the officer ran a random check through LEADS and learned the vehicle's registered owner had a warrant through the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, which dispatchers confirmed to be still active. The officer traveled back ...

Vehicle reported stolen in Liberty

LIBERTY - The area's Flock system revealed no matches as Trumbull County dispatchers marked a vehicle as stolen Sunday. According to a police report, officers were called to a Logan Gate Road residence for a stolen vehicle, with officers being told that the caller's red 2016 Chrysler 300 S was missing. The man said he still has his keys and is current on his payments. The report states the man told officers his car was taken sometime Saturday night, adding that he parked it around 4 or 5 p.m. and backed it into the parking garage, but left the apartment around 1:15 p.m. Sunday and ...

Girard family files lawsuit over Prom Promise incident

GIRARD - The family of a Girard High School student who was struck and injured by a police cruiser last spring during a Prom Promise event at the school has filed a lawsuit against the Girard City School District, Girard city and police officer Robert Williams, who was driving the cruiser. The lawsuit was filed in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court by the family of Jeremiah Hunter, including his mother Tina Hunter, father, Ash Tolbert and brother, Josiah Hunter. The suit states that Jeremiah Hunter, who was injured, was participating in a mock OVI crash on May 1, 2025, as part of a ...

Trump stumps for Husted, Ramaswamy in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN – In between saying gas prices were going to “drop like a rock,” and that he’d end the wars in Iran and between Ukraine and Russia, President Donald Trump urged Ohio voters to support U.S. Sen. Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in this election. During ...

SOBE receiver optimistic about potential federal help

YOUNGSTOWN – Despite previous unsuccessful efforts to get government money, the receiver for the financially troubled downtown Youngstown steam heat utility said he is “optimistic” about help from the U.S. Department of Energy discussed by President Donald Trump. John C. Collins, ...

Youngstown man killed in Interstate-80 crash in Hubbard

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Gregory Connors, 43, of Youngstown, was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 eastbound that involved two other vehicles that were stopped on the highway because of traffic. The Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a news release Saturday morning stating that the crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. in Hubbard Township. The release states that Connors was in the left lane, failed to slow down, and “clipped the right rear portion” of a 2011 Subaru Legacy operated by Nicholas Shields, 23, of Elyria, then continued into the right lane and struck ...