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Woman killed when motorcycle hits 2 horses on state Route 46

BAZETTA — A Cortland woman was killed early Friday when her motorcycle struck two horses while she was driving on state Route 46. Heather M. Robinson, 42, was traveling south on Route 46 near Cadwallader Sonk Road around 4:20 a.m. on a 2006 Suzuki GXR 1000 when two horses entered the road. Robinson struck one of the horses, causing her motorcycle to travel off the right side of the road and into a ditch, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren post. Robinson sustained fatal injuries. Both horses were returned to their enclosure, one with minor injuries. Robinson was ...

New dog warden at county pound plans outreach

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Dog Warden’s office has a new leader. Overseeing the office is not what Lisa Hill expected when she began volunteering as a dog walker in 2009, and her path to the job was not exactly a straight line. Still, a little more than two months since ...

President McKinley shot at Buffalo Exposition by anarchist

120 Years Ago, 1901 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “The president may recover. An Anarch fires upon the Chief Executive at the Buffalo Exposition this afternoon. Two bullets take effect. The wounds are in the stomach and his condition is serious – the assassin is a stranger – the president now lies in the hospital at the Pan American grounds in a comatose condition. Assassin caught.” “Buffalo, Sept. 6. – 4 p.m. – President McKinley was shot twice in the stomach here this afternoon in the Temple of Music. Condition is serious. Two ...

PIGGING OUT AT 180TH CANFIELD FAIR

CANFIELD — Nikki Bregar is happy to see her son showing his pig, though she’s probably more grateful for the likely indelible impact the experience will leave on him long after the dust settles and the last prize has been awarded. “This is his fourth year showing his pigs, and he ...

Private prison inmate stabbed over paint job

YOUNGSTOWN — An inmate at a local prison is in stable condition after being stabbed during a fight. A Youngstown police report states that officers responded to CoreCivic’s Northeast Ohio Correctional Center on Hubbard Road on Wednesday afternoon. Security officers at the prison showed them surveillance video of a fight that happened around 3:45 p.m. in a common area. The report states that two inmates, Monroe Merrell and Manuel Erazo-Alvarado, were painting steps in the area when another inmate walked through the fresh paint. The two became irate with the other man and a fight ...

Road and bridge project in Austintown advances

AUSTINTOWN — The first phase of an ODOT plan to remove a bridge in the township is underway. Mahoning County commissioners Thursday approved a resolution by the county engineer to close Lanterman Road for repaving, but that is only part of a bigger picture. The Mahoning County Engineer’s Office has not specified a timeline for the work. More dramatic changes will follow. ODOT originally proposed demolishing the Lanterman Road bridge, which spans Interstate 680, in 2019, but that plan was shelved during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, Austintown Township officials learned ...