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Man charged with 14 counts of arson to be evaluated for sanity

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum on Wednesday ordered that an evaluation be carried out on Will A. Jones, 59, to determine if he is not guilty by reason of insanity of the 14 counts of aggravated arson and other charges he faces. At a hearing, Jones’ ...

Man sentenced to two years in prison for drunken crash

YOUNGSTOWN — Chael T. Soto, 39, of Plazaview Court in Youngstown, was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in December to felony aggravated vehicular assault and misdemeanor drunken driving for a 3 a.m. Jan. 25, 2025, Coitsville Township crash that injured his ...

Compromise sought in Trumbull tax map debate

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are hoping to bring the county engineer and auditor together in a meeting to settle differences in the transfer of the county’s tax map from the auditor’s office to the engineer’s office. The two sides have for nearly a year been going through ...

DeWine talks ICE, taxes, death penalty

Gov. Mike DeWine said he is preparing for a potential increase in federal immigration agents in Ohio who may arrive as soon as next week with Springfield as a possible location. President Donald Trump’s administration on Feb. 3 is ending a temporary protected status for Haitians with ...

Boccieri joins state House race

YOUNGSTOWN — John Boccieri, a former congressman and state legislator, said he is going to run for the open Ohio House 58th District seat, joining three other Democrats planning to seek the position. Boccieri, of Poland, said the events in Minneapolis on Saturday in which federal ...

Auditor touts protections for homeowners

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham said more than 200 county residents already have signed up for a system designed to prevent property transfer fraud and wants to encourage more to join the program. “This is just the first step in our attempt to protect homeowners. The ...