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U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...

Girard, Liberty bus drivers get together to train

Staff report GIRARD — Transportation staff from the Girard City School and Liberty Local School districts came together Friday for a joint professional development program focused on student safety, emergency preparedness and collaboration. The training, which took place at Girard High ...

Austintown settles gas line permit dispute for new home

AUSTINTOWN — A dispute between the township and a utility company threatened to delay a resident’s progress on her new home, but the problem has since been resolved. Debra Day and her husband are building a home on Fitch Boulevard, right behind Meijer. She said the job superintendent for her contractor, Koch Construction, told her earlier this week that while water and electricity were all set, Enbridge Gas Ohio had not installed her service line and it seemed as though they might not do it at all. The problem arose from Enbridge’s objections to new right-of-way permitting ...

Woman charged with felonious assault in Friday knife fight

YOUNGSTOWN — Perstephanie Parker, 49, was set for arraignment Friday afternoon in Youngstown Municipal Court on two counts of felonious assault in an early Friday incident on Cassius Avenue on the East Side in which three women were stabbed. A Youngstown police report states that officers were called to Cassius Avenue at 3:38 a.m. by Parker, who said two women cut Parker’s hand after an argument about her brother broke out and the women charged at her with a knife. If Parker is convicted of the charges, she could get more than 10 years in prison. However, when police spoke with ...

Cutrona’s proposed bill to ensure Flock cameras data is used properly

With the use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras coming under scrutiny, state Sen. Al Cutrona said he plans to introduce legislation to ensure information they collect is used appropriately. Cutrona, R-Canfield, said: “Ensuring that the rights and privacy of citizens is upheld is the default standard in a government that is of, by and for the people. The legislation will prohibit any government entity collecting Flock camera data from sharing it with a third party or for personal use.” Cutrona said his proposal wouldn’t permit any government agency in the ...

Pedestrian struck by semi on I-80 in Hubbard

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — A Hubbard truck driver was killed when another semi struck him while he was outside his vehicle on Interstate 80 Thursday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren Post is investigating the crash that happened just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday when a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck and trailer operated by Rashid Salah, 52, of Rosemount, Minnesota, was traveling eastbound in the right lane of I-80. A 2005 Saab 9-3, operated by Randall Kriebel, 65, of Hubbard, was stopped on the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes. Kriebel was outside his vehicle in ...