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Governor rejects photo ID for mail-in voting in Ohio

A bill to require photo identification from all Ohioans who vote by mail has been vetoed by Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine, who vetoed House Bill 472 Wednesday, said it “would not discourage fraud, would not add any real security and would create an additional and significant burden for Ohioans who vote by mail. “This bill is not needed because Ohio does an excellent job running elections. We know who wins on election night and not weeks later.” The governor also noted that requiring a photo ID for the mail-in ballot would serve as no additional verification of the voter’s true ...

National Park Service: Vandals cut Lincoln pool liner

WASHINGTON — A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service said Thursday. The ...

Man gets two years in prison for ‘deliberate act of violence’

YOUNGSTOWN — Marcus G. Cobb, 62, of Tampa Avenue, was sentenced to two to three years in prison Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court after being convicted at trial of felonious assault in a dispute with a man doing yard work near Cobb’s home who had once called Cobb a degrading ...

White House supports restoration of Delphi pensions

The White House supports the long-discussed restoration of benefits to Delphi salaried retirees, who lost them 17 years ago. The Office of Management and Budget sent a letter Wednesday to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., asking for a supplemental budget request that includes $1 billion for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which oversaw Delphi employees’ pensions. Union pensions for hourly employees were fully funded, but the retirees were denied the same considerations, getting paid far less. The letter asks for the $1 billion “to increase the benefit levels for ...

Coitsville trustees respond to concerns over reopening of McGuffey Preserve

COITSVILLE — The Coitsville Township Trustees issued a news release Thursday to address concerns raised this week by Richard Scarsella, chairman of the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society, over the McGuffey Wildlife Preserve not yet being open after they acquired it from Mill Creek ...

Man sentenced to 2-3 years of prison on bribery, protection-order violations

YOUNGSTOWN — Judge Anthony Donofrio of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court sentenced Edward D. McLane Sr., 40, of Youngstown to two to three years in prison Wednesday on attempted bribery, two counts of violating a protection order and one count of cocaine possession. McLane gets credit for 279 days already spent in the Mahoning County jail toward his prison sentence. The sentence was mutually recommended by the prosecution and defense. McLane’s convictions stem from several separate incidents in the last few years, some involving McLane’s ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother ...