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Victims of Poland car crash, Youngstown shooting identified

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has identified the child who died in a Tuesday evening crash on Route 224 in Poland and the man who was shot to death Wednesday evening on Youngstown’s South Side. A Thursday press release states that the child who died was 4-year-old Cassis Huddleston, a passenger who was transferred to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital after he was involved in a single vehicle accident at U.S. Route 224 and Poland Way in Poland Tuesday. An autopsy was conducted at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the ...

Man, 39, arrested in South Side burglary

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police arrested a 39-year-old man in a Wednesday morning incident on West LaClede Avenue on the South Side after a neighbor called the homeowner to tell him someone was taking items from his house. The homeowner came home and saw the suspect running out of his house and down the driveway while carrying items from his house. The 911 call reporting the burglary gave a specific description of the suspect: tie dye jeans, gray shirt, Ohio State hat, according to a Youngstown police report. When two officers responded to the neighborhood, one officer spotted the ...

Speaker revisits Idora, NE Ohio amusement parks

GIRARD — On the East Coast, it is Disney World, and on the West Coast, it is Disneyland. These locations come to mind when thinking of amusement parks, but Northeast Ohio was populated by numerous pleasure grounds much earlier than when those parks opened. Speaker and author Wendy Koile ...

Girard OKS participating with Mahoning River water trail

GIRARD — City Council has approved Girard officials participating with other local communities and leaders to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail. At their meeting this week, officials said that Girard will join other communities such as Howland, Weathersfield, McDonald, Youngstown, Campbell, Struthers, Lowellville and Poland to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail as a means to encourage tourism and eco-friendly, educational, historical, cultural and recreational activities on the river. Mayor Mark Zuppo will be the official representative of the city to participate in the ...

Aggravated murder trial moved for pair

YOUNGSTOWN — The aggravated murder trial of two Youngstown men accused of participating in the shooting death of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at the East Side home of co-defendant, Andre K. Bailey, on Bott Street on Oct. 17, 2024, is now set for Sept. 21. Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, are charged with aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence, but they were only recently taken into custody in the case. Marbley was booked into the Mahoning County jail May 11 after being found in Columbus, and Winphrie was booked into the jail April 2 after ...

Youngstown board buys property for wastewater project

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control signed a $12,500 agreement to buy the clubhouse of the Afro Dogs Motorcycle Club as part of a major wastewater improvement project. The three parcels at 530 Gibson Ave. will be used as part of the city’s planned $170 million, 80-million-gallon-per-day wet weather facility to improve its wastewater system. The structures in the facility would treat excess combined sewage during heavy rainstorms and then release the water. The parcels that were owned by the club will be used for the “grit and screening” building — one of six ...