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Speaker focuses on fossils found in Ohio

WARREN — Just how abundant fossils are in Ohio, and what types of ancient animal and plant life inhabited Ohio were the topics of a presentation by Carrie Schweitzer, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Kent State University, on Wednesday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public ...

Ex-FirstEnergy execs reindicted in $60M Ohio bribery case

COLUMBUS — A grand jury has reindicted two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday. Yost, a Republican, joined Summit ...

Canfield updated on major water leak

CANFIELD — There was not a lot of old or new business conducted at Wednesday’s brief city council meeting, but council members were updated on a major water leak at Sawmill and Herbert roads. “We are trying to fix it ourselves,” Public Works Superintendent John Rapp said. He ...

Father of family dislocated by arson fire sought higher penalty

YOUNGSTOWN — Keith Logan Sr. admits he does not know a lot about the judicial system and was not a direct victim of the three occupied residential arson fires Will Jones, 60, set in Youngstown last Nov. 22 and 23. But with his son, Keith Logan Jr. and his wife traveling to Africa last week, ...

Malloy elected new Trumbull GOP chairman

WARREN — While a brand new slate of officers, led by Denny Malloy as chairman, are running the Trumbull County Republican Party, plenty of discord and infighting remain. Malloy, who lost reelection in the Republican primary for his county commissioner seat, beat Jim Dunlap, the party’s ...

Jewish Caucus members take part in town hall

YOUNGSTOWN — Fears about rising antisemitism, community safety and growing political division dominated a town hall Thursday as members of the Ohio Jewish Caucus met with local residents at the Jewish Community Center in Youngstown. The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the Ohio Jewish ...