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Warren man arraigned after high-speed chase into North Jackson

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WARREN — A city man was charged with several offenses after a Sunday night incident that began with police trying to pull over a car for dark window tint at Front Street and Nevada Avenue Southwest that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in gunfire hitting a house. Freddie T. Washington, 19, of Parkman Road NW was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on charges including felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor hit-skip. The chase ended in North Jackson about 15 miles away. There were four men in the ...

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• MILTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at the township hall for an executive session on employment issues. • PUBLIC LIBRARY OF YOUNGSTOWN/MAHONING COUNTY will have a joint meeting of the Executive and Building and Sites Committee at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the main library room to discuss matters related to a land donation from Struthers city.

On the record Weathersfield

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Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: • Approved seeking bids for the planned $1.2 million addition for Seaborn Elementary School. Officials have said because of increased enrollment and plans to house special needs students within the district instead of at other locations throughout the county, the board approved moving forward with a 2,500-square-foot addition to Seaborn. Dohar said the enrollment for grades kindergarten to sixth who are housed at the school has ...

The next Atlantic storm will be named Dolly, but it’s not connected to Parton’s death

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MIAMI (AP) — The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but the timing is pure coincidence and has no connection to Dolly Parton’s death Tuesday. Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organization, and the lists of names are reused every six years. For the Atlantic region, the lists are alphabetical and alternate male and female names. This season started with Tropical Storm Arthur coming ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast in June, and Tropical Storm Bertha dumped rain in Louisiana and Texas in July. ...

Kremlin: CIA director held talks in Moscow

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The Associated Press The Kremlin said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was informed of the contacts that were “on the intelligence agencies’ level.” “Of course, President Putin is immediately informed of everything,” Peskov added, refusing to say what was discussed. Russian state news ...

Man shot near bars in Austintown

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AUSTINTOWN — Austintown police are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday night. A news release issued by the department on Wednesday states that officers responded to the 4100 block of Mahoning Avenue about 12:30 a.m. after someone reported a male had been shot. The release states that police found a man in his late 20s with a gunshot wound to his lower leg. The man was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for treatment. “At this time, there is no one in custody, and we have no suspect information to release publicly. If additional information becomes available it ...