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Man pleads guilty in assault case

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WARREN — A Youngstown man has pleaded guilty to two high-level felonies stemming from his 2024 assault on a pregnant nurse in the parking lot of the former Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren. Roge E. Berger, 37, of Ventura Avenue, pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ...

Replacement SNAP benefits available after power losses

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The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is reminding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients who experienced food spoilage during the recent power outages that they may be eligible for replacement benefits. Households that lost food purchased with SNAP benefits because ...

Ohio BMV warns of scam

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The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has received reports of a possible texting scam from scammers claiming to be from state employees. Residents have reported receiving text messages from scammers informing the recipients that they have an outstanding parking ticket. The text then instructs ...

YSU grad student creates web accessibility scanner

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Youngstown State University graduate student Dil Rawat is using his capstone project in the Master of Computing and Information Systems program to do his part in tackling a growing national need: digital accessibility. Rawat, who has worked as a graduate assistant for the web team in the ...

Prosecutors ask that sentencing for uncooperative witness proceed

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office has asked to withdraw the motion it filed Feb. 27 that asked Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony D’Apolito to vacate the guilty plea Saun Peterson reached in the stray-bullet shooting death of 15-year-old Amya Monserrat in ...

6 human traffickers get probation, ordered to pay fines of $166,000

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WARREN — Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice sentenced six defendants in the human trafficking investigation of the former Tiger Spa and Sunny Spa, both on West Market Street in Warren, to three years of probation and fines totaling $166,000. He also made each of the five ...