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Edouard, now a tropical depression, drenches Texas with flash flooding and downed trees

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PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression but dumped nearly 2 feet of rain in some places, flooded roads and knocked down trees Wednesday in parts of Texas as it slowly moved north. Schools and municipal offices were closed, residents were told to stay home and a news station captured a water rescue of a family. Some areas northwest of Beaumont, where the center of the storm passed Tuesday, received between 10 inches and 21 inches of rain in a matter of hours, the National Weather Service and emergency officials said. The storm was ...

1982 Niles cop killer denied parole

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NILES — A man serving a 30-years-to-life sentence for a 1982 shooting of a Niles police officer will have to wait another six years for a shot at parole. According to a news release from the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office, a coordinator of the county’s victim witness division learned from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction this week that Fred Joseph Jr., 60, has been denied parole after a late July hearing. Joseph, who is incarcerated at Toledo Correctional Institution, will have his next parole hearing in May 2032. Niles Police Officer John Utlak, ...

On the record

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Campbell WHAT: Board of Education special meeting Aug. 28 PRESENT: Judy Gozur, Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: • Approved the purchase of additional furniture for the Campbell Health and Community Development Center (CHCDC) from Southern Aluminum in the amount of $13,483; from MV Sales in the amount of $58,926.51; and from Amazon in the amount of $9,995.52. Funding is through the Appalachian Regional Commission. The center opens today. • Approved an agreement between the Campbell City School District and Supplemental Educational ...

Defendants want separate trials in bizarre 2024 murder

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YOUNGSTOWN — Two men set for trial Sept. 21 in the Oct. 17, 2024, bizarre shooting death of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at the home of co-defendant Andre K. Bailey on Bott Street on the East Side are are asking Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum to try them separately. On Aug. 17, Eddie Winphrie, 43, asked to be tried separately from co-defendant Vincent Marbley, 61, saying that if Winphrie testified, Winphrie’s testimony “would tend to implicate” Marbley as to Marbley’s “potential complicity” in the case. Winphrie’s filing states that being tried ...

Symbolic funerals held in Nepal for those feared lost

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday, as families of locals still unaccounted for after last week’s catastrophic floods held symbolic funerals for their loved ones. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry ...

Jury in trial of Lindsay Clancy remains deadlocked

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Wednesday following a fifth day of deliberations and twice saying they can’t agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The jury will return ...