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What to know about security bug impacting internet

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The language that's known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts describe as one of the most notable vulnerabilities in recent memory. PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is geared toward web development, and thus, it powers the vast majority of websites across the world. When the organization behind the language and the FBI’s cyber division warned on Wednesday of significant vulnerabilities in the language, government agencies, corporations and other organizations were sent into a flurry. The episode also highlights how artificial ...

Clerk Ciccone accused of racism again

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YOUNGSTOWN — A day after the county auditor called him a financial liability, the Mahoning County clerk of courts is back in the spotlight. Michael P. Ciccone has been sued again for alleged racial discrimination. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court by Ronald Winphrie accuses Ciccone of firing him without cause. The suit invokes the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the section of Ohio Revised Code that addresses unlawful discriminatory practices. Winphrie’s filing states that he worked as a deputy ...

On the record: Weathersfield Board of Education

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WHAT: Weathersfield Board of Eductaion meeting Oct. 14 PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: * Accepted a donation of $1,500 from D. Todd Murdock to the Seaborn Elementary School teachers in memory of her husband, Fred McCandless, who was a former board of education member. * Accepted the retirement of Brenda Buckner as a cafeteria worker effective Jan. 31, 2027 with 26 years in the school district. * Accepted the resignations of Jessica Bacha and Kelley Dempsey, bus drivers. * Hired Sue Shaffer and Victoria Cherol as cafeteria ...

Woman accused of trying to burn City Hall

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YOUNGSTOWN — A woman is in jail after police say she tried to set fire to Youngstown City Hall. A Youngstown police report states that Jasmina Gurley was arrested Wednesday evening after a passerby notified police that someone was outside trying to set fire to the building. She is due to ...

Youngstown murder trial delayed over attorney conflict

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YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum resolved a new complication Wednesday in the murder case of Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, by appointing another new defense attorney and pushing the trial date back. It was scheduled to begin Monday. Krichbaum appointed former Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Mike Yacovone to represent Winphrie after Winphrie’s most recent defense attorney, Rhys Cartwright-Jones, filed a motion recently asking to withdraw after discovering that Cartwright-Jones represented a co-defendant in the case not long ...

City to look at zoning for proposed data center

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YOUNGSTOWN – When it comes to a proposed artificial intelligence data center on Logan Avenue, Mayor Derrick McDowell said the city will look at its zoning and permitting options. “The first step is to engage the current owner and the buyer,” McDowell said Wednesday. “They say there are contingencies.” Valor Energy Inc. announced Tuesday it entered into a $3.6 million agreement to purchase the 30,888-square-foot facility at 1911 Logan Ave. that has been a bitcoin mining operation for more than three years and is owned by Middlefield Industrial Complex Inc. McDowell said the ...