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Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump’s name to building

National News August 28, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about the Kennedy Center’s intention to return President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue by early next month, challenging the board’s insistence on moving forward even in the face of a court ruling that blocked and reversed a previous effort. Just seconds after the Trump administration’s lawyer, Bradley Mayers, began making his case at a nearly two-hour hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper interrupted to ask why the center needed to begin inscribing the president’s name on ...

Western Reserve to close for railroad work

Local News August 28, 2026

BOARDMAN — Part of Western Reserve Road will close again temporarily next month. Mahoning County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti told Mahoning County Commissioners on Thursday that the road will close for two weeks beginning Sept. 14 so Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad Co. can make safety adjustments to the crossing at Southern Boulevard. “They’re going to move the gate back,” Ginnetti told The Vindicator. “We added a third lane and then at Southern we put in a dedicated drop-right turning lane as well. They’ll add a much longer arm so when a train goes through, it’ll span ...

Jury deliberates Clancy triple-murder case

Boy hurt in crash with police car

Local News August 28, 2026

MINERAL RIDGE — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash between a juvenile pedestrian and a Weathersfield Township police vehicle that occurred at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday on Prospect Street east of state Route 46 in the township. An unmarked 2016 Ford Explorer driven by a Weathersfield officer was traveling east on Prospect Street when a boy on foot northbound entered Prospect Street from the south side of the roadway into the lanes of travel and was struck, according to a news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The boy sustained minor injuries and was ...

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Community News August 28, 2026

TEAM VOLUNTEERS: The Oakhill Research Volunteer team is recruiting volunteers that are experienced in research in ancestry.com, find a grave and do family research. Training is available for people that want to learn how to do research. The Oakhill Research Volunteers do research profiles on people buried at Oakhill Cemetery; answer questions on family members buried at Oakhill Cemetery; replace headstones for faded veteran’s headstones; War-era profiles and information on veterans buried at Oakhill; Burial cards, collecting profiles in sections of the cemetery; and put flags down ...

Floods, mudslides kill 400 in Nepal, China

International News August 28, 2026

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier after a glacier collapse. Videos of ...