WARREN — On the same day that the Warren Civil Service Commission approved a request from the city administration to schedule a promotional exam for a new police chief, the commission heard a plea from the former chief to rescind his resignation. Former police chief Eric Merkel said his ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A Howland police officer who was involved in a shooting in Youngstown last year appears to have been cleared after a state investigation. A report made available recently by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation explains what happened last October when Howland officer Keith Peterson, a member of the Mahoning Valley Critical Response Team, found Arthur Tyrone Mitchell in the attic of a Rush Boulevard home. The Mahoning Valley Prosecutor’s Office, upon review of the report, has determined categorically that there is no cause to pursue charges against the officer in ...
Jim Bakker, who built a huge TV following and evangelical empire with his first wife, Tammy Faye, which later collapsed in a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86. Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement. The cause of death was not ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to the edge of their all-time high on Monday after a couple buyout announcements helped lift the market. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% and pulled within 0.3% of its record, which was set during the summer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 90 points, or 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.1% to set its own record. PTC helped lead the market after leaping 33.5%. Schneider Electric of France said it would pay $205 in cash for each of the software company’s shares in a deal valuing it at about $22.6 billion. The proposed deal helped lift ...
AUSTINTOWN — Police and school officials said a local student has been arrested after bringing a gun to an off-campus building. A news release from the Austintown Local School District states that teachers and administrators at the Lynn Kirk building were made aware Monday morning of a student with a weapon. “Staff immediately responded in accordance with established safety protocols, and the Austintown Police Department was contacted. Officers responded swiftly, and the student was safely escorted from the building by law enforcement,” the statement reads. Austintown Police Lt. ...
COLUMBUS (AP) — A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on “American Idol” was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach, then claimed she was killed by a burglar. In his 2013 appearance on “American Idol,” Flynn told TV viewers about how his wife had encouraged him to chase his dreams on the singing competition. ...
