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Traffic arrest gives new life to 2022 kidnapping, robbery prosecution

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YOUNGSTOWN — Terrence A. Machen, 35, of Volney Road, will be arraigned at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on several serious 2023 felony charges after Machen was arrested Saturday during a traffic stop in the city. A state trooper made the stop at Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard in Youngstown. During the stop, a trooper discovered Machen had a kidnapping warrant from 2022 from Youngstown Municipal Court, a Youngstown police report states. The trooper took Machen to the Mahoning County jail. The report does not mention it, but Machen also has a warrant ...

US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday — the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, were killed in Jordan in Friday’s attacks. Feehan, a first lieutenant, will be posthumously promoted to the rank of captain and awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Combat Action Badge. ...

Boardman, ABC launch stormwater survey

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BOARDMAN — The first phase of Boardman’s $47 million federally-funded effort to eliminate flooding woes is well underway, and now the township needs residents’ input. In collaboration with the ABC Water and Stormwater District, Boardman Township has begun a comprehensive engineering study for the Cranberry Run Flood Mitigation Project. “To ensure the ultimate success of this historic infrastructure initiative, officials are launching a targeted community survey, calling on residents to submit historical flood data, personal accounts, and photographic evidence,” the ...

Intervention sought in SOBE rate increase

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The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel filed a motion to intervene on behalf of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s residential customers in downtown Youngstown in front of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, which granted the troubled utility company a huge rate increase. With SOBE’s financial situation in dire straits and potentially facing insolvency, the PUCO voted June 24 for an emergency rate increase with most of its customers paying 93%, effective June 30, and an additional 162% increase for most from November to April. SOBE provides steam heat to 23 buildings, ...