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Attacks launched in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe ...

Update given on ‘Build a Better Belmont’

LIBERTY — There are about three more months before planning officials must deliver a finalized plan to revitalize a frequently used corridor connecting Mahoning and Trumbull counties — and on Monday, residents received an update. Officials heard from Katie Philips, an MS Consultants ...

Youngstown council asked to save Cornersburg Sparkle

YOUNGSTOWN — A request from the Mayor Derrick McDowell administration to provide a $350,000 “business retention” grant and three years of income tax refunds to Sparkle Market in Cornersburg to keep it operating received a cool reception from council members. Council’s community planning and economic development committee heard the request Monday from administration officials and the owners of Sparkle Market. DeMaine Kitchen, the city’s community planning and economic development director, said some of the store’s aisles and shelves are empty, and some people thought the ...

Agenda

• STRUTHERS BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 4 p.m. today at Struthers Manor Avenue School to assess the school facility. No action will be taken. • JACKSON-MILTON BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the high school. • WESTERN RESERVE PORT AUTHORITY will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna. • CANFIELD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the caucus room at city hall with the finance committee to ...

Appeals court upholds order to reinstate fired officer

YOUNGSTOWN — The 7th District Court of Appeals upheld a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge’s decision requiring the city reinstate Brian Flynn, who was fired as a police lieutenant in December 2022 after being accused of dereliction of duty, with back pay and interest. In a 3-0 decision, the court denied the city’s claims that Judge Maureen Sweeney erred in affirming the Dec. 26, 2024, binding decision by arbitrator Jerry B. Sellman that the city should have suspended Flynn for two weeks without pay rather than fire him and Sellman correctly interpreted the collective ...

ICE shoots, kills motorist in Maine

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — A federal immigration officer fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force. It is at least the ninth such killing since President Donald Trump began his immigration ...