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Brown defeats Husted to flip Senate seat

COLUMBUS — Former Sen. Sherrod Brown defeated Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio on Tuesday, flipping a seat that was crucial to Democrats’ strategy to retake the chamber and providing a ray of hope for the party’s longer-term prospects in a former swing state that had turned sharply to ...

Democrat Rock scores win for Trumbull commissioner

WARREN — Democrat Kristen Rock appears to have scored a win over her more well known and experienced opponent, Michael Hovis, with 51% of the vote, according to incomplete and unofficial results from the Trumbull County Board of Elections. “I had a very supportive team,” Rock said. ...

McDonald voters support safety services levy

McDONALD – Village residents showed their support for the fire and police departments by supporting a 4.5-mill, five-year emergency safety services levy on Tuesday's general election ballot. Unofficial and incomplete results from the Trumbull County Board of Elections had the levy passing ...

Two men found with multiple stab wounds on the West Side

YOUNGSTOWN — Two men suffered multiple stab wounds late Monday but were taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and are in stable condition, according to a Youngstown police report. Officers ere called to Imperial Street on the West Side at 11:01 p.m. Monday for a stabbing and found to stabbing victims. Ambulance personnel arrived and took both men to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for further treatment. The report did not contain any information about what happened to cause the injuries.

Man charged with mailing hundreds of letters containing powder to officials ahead of the election

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be yeast or flour, though not all letters have been fully tested, the FBI said in a court filing made public Tuesday. Robin Martin is charged with conveying a hoax and mailing threatening communications. Martin was expected to make his initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City. Online records do not list an attorney to comment on his ...