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PUCO’s SOBE hearing canceled

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YOUNGSTOWN — At the request of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and the city of Youngstown, a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio administrative judge canceled a Monday hearing to hear arguments against a significant rate increase for downtown steam heat customers. Instead, legal briefs will be filed by the OCC and the city in an effort to overturn the PUCO’s June 24 decision to increase rates for SOBE Thermal Systems LLC’s 23 customers, which make up most of downtown. Jacky Werman St. John, the PUCO administrative judge who was to hear the case in Columbus, agreed to the OCC and ...

Discussions resume with state treasurer to help SOBE customers

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YOUNGSTOWN — With SOBE Thermal Systems LLC’s receiver saying the troubled utility company will be out of money and out of business no later than November without an infusion of money or a buyer, talks started back up with the state treasurer to help its downtown Youngstown customers. Treasurer Robert Sprague’s office reengaged in discussions in the past week with SOBE customers, including the city of Youngstown, Laura Martine, the treasurer’s spokeswoman, said Wednesday. Andy Resnick, the city’s spokesman, said: “The SOBE matter remains a top priority for the ...

Man charged after woman hit in head with ashtray

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YOUNGSTOWN — A city man is accused of striking a woman in the head with a glass ashtray after she refused his request for sex. Police arrested Bernard A. Hasley, 57, early Wednesday on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of assault. A Youngstown police report states officers responded shortly after 12:30 a.m. to a fight at a home in the 2500 block of Oak Hill Avenue. They found a woman bleeding from her forehead. The woman told police that Hasley had invited her to the home and then led her to his bedroom, and pursued a sexual favor. The report states Hasley became angry when she ...

W.Va. takes step in campaign to host federal nuclear campus

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now being added to a list of states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, though environmental advocates have concerns. Morrisey, flanked by state Office of Energy Director ...

Oil surges above $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices shot past $100 a barrel Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalated, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldwide. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed into triple digits for the first time since July and settled at $101.21 a barrel by the end of the day’s trading, after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East that could further debilitate an already weakened supply chain. U.S. benchmark crude was close behind, settling at $96.05 a barrel. The latest developments in the war, both prospects ...

Pa. man missing in Youngstown after surgery

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YOUNGSTOWN — Police are searching for a Pennsylvania man who disappeared Tuesday evening on the city’s West Side. A Youngstown police report states that William Maine disappeared hours after reportedly being released from a hospital following the partial amputation of his right foot. Maine was last seen outside CSL Plasma near the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Meridian Road sometime before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The report states that Maine is white, about 6-foot-3 and weighs about 240 lbs. He has green eyes, brown and gray hair and a boxing-glove tattoo on his right forearm. He ...