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Community News August 4, 2026

• POLAND VILLAGE COUNCIL will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. today at the town hall for hiring a new full-time police department employee and culvert repairs. • POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at the township government center. • CANFIELD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • CANFIELD PARKS, RECREATION AND CEMETERY BOARD will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • MAHONING COUNTY CONVENTION/VISITORS BUREAU Advisory Board will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the pavilion at the Harry ...

No deaths reported in Washington state fires

National News August 4, 2026

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing. The ...

Suspect in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound

National News August 4, 2026

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Sunday, crediting an off-duty officer and a citizen with firing shots that diverted him. Investigators are confident that the gunman, identified ...

Trump: Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism charges

National News August 4, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Speaking at an unrelated Oval Office event, Trump ducked questions about whether he’d fire Pirro, a former Fox News host and longtime ally he handpicked as top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital. But the president kept up his drumbeat of sharp criticism, saying he remained disappointed by her assessment that damage to the ...

Violent Fugitive Task Force seeks help in finding man

Local News August 4, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that leads to the capture of fugitive Timothy Davis, 22. Davis is wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Davis is described as a black man about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. Davis has been known to frequent the Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland and Wheeling, W.Va. areas. Anyone with information regarding Davis is asked to call the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task ...