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ODNR seeks letters to home from soldiers

Latest News July 13, 2026

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as part of America 250-Ohio, has created the “Letters to Home Trail” near the Mohican Memorial Shrine, which honors 20,000 Ohioans who died in conflicts from World War II to today. The trail will feature a series of interpretive signs sharing the actual words written home to families of Ohio service members during times of conflict. Project organizers are particularly seeking to ensure strong representation from the Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan War and Iraq War, and are reaching out to veterans and their ...

US continues new wave of attacks on Iran

Latest News July 13, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran on Sunday over an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing earlier in the weekend. Iran responded with attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman — the nation on the other side of the strait that Tehran has pressed to collaborate in managing shipping traffic. The U.S. military said it was seeking “to degrade” Iran’s “ability to attack commercial ships freely transiting” the strait. The statement came ...

LINDSEY GRAHAM: 1955-2026: Death of senator triggers praises

Latest News July 13, 2026

For decades Lindsey Graham traveled the globe selling a vision of the United States as a nation willing to use its military might to protect democracies around the world, even as his party was taken over by a president openly skeptical of that worldview. Graham — who died unexpectedly at ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 13

National News July 13, 2026

Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell has for the first time revealed what led to his hospitalization. McConnell, 84, in a statement Sunday said a fall was what landed him in the hospital four weeks ago. The statement comes after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health. McConnell explained his long silence as being hesitant to “share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.” McConnell said he will not be returning to the Senate “quite yet” but continues to work with his staff on Senate business. ...

Butler carries on tradition of championing American art

Local News July 13, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — For 89 years, the National Midyear Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art has provided artists from across the country with an opportunity to place their work before one of the nation’s most respected juried exhibitions. This year’s exhibition, which opened Sunday and continues through Aug. 30, carries that tradition forward with 84 works by 79 artists from 15 states selected from a field of 829 entries submitted by 320 artists from 28 states. The exhibition remains one of the country’s longest-running juried shows dedicated to contemporary American ...

Big Boy steams into Struthers

Latest News July 13, 2026

STRUTHERS — A crowd of approximately 20,000 gathered downtown and along the Mahoning River on Sunday to see the Union Pacific Big Boy train make a whistle stop downtown during its trip across the United States to celebrate America250. “That was the largest working steam locomotive in the ...