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Parole denied for child rapist

WARREN — A woman serving a 15-years-to-life prison sentence for the rape of an 8-month-old girl captured on her own cellphone will have to wait 10 years for another shot at parole. Felicia Banks Beemer, 36, has been denied parole and must remain in prison for at least 10 more years, ...

Youngstown man accused of throwing woman

LIBERTY — A Youngstown man has been charged after a woman accused him of throwing her off a porch after a verbal argument Monday. Cody Gamertsfelder, 51, pleaded not guilty to a charge of domestic violence before Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on Tuesday. According to a police report, officers were called to a Catherine Street residence after Gamertsfelder said his wife was out of control and had locked herself in the bedroom. Dispatchers received a separate call a short period later from a neighbor, who said the woman had called him and said Gamertsfelder had just ...

Enrollment slightly increases at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — Despite higher education in general facing trying times against a backdrop of a difficult region from which to recruit prospective students, Youngstown State University’s enrollment has shown another gain. “We’re in one of the toughest recruitment areas,” Trustee Charles T. George said during the YSU Board of Trustees’ quarterly meeting Thursday morning in Tod Hall. Nevertheless, according to data YSU released on the 14th day of this semester, a day that acts as the official census date for a final full- and part-time enrollment figure, the headcount is ...

US stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks Thursday after falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market helped Wall Street reverse many of its moves from the prior day. The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% for just its second rise in the last nine days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 316 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.7%. Stocks got a boost after the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil slid 1% to settle at $104.82. That’s down from the nearly $110 it reached earlier in the week on worries that the war with Iran will ...

New probe of ex-Campbell police chief begins

CAMPBELL — The city’s former police chief — now a bailiff — is under investigation again. Campbell police are investigating allegations of stalking, harassment and menacing against Campbell Municipal Court Bailiff Dennis Puskarcik after what a city employee described as a yearlong pattern of targeted behavior that makes her fear for her safety. A police report states the employee filed the complaint Sept. 10, two days after Puskarcik submitted a public records request to the Campbell Fire Department. The request seeks reports, firefighter and EMT notes, video and other ...