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Covelli entertainment complex takes a hit

YOUNGSTOWN — The city-owned Covelli Centre, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre and Wean Park entertainment complex had its fourth-worst financial second quarter ever, losing $111,549 during the three-month period. “It’s always been a mixed bag for the second quarter; it’s tough,” ...

Police blotters for Austintown and Boardman Aug. 15

Austintown Police activity reported Aug. 6-12: Aug. 12, 11:36 p.m. — Theft of a license plate reported at 3217 Starwick Court. 6:57 p.m. — Emmanuel Summers was arrested on Mahoning Avenue on warrants out of Lordstown and Girard. 11:20 a.m. — Theft of a bicycle, camping stove and clothing reported at Life Storage, 3690 LeHarps Road. Aug. 11, 6:53 p.m. — Alfredo Gonzales was arrested at Meijer on charges of theft and possession of criminal tools, and on multiple Boardman warrants. 3:53 p.m. — Randall R. Vickers was arrested at 6825 Ruby Court on an undisclosed ...

Rare hurricane landfall threatens Hawaii’s Big Island

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive flooding and strong winds that can fuel wildfires. The National Hurricane Center said Lala should be at hurricane strength by the time it approaches the Big Island early Saturday. If it makes landfall there, it would be the first to do so since 1871. Back then, according to a professor’s research of newspaper accounts, a Category 3 hurricane hit the northeast corner of the island, ...

Mangione pleads guilty in case of CEO killing

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024. Mangione, 28, ...

Girard, Liberty bus drivers get together to train

Staff report GIRARD — Transportation staff from the Girard City School and Liberty Local School districts came together Friday for a joint professional development program focused on student safety, emergency preparedness and collaboration. The training, which took place at Girard High ...

Pedestrian struck by semi on I-80 in Hubbard

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — A Hubbard truck driver was killed when another semi struck him while he was outside his vehicle on Interstate 80 Thursday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren Post is investigating the crash that happened just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday when a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck and trailer operated by Rashid Salah, 52, of Rosemount, Minnesota, was traveling eastbound in the right lane of I-80. A 2005 Saab 9-3, operated by Randall Kriebel, 65, of Hubbard, was stopped on the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes. Kriebel was outside his vehicle in ...