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Fly in to aviation trail opening

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Staff report A newly completed one-mile trail invites walkers to get their steps in while discovering the Mahoning Valley’s aviation history. The Air Heritage Trail, a $500,000 project, will be presented to the public during a ribbon cutting and reception at 3 p.m. Friday. Entrance to the path is located at 4300 King Graves Road, Vienna, between the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station’s new main gate. The path is constructed in the shape of a C-130 military transport plane with grindings from the taxiways used for the surface. Wildflowers ...

Study: T. rex had body temperature similar to our own

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NEW YORK (AP) — Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex’s temperature — and it wasn’t too different from our own. Researchers once thought that dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Later findings challenged that, suggesting that older dinosaurs were warm-blooded and could control their body temperature. Most scientists agree that Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, but pinning down the exact core temperature of an extinct creature is difficult. “We can’t just use a thermometer to do that,” said Jasmina Wiemann, a paleobiologist at ...

Austintown trustees, school officials mull fuel sharing plan

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AUSTINTOWN — A pending agreement between the township and school district could stretch the police budget further. The Austintown Board of Education reviewed a proposal at its meeting Wednesday to allow the Austintown Township Police Department to fill its cruisers on campus, using an unleaded fuel pump owned by the schools. However, no vote was taken. Township trustees approved the plan at Monday’s meeting, and they said it will save the township as much as $60,000 per year. “We can buy fuel locally from Lyden Oil, we’ll buy in bulk, more frequently, and let the police ...

Task force offering reward for capture of Boardman suspect

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BOARDMAN — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that would lead to the capture of fugitive Stacey Mahone. Mahone is wanted by the Boardman Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service on charges of strangulation, domestic violence and child endangering. Mahone, 24, is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds. He has been known to frequent the Youngstown and Cleveland areas. Anyone with information regarding Mahone is asked to contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED or they can send a ...

On the record Milton Township

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Milton Township WHAT: Trustees meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Dave Tomaino, Wendy DiBernardi, Bryce Bond and fiscal officer Lisa Balsinger Trustees: •Approved the retirement recognition of police officer Michael Saltzman. •Approved warrants and payments from the fiscal officer’s financial report. •Approved annual self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) testing for the fire department at $1,247. •Approved yearly pump testing of all fire trucks by Countryside Truck Service at $1,475. •Approved the preliminary hiring of Shawny Hamilton for the fire ...

Body of last victim of Helene found in Tennessee

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The remains of the final missing Tennessee victim from Hurricane Helene were found two years after the storm devastated Appalachian mountain towns with floods that wiped away whole communities. Nancy Tucker, 76, disappeared along with her husband, Jimmy Tucker, when flooding from the Nolichucky River took their home in rural Washington County in the northeastern corner of Tennessee on Sept. 27, 2024. His body was recovered within a couple of days, but hers had been missing until Saturday, said Susan Saylor, spokesperson for the Washington County Sheriff’s Department. Their son lived ...