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Man pleads guilty to aggravated robbery and kidnapping

YOUNGSTOWN — James Blackwell, 26, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated robbery with a gun specification and two counts of kidnapping in a Nov. 3, 2025, incident in Youngstown in which he was accused of walking up to a car and telling a woman he was going to kill her if she did not give him ...

AAA: Pump prices decline this week

Staff report Gas prices are 19 cents lower in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.025 per gallon, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has fallen 9 cents over the past week to $4. Crude oil prices are currently in the $80 per barrel range as uncertainty remains about when the Strait of Hormuz will resume normal operations. As of Monday, more than half of states are paying below $4 per gallon on average. Gas prices typically start going down this time of year, as many schools and universities begin fall ...

Liberty police issue lookout request for ATV driver

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a Saturday morning chase that ended with the vehicle entering a wooded area out of reach. According to a police report, an officer was exiting state Route 11 onto Tibbetts Wick Road, when he noticed a dark-colored side-by-side ATV traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed, noting that there were multiple vehicles in the area and the driving was extremely reckless. The officer began to try and catch up with the ATV and initiate a traffic stop, noting that it began to pull onto Pleasant Valley Road and continue ...

Taylor Farms recalls jalapeno products sold in Niles, Boardman

The Associated Press Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination. The affected stores included Target, with locations in Niles and Boardman. Walmart is part of the national recall, but its Ohio stores are not included. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the ...

Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia kills 13

The Associated Press Ukraine attacked the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in central Russia’s Tatarstan region on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 78 others, local authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in the 4-year-old war. The Ukrainian military said it ...

Quake rocks Colombia, killing at least 111

CALI, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble. Search teams and civilians ...