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Warrant filed in Coitsville dogfighting investigation

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COITSVILLE — Animal Charity of Ohio has filed a new search warrant related to an investigation in Coitsville Township. The affidavit, filed Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and signed by Judge John Durkin, asserts that humane agents believe they will find evidence of dog-fighting operations, including the bodies of deceased animals buried on the property. The house at 502 Coitsville-Hubbard Road was raided on June 25 and six dogs were taken from the dilapidated building. At the time, few details were known about what happened that day. The search warrant filed Monday ...

Platner plans to withdraw from Maine Senate race

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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault, shuttering an insurgent campaign that had withstood months of controversy only to implode and imperil Democrats’ attempt to regain power in Washington. Platner’s exit will most likely force a reckoning within the party, which has been divided between its moderate and progressive factions, when it is struggling to unify during this year’s midterm elections. Maine is considered a key state for control of the narrowly ...

Blue Coats get big boost for winter clothes program

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Staff report HUBBARD — “The mission is simple. In America, nobody should freeze to death.” Those were the words of Youngtown Blue Coats founder and president Patty Summers at the organization’s new headquarters in Hubbard. Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and ...

Court filings: Schwebel’s may rise again

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Schwebel Baking Company looks to enter an accelerated bankruptcy proceeding as part of its strategy to attract new ownership for the century-old business, according to paperwork filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. The potential for a new buyer was revealed when U.S. District ...

Rowan foundation kicks in $145,000 for new playground

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BOARDMAN — A multitude of means to cope with and heal from trauma and grief that result from a life-altering loss are available to those who experience such an upheaval. Options include establishing a scholarship in the name of a lost loved one, pushing for stronger legislation on behalf ...

Ex-clerk of courts loses 2nd suit against Youngstown

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YOUNGSTOWN — Sarah Brown-Clark, a former longtime Youngstown clerk of courts, lost a second lawsuit against the city in which she sought back pay she contends is owed to her. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney dismissed the case Wednesday, writing that Brown-Clark’s “sole theory of recovery is breach of implied contract” isn’t a valid legal argument. Sweeney wrote: “Ohio courts have consistently held that political subdivisions cannot be bound by implied contract theories absent statutory authority” and Brown-Clark’s “complaint does not set forth ...