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Falls treasure hunt enters final week

Staff report NEWTON FALLS — After more than four months, thousands of miles traveled and participants arriving from across the United States and beyond, the Newton Falls Treasure Hunt is entering its final chapter. Tom Colosimo, owner of Fieldview Acres Mercantile, said the community-wide treasure hunt has drawn visitors from numerous states and multiple countries, transforming Newton Falls into a destination for treasure hunters, history enthusiasts and adventure seekers. He said along the way, participants have explored the town’s historic landmarks, supported local ...

Liberty police seek suspect in dirt bike chase Wednesday

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a chase that ended with the person fleeing into a wooded area on foot after crashing a dirt bike early Wednesday. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue spotted a man riding a black dirt bike northbound with no taillights or license plate. The officer turned around and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the Churchill Hubbard Road PNC Bank parking lot, but the rider looked back and fled, according to the report. The pursuit wound through several local areas, with the rider ...

Two lawsuits filed in crash that killed Canfield state trooper

YOUNGSTOWN — The estate of Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Cayton has filed a lawsuit against the driver of the concrete truck who hit the back of Cayton’s cruiser Oct. 16 on state Route 11 in Canfield, killing Cayton. The estate also sued the company where the truck driver worked. The truck driver who was injured but survived the crash also has filed a lawsuit naming those same defendants. A suit filed Tuesday by Lynsey Cayton, wife of Cayton and administrator of his estate, names as defendants TRDB Investments LLC, doing business as Quaker City Concrete Products of ...

6 years of work to downtown streets nears end

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control today will close out the last major downtown street improvement project for the foreseeable future with the approval of the eighth and final change order for work done to Boardman and Walnut streets. This project concludes about six years worth of ...

US and Iran hold separate meetings in Qatar

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with “positive progress made,” and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. The next meeting will be scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after the funeral of Iran’s previous supreme leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said on X. The funeral is set to start Saturday in Tehran. U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Liberty and Girard’s shared services deal locked in

LIBERTY — An agreement between two districts for services has finally been set, as the Liberty Board of Education approved a shared services agreement with Girard City School District. According to the resolution, Liberty could not employ a chief bus mechanic/bus driver and was in need of someone to assume the role, which Girard had. The agreement allows Liberty to purchase 50% of the employee’s services from Girard for the upcoming school year, effective today through July 30, 2027, which will be reimbursed to Girard through half of the employee’s $72,800 salary and fringe ...