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City man accused of hurting girlfriend

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LIBERTY — A Youngstown man is accused of grabbing his girlfriend by the hair and pulling her to the ground, as an argument escalated early Tuesday. Elijah Ivy, 27, appeared in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on a felony charge of domestic violence. According to the police report, officers were called to a Holly Drive residence for a fight between the caller’s brother and his girlfriend, and the caller and another resident said they were sleeping in their rooms when they heard loud banging and arguing in the living room, explaining that they were allowing ...

Minn. sues Texas over ICE agent extradition

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the shooting during the agency’s crackdown in ...

No peace talks, but strait opens, Trump declares

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no talks planned with Iran but insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains “open and operating,” despite limited traffic and a reported strike on a ship exiting the waterway. Earlier this week, Trump also threatened to bomb Oman as the ...

Agenda for Thursday Aug. 20

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AUSTINTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 4 p.m. Thursday at the board conference room with the regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the middle school cafeteria. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the hearing room of the county courthouse basement for the board meeting and at 11 a.m. at the conference room at the county administration building for the staff meeting. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Mahoning/ Columbiana Counties Executive Committee will meet at noon Thursday at the Ohio Means Jobs Mahoning County in the Boardman Plaza.

Nation and world at a glance for August 19

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Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor; ex-Rep Jolly wins for Democrats ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly has picked up the Democratic nod, setting the stage for a fall campaign to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis. Donalds says he wants voters to elect him Florida’s first black governor. Jolly is a former Republican congressman who switched parties last year. Also Tuesday, state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Ashley Moody the GOP nomination for a special U.S. ...

Benefits from tax breaks in Mahoning outlined

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YOUNGSTOWN — Tax-incentivized development projects across Mahoning County are operating as they should, county officials say. At a recent meeting of the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners, the panel approved a resolution accepting the report of the county’s Tax Incentive Review Council, completed in 2025 for tax year 2024. The council meets annually to assess the effectiveness of economic development projects born out of tax incentives such as abatements or Tax Increment Financing districts. When a company is given a tax abatement to open in any part of the county, the entity ...