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Aggravated murder trial moved for pair

YOUNGSTOWN — The aggravated murder trial of two Youngstown men accused of participating in the shooting death of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at the East Side home of co-defendant, Andre K. Bailey, on Bott Street on Oct. 17, 2024, is now set for Sept. 21. Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, are charged with aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence, but they were only recently taken into custody in the case. Marbley was booked into the Mahoning County jail May 11 after being found in Columbus, and Winphrie was booked into the jail April 2 after ...

Man, 39, arrested in South Side burglary

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police arrested a 39-year-old man in a Wednesday morning incident on West LaClede Avenue on the South Side after a neighbor called the homeowner to tell him someone was taking items from his house. The homeowner came home and saw the suspect running out of his house and down the driveway while carrying items from his house. The 911 call reporting the burglary gave a specific description of the suspect: tie dye jeans, gray shirt, Ohio State hat, according to a Youngstown police report. When two officers responded to the neighborhood, one officer spotted the ...

Benefit ride raises funds for Niles girl battling cancer

GIRARD — A group of motorcyclists took to the road this week to raise funds to help a Niles girl battling cancer. The riders gathered at Army Navy Garrison 422, where they hosted a basket raffle fundraiser before heading on the road. Event organizers Kelley Beatty of Boardman and Bernie ...

$2M OK’d for senior citizen services in Trumbull

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners during their Wednesday meeting approved using $1,955,000 in Trumbull Senior Levy funding to provide services to the county’s senior residents. The county’s senior levy board provided recommendations to the commissioners on how the money should be allocated among organizations that submitted bids for service contracts. Direction Home of Eastern Ohio in Youngstown was awarded $135,000 per year to provide ombudsman services for seniors. Guardianship and Protective Services Inc. of Mineral Ridge received a $135,000 per year contract. Four ...

Steel producer announces quarterly results

Adapting to a volatile Middle East situation and fewer volumes of tubes available internationally, Vallourec said it produced good second- quarter results. Net income was $4 million higher versus $51 million reported during the same period of 2025. Operating income was $103 million for the quarter, compared with $114 million last year. “Vallourec demonstrated the strength and resilience of its business model once again in the second quarter,” said Philippe Guillemot, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of the multinational company based in France. ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 31

US economy grows at sluggish rate WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month, but remained above the central bank’s 2% target. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months of 2026 and came in below economists’ expectations. But consumer spending — ...