Sun. 11:03 p.m.: Cleveland Cavaliers returning to the NBA Finals

May 27, 2018

BOSTON --- The Cleveland Cavaliers are returning to the NBA Finals. In a low-scoring game, the Cavs defeated the Boston Celtics 87-79 tonight to win the Eastern Conference title 4 games to 3. They will face the winner of the Houston Rockets-Golden State Warriors series, which is tied at three games each. LeBron James lead the Cavaliers with 35 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists while playing all 48 minutes of the game. The Celtics were paced by Jayson Tatum's 24 points. Read game details in the Monday Tribune Chronicle.

Mon. 1 p.m.: Dozens killed in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

May 14, 2018

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 52 Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border today. It was the deadliest day there since a devastating 2014 cross-border war and cast a shadow over Israel's festive inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy in ...

Tue. 1:21 p.m.: Convicted murderer sentenced to 44 years to life in Warren killing, kidnappings

May 1, 2018

WARREN --- Shawn Hope was sentenced to 44 years to life today for the December 2016 aggravated murder of John Paul Kellar and the kidnappings of Tabitha Powell and Alicia Binion from a Stephens Avenue NW, Warren, home. Hope, 51, was found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder with firearm specifications, aggravated robbery with a firearm specification, two counts of kidnapping with firearm specifications, having weapons under disability because of a previous felony and tampering with evidence. Kellar, 41, was shot twice in his Stephens Avenue home by Hope, who then kidnapped ...

Thu., 10:30 p.m.: Austintown’s Billy Price drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals

April 26, 2018

ARLINGTON, Texas — In tonight's NFL draft, Austintown Fitch high school graduate Billy Price has been taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round.

Wed. 1:30 p.m.: More details released in GM cuts

April 18, 2018

Following last week's announcement that General Motors' Lordstown Complex will cut its second shift in mid-June, the company today filed a WARN Act notice with Trumbull County Job and Family Services stating that 1,289 production workers, 151 tradesmen, and 60 salaried workers would be affected by the layoff. The WARN Act (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) requires employers to give employees at least 60 days' notice of a mass layoff. A major GM supplier, Lordstown Seating Systems, also filed a WARN Act notice on Tuesday, saying that it believes approximately 83 hourly ...

Mon. 9:55 p.m.: One escaped inmate recaptured; other remains at large

April 16, 2018

One of two inmates who escaped from minimum-security lockup in Warren was caught tonight in Portage County and a few minutes ago was booked into Portage County Jail. Joshua Keenan, 25, of Garrettsville, was booked into the jail at 9:28 p.m. on a charge of escape, according to a Portage County ...