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Suspect arrested in slaying of Warren mom

WARREN -- The search for a suspect in the murder of a Warren mother of four children has ended. U.S. Marshals announced today that 19-year-old Noel Flores Jr. was apprehended in Florida. Flores was wanted by the Warren Police Department for the shooting death of 26-year-old Ashante Kirksey ...

Interim Austintown trustee to be appointed to replace Kent

AUSTINTOWN — Township trustees will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday to appoint an interim trustee to replace Steve Kent. Kent was convicted Monday of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. Mahoning County Prosecutor Gina DeGenova said that after reviewing the Ohio Revised Code and conferring with the Ohio Attorney General's Office, her office has determined that Kent's conviction automatically renders him "incompetent to hold office." "Since a jury returned a verdict finding Steve Kent guilty of a felony, he was rendered incompetent to hold his position of Austintown Township ...

Tue. 10:24 a.m.: Youngstown man sentenced to life without parole for murder

WARREN­ — Ronieque Requel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole this morning for his role in the Feb 5. home invasion and slaying of 28-year-old Adam Spaid at 2109 Milton St. SE. Requel of Youngstown was sentenced on his convictions of aggravated murder, robbery, weapons under disability; all with specifications for firearms and receiving stolen property. The sentenced was handed down by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Andrew D. Logan.

Trump faces fourth indictment in Georgia over 2020 election

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and several allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday, accused of scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. It’s the fourth criminal case to be brought against the former president and the second to allege that he tried to subvert the results of the vote. The Fulton County grand jury indictment of Trump follows a two-year investigation ignited by a January 2021 phone call in which the then-president suggested that Georgia’s Republican secretary of state could help him “find 11,780 votes” needed to reverse his narrow loss to ...

Tue, 6:03 p.m.: Trump campaign calls latest indictment part of political ‘witch hunt’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign issued a statement calling the third indictment of the former president “nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter” in what the campaign characterized as a politically motivated “witch hunt.” Trump has been charged by the Justice Department on four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In a lengthy statement issued as the indictment was released Tuesday, Trump’s campaign complained about the timing, asking why it had taken ...

Maplewood’s Caleigh Richards captures state title in 3200

COLUMBUS — Maplewood junior Caleigh Richards has made three trips to the biggest stage in the state and three times she has founds herself representing the Rockets atop the podium. This time it was in the 3200 meters as she ran a blazing 10:53, finishing over a half minute better than ...