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Ex-storm Edouard lingers over Texas

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility Wednesday as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state and dumped nearly 2 feet of rain in some places. Heavy rains from the storm, which weakened into a tropical depression after making landfall Tuesday, were expected to threaten the eastern part of the state through Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said. Meanwhile, a burst of tropical weather persisted in the Pacific Ocean, where two ...

US military completes latest strikes in Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, ...

Falls police search for boy, 16, who fled from crash

NEWTON FALLS — A 16-year-old Windham boy who was involved in an early-Monday crash in front of 1110 Warren Road in Newton Falls remained at large Tuesday afternoon after fleeing the scene of the crash and then eluding officers who went to a home in Nelson Township Tuesday morning. The ...

Prosecutor’s office wants removed from county budget commission

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to consider placing one of its members on the Trumbull County Budget Commission to replace a representative of the prosecutor’s office at the request of Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. Watkins is seeking to remove his office as a voting member of the budget commission because his office represents county agencies that sometimes may be in conflict with decisions of the budget commission. As currently constructed, voting members of the budget commission include a representative from the auditor’s office, the treasurer’s office and ...

Former Warren police chief Merkel wants his job back

WARREN — Former Warren Police Chief Eric Merkel hand delivered a letter Tuesday to the Warren Civil Service Commission asking that the commission restore him to his position as chief and “investigate whether city officials procured and enforced (his) resignation through threats, coercion, political considerations and disparate treatment in violation of Ohio law.” Civil Service Commission member Dan Letson, an attorney, confirmed Tuesday that Merkel did drop off the letter Tuesday at the civil service commission meeting held that day. Letson also confirmed that Merkel also notified ...

Liberty board OKs five-year forecast

LIBERTY — The Liberty Board of Education learned that the district’s state funding will remain “pretty consistent” unless one or two variables change over the next few years, Treasurer Amber Shaeffer said. The board approved the district’s five-year forecast, a document given to board members ahead of time, at last week’s meeting. According to the financial summary portion of the forecast, expenditures are expected to exceed revenue, resulting in a shortfall in the final year of the forecast period. The district’s average annual revenue growth, which stood at 0.52% ...