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SCOPE seniors seek new call on cash bingo policy

WARREN — Two Hubbard seniors requested the Trumbull County commissioners tell the leaders of the county’s SCOPE centers to reverse a recent decision eliminating cash prizes from bingo games at the centers. Ronda Brooks and Jean Cramer pleaded with the commissioners to use their influence with the leadership of the county’s eight SCOPE centers to allow the individual senior centers to determine whether they want to conduct their bingo games with cash prizes or by providing gifts. Brooks noted that many of the seniors who attend Hubbard SCOPE do not want to play to win ...

Close allies ready for tariff fight

CHICAGO (AP) — After trade negotiations crumbled at the eleventh hour, U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on scores of Canadian imports kicked in over the weekend. The new levies, which went into effect Saturday, are set to impact about 5% of Canada’s annual exports to the U.S. — or $20 billion in goods ranging from hockey sticks to agricultural products. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney quickly promised that his government would roll out “dollar for dollar” retaliatory measures starting Sept. 8. Additional threats have piled up in the meantime. Ontario ...

Dolly Parton, iconic songwriter, singer and actor, dies at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died peacefully ...

Trump treats threats as warnings for countries to sever ties with Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States. President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Tehran turned out to be new warnings to cut off Iran from the rest of the global economy. Asked why the U.S. was not imposing secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent told reporters he wanted countries to have an opportunity to ...

49ers owner enters plea in area prostitution case

San Francisco 49ers owner John “Jed” York was arrested on two misdemeanor charges at an East Palestine trailer park over the weekend. Court records show that York initially was charged with engaging in prostitution, but Columbiana County prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct. York was charged with possessing criminal tools for using his phone to respond to an undercover online prostitution advertisement, according to prosecutors. York, 45, whose Ohio address was listed as Southwoods Avenue, Boardman, was fined $1,150. He was sentenced to one day in jail and received ...

Battle of the badges

NILES — The annual police vs. fire department softball game became a battle between Trumbull and Mahoning counties Saturday at 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood with the Youngstown Fire Department winning the day. A game between the Warren fire and police departments was followed by a ...