NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal ...
When the 2026 high school football season kicked off on Aug. 21, Larry Kempe found himself in uncharted territory. For the first time in 30 years, and for just the second season in a Hall of Fame coaching career that spans 52 years, Kempe was merely a spectator. Instead of being on the ...
STEUBENVILLE — Indictments have been issued against three people whose crimes diverted $20 million in federal financial aid and state subsidies from Eastern Gateway Community College, led to closure of the community college and affected its students, even if they did not realize it yet. State Auditor Keith Faber announced the indictments and those allegations Thursday. Indicted on first-degree felony racketeering and other charges were Michael Geoghegan of Cincinnati, former CFO and former president of EGCC; Michael Perik of Jamestown, Pa., former owner and operator of the private ...
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in a plan given to players during collective bargaining Thursday. Owners also proposed adding nine additional days off to the current postseason format, extending it to a maximum 42 days in a move that would give top starting pitchers potential to appear more often. MLB would allow higher-seeded teams in the first two rounds of the postseason to pick their opponents beginning next year and would make most regular-season ...
WARREN — Gillette Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation celebrated its milestone 90th anniversary Wednesday afternoon at its facility at 3310 Elm Road NE. Although Gillette Community Liaison Angie Stulgis coordinated the event, she said the day’s celebration grew out of pure devotion and ...
WARREN — An arbitrator ruled in September that language in the collective bargaining agreement covering Warren police detectives was never fully enforced during its 28 years on the books and was not a good reason to uphold a police detective grievance. The grievance was mentioned in a letter former Warren police Chief Eric Merkel filed with the Warren Civil Service Commission Sept. 1 when Merkel asked the commission to reinstate him to his position as police chief. Earlier this week, the commission voted 3-0 against reinstating Merkel. Merkel’s Sept. 1 letter stated that the city ...
