Staff report WARREN — Testimony continued Tuesday in the aggravated murder trial of Ashaud Johnson, 19, of Warren, who is accused in the Feb. 11 shooting death of Da’Mar McKinney, 16, of Youngstown. Johnson was indicted Feb. 19 on charges of aggravated murder, gun specifications, ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. Iran launched attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Iran also said it targeted an air base in Jordan hosting U.S. forces, which was not immediately acknowledged either by American or Jordanian officials. Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, the war has shaken the global ...
LIBERTY — The township’s fire chief noted the importance of being meticulous in grant applications, as he reported the department is going after funds to upgrade equipment. Fire Chief Doug Theobald, as part of his report at Monday’s trustees meeting, said June is grant-writing month for the fire department, and fire officials are in the process of working with a “very knowledgeable” grant writer who has sat on the peer review committee. “He knows the yeses and nos, the ‘T’s and the ‘I’ — and we’ve been working with him, I can’t even think of how many hours ...
BAZETTA — FirstEnergy Corp. and its Ohio Edison electric company partnered with state and federal wildlife officials Monday morning to remove and relocate a baby osprey and egg from a nest in the 2500 block of Elm Road in the township. FirstEnergy communications representative Brooke Conlan ...
NILES — One part of the city soon will see some power upgrades for the sake of enterprise, thanks to a grant that was nearly six months in the works. According to a news release from Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz, the city has been awarded $402,500 by the Appalachian Regional Commission to expand the electrical capacity of industrial areas on its west side. The award was made available through ARC’s Partnerships for Opportunities and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative, which offers federal grant funding for projects that help Appalachian coal communities expand economic ...
MCKINNEY, Texas — A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a competition was convicted of murder Tuesday in a trial that drew attention far beyond the booming Dallas suburb where the two students attended different high schools. A jury ...
