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Liquor option in Warren fails to make fall ballot

WARREN — The Trumbull County Board of Elections certified all issues and liquor options, except one, to the Nov. 3 ballot. The board met Tuesday to approve all of the issues and all but one liquor option. The board ruled that an option for the Sunday on-premise sale of wine, mixed beverages and spirituous liquor for Loom Lodge 0186 Trumbull in Warren Precinct 4F did not have enough valid signatures. It will not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. A Monday-Saturday liquor option for the on-premise sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages and spirituous liquor by Eastside Girl in Niles ...

Contiguous US breaks its hottest month record

KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl’s July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. “It’s not good when you’re breaking records from the Dust Bowl, which we are in this case,” said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections. “And that was a crazy sort of situation where you put tens of millions of people in motion. You had ...

Two men injured in Warren shootings

Warren police responded to two separate shootings that left two male victims with “serious injuries” over the weekend. Officers were dispatched just after 10 p.m. Saturday to the 600 block of Ohio Avenue NW after reports of a shooting. On arrival, the report said police found one man with multiple gunshot wounds, including injuries to the leg, abdomen and neck, according to a police report. The man was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Warren Hospital for treatment. About five hours later, at 2:58 a.m. Sunday officers responded to the 1500 block of Parkman Road NW near a gas ...

Boy, 6, dies after being shot Monday afternoon in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — A 6-year-old boy died after being found shot inside a home in the 500 block of Plum Street on the near West Side Monday afternoon. The Youngstown Police Department issued a press release Tuesday morning stating that police were called to the home at 4:09 p.m. for a shooting. When they arrived, they found the boy shot inside a bedroom and began life-saving measures until paramedics arrived. The child was transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the release states. Youngstown police detectives and its crime scene unit were ...

Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for reparations

President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators hadn’t raised until now. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Monday. Full coverage can be found here. TRUMP DEMANDS IRAN PAY FOR DECADES OF US MILITARY DEATHS Trump’s social media post Monday came after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz ...

Neighbors gather

NILES — With songs such as “I Like You Just the Way You Are,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” on PBS Kids is an extremely popular television show with toddlers. Created in 2012, the animated series was inspired by “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Four-year-old Daniel’s ...