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Judge denies defense motions in postal worker killing

With the federal murder trial of Kaprise and Thomas Sledge now 10 days away in the March 2, 2024, shooting death of U.S. Postal Service carrier Jonte Davis, 33, in Warren, U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent has denied several defense motions. The rulings were filed Wednesday after a motion hearing took place in federal court in Cleveland. Also at the hearing, both defendants were arraigned on a superseding indictment that modified the weapons charge both men face. Both men entered not guilty pleas. Their trial is set for Aug. 17. The weapons charge — now called using, ...

Ramaswamy, Acton take stances on data centers

With data centers popping up in Ohio and creating controversy, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, who are running for governor, are taking positions on them. Ramaswamy said Thursday that he has three nonnegotiable requirements for data centers — they must ensure that Ohio families who live near them receive free electricity by providing power or compensation that directly lowers residential electric bills, they must pay their full property taxes, and they must comply with strict air and water quality standards while prioritizing brownfield and industrial ...

Trump seeks to restrict birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court, he’s ready to try again. The president said he was signing two executive actions on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States, while another focused on stopping people from coming to the U.S. to give birth. The ...

2 Trumbull County residents have measles

The Trumbull County Combined Health District confirmed two cases of measles in the county with the two people unvaccinated and the cases unrelated. During the infectious period, one person was at the Walmart on Goldie Road in Liberty on July 29 and at Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley emergency department on Market Street in Boardman on Aug. 2. The health district stated it is working with Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley and the Ohio Department of Health to investigate and notify anyone who may have been exposed. Vaccination clinics will be 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. today at ...

County considers combining eastern, central courts

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners are considering passing a resolution to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to do a study to determine if the county’s central and eastern district courts should be consolidated into one court. Bazetta Trustee Michael Hovis, who is running for Commissioner Denny Malloy’s seat in November, during Wednesday’s commissioner meeting sought to convince commissioners to pass a resolution asking the high court to conduct a study to determine if the two courts should be consolidated because of the declining number of cases going to each. Previous efforts ...

Two new levies make it to November ballot

While a majority of communities have agreed to place renewals on the ballot, others will look to their residents for additional money in November. Wednesday was the filing deadline for the fall ballot, and a list provided by the Trumbull County Board of Elections shows two additional levies, 19 renewals and six liquor permit requests, as well as several proposed ordinances. In McDonald, village council took steps to place a five-year, 4.5-mill safety services levy on the ballot, giving first reading to place the levy for police, fire and emergency medical service in May and giving ...