WARREN — Dennis E. Currey Jr., 24, of Eastland Avenue SE, was sentenced to two years in prison and a driver’s license suspension Wednesday for a Dec. 26, 2024, drunken crash on state Route 11 in Liberty. Currey pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to felony aggravated vehicular assault and drunken ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a ...
Despite a number of contested Republican races and very little for Democrats to decide on the primary election ballot, more Democrats voted in Mahoning County than GOP voters, and Republicans didn’t outnumber Democrats in Trumbull County by much. It’s also a huge turnaround from the 2024 primary. But does it mean anything for the Nov. 3 general election? Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Anderson said it bodes well for his party’s candidates in November. “People didn’t come to vote in the primary with only one contested race in the county to not vote in the ...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican who’s held statewide office for more than 15 years, said he is resigning, effective June 7, to join a Christian conservative legal advocacy group – a move that may create a domino effect among other executive branch positions. Yost is leaving his state position to become vice president of strategic research and innovation for the Alliance Defending Freedom. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the ADF focuses on cultural issues such as religious liberty, private school vouchers, restricting abortion access as well as opposing LGBTQ+ rights ...
CHAMPION — The Trumbull Career & Technical Center board has approved a new three-year contract with the TCTC Education Association. Treasurer Cody Holecko said the new three-year agreement — effective June 29, 2026 to June 28, 2029 — will include pay increases of 3.5% the first year, 3.25% the second year and 3% the third year. Holecko said the new contract will cost the district approximately $900,000 for the raises over three years. He said the raises for the more than 130 employees represented by the union are in line with what the career center has given in the ...
CORTLAND — The city is saying goodbye to Republic Services for residential garbage and recycling collection, and instead is going with Ohio Valley Waste. City council approved the new garbage contract Monday night. Mayor Jim Bradley said the move follows months of work to replace a contract that had been allowed to lapse. “I think everyone has heard that our residents want to get good service, but pay the least that they can for it,” Bradley said. “This time around through the bidding, Ohio Valley was the lowest.” Council gave the new, five-year contract its first ...
