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Man charged in Sunday homicide

WARREN — Bond was set at $2 million Thursday afternoon when Nazeer S. Buckley, 29, was arraigned in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on two counts of aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault in Sunday’s stabbing death of Billy Anderson, 20, at an apartment on South Feederlee ...

Nick Blanch focused on community as Poland’s new AD

On Monday, Nick Blanch was at the Poland Board of Education. Cameras and media members were also in attendance, but he wasn’t the reason they came. They wanted to be there for the announcement that Michael Daley would take over as the new superintendent. Blanch was there for a reason, however. He was named the new Poland athletic director, taking over for Brian Banfield, who will retire at the end of the school year. “That news is what brought everybody to the meeting, and I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m here too.’” Blanch said with a laugh. “It was kinda funny because people ...

Browns draft Utah’s Spencer Fano, Texas A&M’s KC Concepcion in 1st round

BEREA — The Cleveland Browns entered Thursday night's NFL draft with glaring needs at offensive tackle and wide receiver. They were able to address both in the first round. Cleveland picked Utah offensive tackle Spencer Fano ninth overall after trading down three spots with Kansas City. ...

Latell files lawsuit against Trumbull recorder, her husband and county

Tod Latell, the former Trumbull County recorder, has filed a federal lawsuit against current Recorder Dawn Zinni-Hanni; her husband, 7th District Court of Appeals Judge Mark Hanni; and Trumbull County alleging civil conspiracy, defamation and abuse of political authority or influence. The lawsuit states the “claims arise from the intentional, illegal, unlawful, willful, wanton, malicious, outrageous, oppressive, recklessly indifferent and/or negligent conduct of the defendants, individually and collectively, who all acted at least in part under color of state law to deprive plaintiff ...

Steelers select Arizona State OT Max Iheanachor at No. 21 in NFL Draft

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Arizona State offensive tackle Max Iheanachor in front of their hometown crowd with the No. 21 pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night. The Steelers' offensive line could use some reinforcements after veteran guard Isaac Seumalo left in free ...

Four Ohio State players taken in first 11 picks of NFL Draft

PITTSBURGH — Fernando Mendoza's journey from overlooked two-star recruit to the top of the NFL draft is complete after the Las Vegas Raiders took him with the first pick on Thursday night. Turning the Raiders into a contender is the next challenge for the Heisman Trophy winner who led ...