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Suspect in city homicide jailed without bond

WARREN — A Warren man has been jailed without bond in the fatal shooting of Damien Michael Williams on Tuesday night in a home on the northwest side of the city. Serroyan Jubar Couto, 19, of Perkins Drive NW, was arraigned in Warren Municipal Court on a homicide charge in the death of Williams, who suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Warren Municipal Judge Natasha Natale ordered the defendant held without bond. The judge found that the defendant posed a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person and the community. Couto’s next court appearance is scheduled for ...

Trump: US will ‘finish the job’ soon in Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago. Trump used his platform before a wide audience to tout the success of the U.S. operations in Iran and argue that all of Washington’s objectives have so far been met or exceeded. He ticked through a timeline of past American involvement in conflicts and noted that the ongoing war in Iran had ...

Mecca moves forward with town hall project

MECCA — Township trustees will receive bids at noon Friday as they move forward with a new township building on the township park property off state Route 46. Trustee Chairman Tom Domes said trustees will review the bids and make a decision at the April 14 trustees meeting. The sealed bids are being delivered to Phillips Sekanick Architects in Warren for review. The new building will be a combined town hall and childcare center. The board already has entered into a contract with K.M.B. Inc., dba King Bros., at $69,500 for the completion of the wastewater plant for the new town ...

Breaking ground for family

WARREN — Habitat for Humanity of the Mahoning Valley is set to begin construction of a new home for a local family as a groundbreaking took place Tuesday at the corner of Burton and Willard streets. Officials from Habitat for Humanity were joined by Warren officials, and representatives of ...