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Final clue drop nears in Falls treasure hunt

The Newton Falls America250 Treasure Hunt has grown to $36,400 in cash, gold, silver, coins and collectibles. Event organizer Thomas Colosimo of Fieldview Acres Mercantile said the treasure continues to grow as additional sponsors and supporters contribute to the prize pool. The 10th and final clue will be released at noon July 7. Once the 10 clues are interpreted, they will lead hunters to a final note and key that reveal the treasure’s location. He said since launching the event earlier this year, the treasure hunt has drawn participants from around the world, including ...

Local at a glance: Lemonade stand to aid pediatric cancer research

Lemonade stand to aid pediatric cancer research Berk Enterprises will present its second annual Lemonade Day, a national fundraising initiative organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to support the fight against childhood cancer. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 12, the lemonade stand will operate outside Berk’s corporate headquarters at 1554 Thomas Road SE, Warren. The community is invited to attend. In addition to fresh-squeezed, fair-style lemonade, guests can enjoy music, face painting, cornhole, raffle baskets and more. The lemonade will be served in a special ...

Maplewood softball headed to state championship

AKRON — After spending nearly all of its regional final contest trailing, Maplewood wanted to set the tone Thursday. The Rockets did that with three runs in the first inning and let pitcher Addison Marker cut down the opposition throughout as they down Southeastern 4-0 to punch their ticket ...

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in corruption scheme

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that a grand jury has reindicted two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year. Yost, a Republican, joined ...

Malloy elected Trumbull Republican chairman

WARREN — While a brand new slate of officers, led by Denny Malloy as chairman, is running the Trumbull County Republican Party, plenty of discord and infighting remain. Malloy, who lost reelection in the Republican primary for his county commissioner seat, beat Jim Dunlap, the party’s outgoing first vice chairman, 42-36 during a Thursday vote of GOP central committee members. After the win, Malloy said, “We know there’s a lot of work to do in this part, but we all have the same goal. We all want to win the Super Bowl. We’re just teams in the same division and we’re all ...

State capital budget includes funds for Valley

Mahoning County would receive $13,178,601 from the state’s capital budget, with about $10.7 million going to Youngstown State University, while Trumbull would get $3,022,500 under the spending plan approved by the Ohio Senate. Not including YSU, Mahoning would get $2,471,079 for 10 projects, while Trumbull would receive funding for 12 projects. The Senate approved the capital budget 31-0 Wednesday. The state House still has to vote on the proposal. The state’s capital budget, which is approved by the state Legislature every two years, totals $3.7 billion and includes $208 ...