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Ex-EGCC president, 2 others indicted

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STEUBENVILLE — Indictments have been issued against three people whose crimes diverted $20 million in federal financial aid and state subsidies from Eastern Gateway Community College, led to closure of the community college and affected its students, even if they did not realize it yet. State Auditor Keith Faber announced the indictments and those allegations Thursday. Indicted on first-degree felony racketeering and other charges were Michael Geoghegan of Cincinnati, former CFO and former president of EGCC; Michael Perik of Jamestown, Pa., former owner and operator of the private ...

Christa Pike walks, eats after her failed execution

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal ...

Falls residents seek to oust councilman

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NEWTON FALLS — Residents of the village’s 2nd Ward are seeking to recall Councilman Brian Axiotis, claiming he is neglecting his ward and that he mocks and degrades residents on social media. Residents Charlotte Simmons and Debra Earl have a petition to recall Axiotis in the May 2027 ...

Execution by firing squad to be livestreamed

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” The Army announced this week that the execution would take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3 after Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice on Wednesday, ...

Check in on each other

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Mental health is getting easier to talk about, but suicide is still one of those words that makes people uncomfortable. We lower our voices. We don’t know what to say. We worry about saying the wrong thing, so sometimes we don’t say anything at all. But silence isn’t helping us. This week, our little community experienced a heartbreaking loss. A young person died by suicide. Someone lost a son. Someone lost a grandson, a family member, a friend. A school lost a student, and an entire community was left trying to process something that is incredibly difficult to ...

$100,000 bond set in alleged Warren aggravated burglary

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WARREN — Treasure Williams, 30, was arraigned this week in Warren Municipal Court on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated burglary and lesser earlier charges following her arrest in a Monday incident on Williamsburg Street NW. Williams is accused of trying to steal from the garage of a man while he was in the garage, leading to a scuffle involving Williams, the man and his granddaughter, a police report states. Bond was set at $100,000 Tuesday. The report states officers were called to Williamsburg Street at 3:47 p.m. Monday for a fight. An officer spoke with a woman who said ...