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KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal items, former home and restaurant up for auction

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SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction Tuesday night, along with his former home and a dinner house Sanders opened after selling his iconic restaurant chain. Harland Sanders, still known as the face of the worldwide chain originally known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, established the Shelbyville property as the first headquarters of his restaurant business in the late 1950s. He sold the property, which included his home and the Claudia Sanders Dinner House, to Tommy and Cherry ...

Police: 15-year-old arrested at Seattle shooting was armed with a ghost gun

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SEATTLE (AP) — The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday. Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts. Investigators also recovered two other weapons and 14 shell casings that had been fired by weapons of two different calibers, he said. The shooting in the waning hours of the three-day Bite of Seattle festival ...

Americans’ confidence in US economy falls

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That’s essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings were well above 100. Consumer attitudes had improved modestly in June as gas prices came down to around $3.70 a gallon from more than $4.50 a gallon in late April and early May. But as fighting ...

Columbus man accused of damaging Liberty cruiser

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LIBERTY — A Columbus man is facing charges after an active warrant arrest during a gas station theft call escalated en route to jail. Joseph Mullins, 23, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated menacing, theft and resisting arrest in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler Tuesday morning. He also appeared on a charge of vandalism. According to a police report, Liberty police were called to the Belmont Avenue Speedway Monday afternoon for a theft, with dispatchers noting two men stole items from the business and one of the men, Mullins, had committed a theft from ...

Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation’s intelligence director

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination. Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, was confirmed 51-47 along party lines. Republicans had initially hoped to confirm Clayton in June, but Trump delayed his hearing in order to allow his temporary pick for the job, Bill Pulte, to take over for several weeks after former director Tulsi ...

Federal judge rejects Latell’s amended lawsuit

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Ruling it was filed too late, a federal judge didn’t permit the attorney for Tod Latell, the former Trumbull County recorder, to amend his lawsuit against Trumbull County’s current recorder, Dawn Zinni-Hanni, and her husband, 7th District Court of Appeals Judge Mark A. Hanni. George Farneth, Latell’s attorney, filed an amended complaint on July 10. The lawsuit was initially filed April 22 by Farneth, on behalf of Latell, a Democrat, against the county, Zinni-Hanni and Hanni, both Republicans, alleging civil conspiracy, defamation and abuse of political authority or ...