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Speaker discusses Wright brothers at Warren library

Local News October 3, 2026

WARREN — The first airplane was flown in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, but it was actually created in Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright Brothers gathered data and conducted experiments for their flying machine. The inventors of the original motorized airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright, grew up and lived their adult lives in Dayton. During his Thursday talk, “The Bishop’s Kids: The Wright Family and the Birth of Flight” at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, Tom Crouch, curator emeritus of the aeronautics division at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, discussed ...

Howland business fire causes interior damage

Local News October 3, 2026

HOWLAND — Township fire officials confirmed no one was injured Thursday as automatic mutual aid responded to a small business. According to a news release, the department was called to Big Daddy’s Smoke Shop on Niles Cortland Road NE, noting that dispatchers said the business’s rear was on fire and smoke and flames were visible. The release states township fire personnel arrived minutes later and quickly began an offensive fire attack, having the fire under control within minutes. The release states mutual aid companies from the Cortland Fire Department and the Youngstown ...

Arkansas gem hunter finds a diamond he claims could be worth $1 million

National News October 3, 2026

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jack Pearadin is the first to admit that his diamond-hunting hobby hasn’t paid off, despite sifting rocks for more than a dozen years. But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he’s found over 300 gems so far. And this one is like nothing he’s dug up before — Pearadin claims collectors have told him it could be worth $1 million. At least one experienced appraiser told The Associated Press that a diamond of such size and quality could be worth a fourth of that — still an ...

High airfares could last even if jet fuel prices fall

Business October 3, 2026

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say. The price of jet fuel shot up after the Iran war began and retreated sharply in the spring before surging again as the summer went on. Such fluctuations make it ...

Business briefs

Business October 3, 2026

AI CONFERENCE: A public policy conference, “Big Issues. Bold Ideas. Our Region’s Future,” will take place 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19 at Stambaugh Auditorium. How will the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and data centers affect the Mahoning Valley — and what opportunities and challenges could it create for our economy? Join the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber for a program exploring AI, data center development and the public policy issues shaping Ohio’s economic future. The program will feature Benjamin Harvey, D.Sc., founder of AI Squared and Research ...

If you’re worried about your bond portfolio, you’re missing the point

Business October 3, 2026

A friend who’s close to retirement texted that she was concerned about the bond market. She’d been building out that fixed-income allocation over the past several years at the urging of her adviser. Her message made me wonder if some people might have misguided ideas about bonds. Volatility is much lower than for stocks For one thing, notwithstanding the recent headlines, bonds’ volatility is almost always going to be mild alongside the fluctuations that stocks experience. For example, on Sept. 1, 2026, a day when bonds grabbed the top headline on The Wall Street Journal’s ...