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Charge in court fracas bound over to grand jury

Local News October 1, 2026

WARREN — The felonious assault charge of Ryshionna Powell, 18, of Warren, was bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury Tuesday in a Sept. 21 incident in which Powell is accused of throwing a phone at another woman in the back of a courtroom in Warren Municipal Court, causing a laceration on the other woman’s forehead. Powell waived her preliminary hearing Tuesday, and Judge Natasha Natale bound Powell’s case over to the grand jury. Natale also advised Powell that she is not eligible to make bond until she has served 30 days in jail because Visiting Judge Terry Ivanchak ordered ...

Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

National News October 1, 2026

After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. The nonprofit running the longstanding contest announced that the bear, known for his pacifist nature, was the winner Tuesday with more than 100,000 votes, giving him a close win over Bear 910 with just over 50% of the poll. The contest, which is in its 12th year, celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the state’s southwest corner toward the ...

Traveling War on Terror memorial comes to area

YSU senior details atrocities of Islamic Republic at lecture

Local News October 1, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Negin Mirzade bitterly recalled the day police arrested her at age 14 while she waited for her sister to pick her up from a class. Mirzade’s “offense?” Wearing a light-blue pair of shoes the police claimed would attract male attention to her. “The police called me ...

Convicted child rapist loses appeal

Local News October 1, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Convicted child rapist Todd Perkins has lost his appeal and remains incarcerated. A news release from the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office, issued late Tuesday, states that the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown turned down Perkins’ appeal in a unanimous decision. Perkins, now 61, was convicted in February 2024 of rape and gross sexual imposition against a child relative of his, who was younger than 5 at the time of the offenses. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Perkins filed an appeal alleging ineffective legal counsel. His ...

3D printing intersects with engineering, drone technology

Business October 1, 2026

Staff report In support of National Manufacturing Day on Friday, America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is launching a nationwide series of hands-on “3D Printing for Drones” experiences. The program is designed to introduce high school students to the intersection of 3D printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing (AM), engineering and drone technology. Building upon the success of a recent summer camp hosted at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and held in collaboration with Innovate Learning, America Makes is expanding ...