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Thieves steal four Renoirs from a French museum

PARIS (AP) — Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said. Investigators launched a national search for the perpetrators. The whole operation took less than three minutes and targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last ...

Making room for more history

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Carpenter Ron Kollar of Brookfield, working for Declan Construction Inc. of Brookfield, the general contractor for the expansion of the Morgan History Center, removes a door frame Tuesday. The addition is attached to the back of the Morgan History Center, 328 ...

Gas prices are 4 cents higher in Northeast Ohio

Labor Day weekend travelers faced the highest gas prices ever for this time of year as the national average rose 6 cents over the past week to $4.15, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report on Tuesday. Continued volatility in the Strait of Hormuz has pushed crude oil prices over $90 per barrel. After a record-setting August, this past Labor Day weekend set a record at the pump. The national average has never been above $4 per gallon on Labor Day. The current Labor Day record is $3.82, set on Sept. 3, 2012. Even though gasoline demand decreases this time of year, typically ...

Hubbard eyes joining regional tax agency

HUBBARD — The upcoming year looks to be one centered on upgrades, with one being focused on saving the city money on income tax collection, according to Mayor Ben Kyle on Tuesday. Kyle said during caucus ahead of the city council’s regular meeting that the city will have “a lot of” internal protocols and upgrades that his office wishes to see happen throughout the rest of the year and 2027. One of those things is discussing moving the city’s income tax collection to the Regional Income Tax Agency, which nearly 400 cities and villages across the state use and operate as a ...

Man changes from victim to defendant in June shooting

WARREN — A man initially thought to be the victim in a June 16 shooting at Parkman Road and Northfield Avenue NW was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of felonious assault and one count of discharging a firearm into a habitation. Kasey N. Morgan, 21, of Linda Drive NW, was arraigned on two counts of felonious assault and one count of discharging a firearm into a habitation, all second-degree felonies. The charges were filed June 29, according to Warren Municipal Court records. Morgan returns for his next hearing Thursday. Morgan was booked into the Trumbull County jail Sept. 2 and ...

Friend raising funds for woman killed in motorcycle-horse accident

A friend of a Cortland woman who was killed while riding her motorcycle last week on state Route 46 in Bazetta is asking for financial help for the Cortland woman’s family. Heather M. Robinson, 42, died Friday morning when her motorcycle collided with a horse near Cadwallader Sonk Road. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating, but stated that she was traveling south when two horses entered the road. Robinson struck one of the horses, causing her motorcycle to travel off the right side of the road and hit a ditch. She died at the scene. Robinson was wearing a helmet at the ...