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Hopes for US-Iran diplomacy alive

National News July 17, 2026

WASHINGTON — Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified over control of the Strait of Hormuz, but hopes for a possible diplomatic solution have shown stubborn signs of life. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected suggestions that Islamabad had abandoned efforts to bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table after brokering an initial ceasefire agreement last month that has now collapsed. “Let me dispel the impression that Pakistan has done hands up, and this is not the case,” ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at a news conference, adding ...

8 seek to fill opening on McDonald council

Local News July 17, 2026

McDONALD — Two former mayors, a one-time fire chief and several residents have applied to fill an opening on village council as Councilman Don Smith attended his final meeting Wednesday. Smith, a 27-year resident who served as chairman of the finance and capital improvement committee and levy committee, is moving next month with his family. Mayor Ray Lewis said council will be reviewing the eight applicants to have someone in place for the Aug. 19 meeting. The applicants are former mayors James Border and Marty Puckett, former fire chief Nicholas Kish, and residents Dylan ...

2 of 8 charged in alleged attack plot plead not guilty

National News July 17, 2026

COLUMBUS — Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show on the White House lawn pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges. Clothed in jail garb and shackled, Tycen Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, entered the pleas before U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. in Ohio, where the case has been consolidated. They and the other six defendants are each charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to ...

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Trial date set for men accused of killing mail-carrier

Local News July 16, 2026

With the trial date one month away, Thomas and Kaprise Sledge and their attorneys attended a hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland in the March 2, 2024, murder of U.S. Postal Service carrier Jonte Davis, 33, on Warren’s north side. They “indicated that they will maintain their pleas of not guilty and go to trial as scheduled” Aug. 17, according to court documents. Kaprise Sledge, 25, of Warren, and Thomas Sledge, 46, of Youngstown, are charged with murder of a federal employee and discharging a firearm during a violent crime in the 1:44 p.m. homicide. If ...

Operations at Schwebel’s to end, according to court filing

Business July 16, 2026

The Schwebel Baking Company’s efforts to find a new buyer have failed, and the company will halt operations. The news came out of an hourlong telephone status conference Wednesday morning with U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. “Extensive discussion occurred,” according to minutes of the proceeding released by the court. “Notably, Defendant’s discussions with a potential buyer have come to a close, and the company is proceeding with a wind-down of its operations. In addition, a secured creditor of Defendant just filed a lawsuit seeking to ...