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5 bound over to grand jury in golf course vandalism

WARREN — The five young men charged with felony vandalism, accused of causing $41,000 in damage to the Cranberry Hills Golf Course in Champion, waived preliminary hearings Thursday, and their cases were bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury. Joshua Meese, 18, of Aspen Drive; Colton ...

No drama from these llamas

CANFIELD — A llama-packing event Friday at the 180th Canfield Fair by the Llucky Llamas 4-H Club had youth members of the club compete in a special course with their animals. “We have kids in our club that show both llamas and alpacas, and they train them throughout the summer,” club ...

Watkins opposes parole for convicted murderer

WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is opposing parole for Warren Cromety, 51, who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 1995 for the 1993 home invasion and stabbing death of 78-year-old Theodore Emerson and severe injuries to his wife, Cathryn, 72. Cromety comes up for a parole hearing this month. He has served 32 years and three months in prison on convictions for aggravated murder, attempted murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and escape. He was sentenced Oct. 12, 1995 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. According to a Trumbull County ...

Niles mayor details plans for state grant

NILES — One project aimed at improving the quality of life for students actively commuting to school wrapped up earlier this year, but another one is in the works thanks to state funding, according to Mayor Steven Mientkiewicz. Niles was one of two Trumbull County communities among the 17 that received about $8.8 million from this year’s Ohio Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, which was announced in mid-August. The Safe Routes to School program is designed to help communities build and improve infrastructure near schools, encompassing sidewalks, ...

YSU professor to present crime research

Ryan Roberts, assistant professor of criminal justice at Youngstown State University, will share his research on gangs, prisons and applied intelligence with an international audience of government officials and public-security advisers during an October virtual course on organized crime and hybrid threats. Roberts was invited by Colombia’s Instituto de Ciencia Politica Hernan Echavarría Olozaga in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to serve as a guest professor in the program’s second specialized course on organized crime and hybrid threats. He will lead two sessions ...