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Fast-moving wildfire threatens Reno forcing thousands to evacuate A fast-moving wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. Shifting winds challenged firefighters trying to bring it under control, and authorities urged some 90,000 people to evacuate. At least six people — three first responders and three civilians — were injured, officials said. Officials said the fire was “human-caused” but did not provide details on how they reached that conclusion, or whether it was ...

Iran official calls support of sanctions an ‘act of war’

The new head of Iran’s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country’s support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war,” while Iran’s president defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of the stalled conflict. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday is expected to announce the new measures after the U.S. vowed to impose an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare and isolation on a country that has lived for decades under sanctions. Also Monday, Pakistan’s army chief is ...

On the record: Mathews

WHAT: Board of Education regular meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Joel Polonius, David Wise, Beth Haddle, Michelle Garman and Marc Burcham The board: • Accepted a donation of various miscellaneous items from Amazon. • Approved an engagement contract with Local Government Services to compile the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, at $67 per hour, not to exceed $13,400. • Approved the Trumbull County Educational Service Center substitute teacher list for the 2026-27 school year. • Approved paying athletic/game workers $30 per game for ...

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Warren police looking for man who is legally blind WARREN — The Warren Police Department is looking for a 37-year-old man whose family said is legally blind and has been missing since Friday. Michael Stroup, 37, was last seen at 4 p.m. Friday in the area of West Market Street and Lovers ...

Valley veteran served in the Army’s police force in the 1970s

CANFIELD — Mark Yoder pulled two tours of duty in Germany during the 1970s, and he continues serving as a member of American Legion Post 177 in Canfield and as a member of the local funeral Honor Guard. Yoder was born at Salem Hospital and his family later moved to Canfield where he attended kindergarten through his sophomore year of high school. His family then moved to Arizona, where he graduated from Sahuaro High School in Tucson in 1974. Before graduation, he began his military career. “I joined the Army in February of 1974 under a delayed enlistment program,” Yoder said. ...