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Thieves steal $70,000 in Pabst beer from California warehouse

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MONTCLAIR, Calif. (AP) — Thieves made off with tens of thousands of cans of Pabst beer in two separate heists from a Southern California warehouse on the same day, police said. Pabst Blue Ribbon has turned the thefts — valued by police at $70,000 — into a light-hearted social media promotion. But police in Montclair said Friday that investigators are trying to determine whether they were part of a single operation. In the first heist, about $45,000 worth of beer headed to Tucson, Arizona, was picked up but never delivered, according to police. An hour later, a “purported ...

Brookfield teachers attend Appalachian STEM Academy

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BROOKFIELD — High school teachers Lisa Henry and Tim Reinsel were among only six high school educators selected to attend the Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge this summer. The two-week academy provides educators with a unique professional development experience working alongside scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education’s REAC/TS Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory. The program is sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission and managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Throughout the academy, Henry and ...

House lawmakers return to DC with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of priorities

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of business is most likely a vote on a stopgap spending bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections. With election season getting underway, votes are also expected on measures designed to amplify the GOP’s messaging strategy going into November, most notably a resolution condemning socialism. Republicans are trying to tie the ...

ATV driver leads Liberty police on chase

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LIBERTY — Liberty police were taken on another chase Friday as an ATV driver managed to evade them. According to a police report, two officers were patrolling the areas of Belmont Avenue and Euclid Boulevard when one saw a person on an ATV cross the road and stop in front of a dumpster on the north side of a smoke shop. The report states the officer attempted to stop the driver for suspicious activity and operating an ATV on the road, and the driver stopped, waved and said he was driving home. However, the driver took off and led officers on a short pursuit after they tried boxing ...

Bessent huddles with G20 to try to rally allies on Iran

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs on major allies and an unpopular war on Iran that is keeping gas prices high for consumers. As Bessent opened meetings of the Group of 20 finance ministers in Asheville on Monday, he said he wants to focus on ways to grow the global economy and rein in mounting debt. But the event comes after hostilities renewed between the U.S. and Iran, and as trade ...

Young professionals group collects school supplies

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Mahoning Valley Young Professionals, an affiliate of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, helped local students start the school year prepared by collecting school supplies for McGuffey PK-8 in Warren during its Aug. 20 mixer at the Kensington Grille in Canfield. MVYP members donated backpacks, pencils, crayons, markers, notebooks, lunch boxes, disinfectant wipes and other supplies that will soon make their way into the hands of McGuffey students. “Community involvement is an important part of MVYP and something we want to encourage among young professionals across the Mahoning ...