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Storm damage keeps golfers, walkers off MetroPark properties

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BOARDMAN — Mill Creek MetroParks’ nationally renowned North and South golf courses will be out of bounds to golfers for several months as park officials and insurance adjusters assess damage caused by Sunday afternoon's storm. Originating in the area of Tippecanoe and Shields roads in Canfield Township, an EF-1 tornado developed and was shortly joined by a macroburst. The storm devastated park-owned property south of Shield Roads and north of U.S. 224 buffered between Lockwood Boulevard and East Parkside Drive. In addition to two 18-hole championship golf courses, a 1½-mile ...

Champion residents take a swing at golf carts

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CHAMPION — The Champion Township Trustees said they will check with legal counsel on whether the township would be face liability if someone on a golf cart is injured if the township were to allow them on the roads. Golf carts are not permitted on township roads, per a 2025 vote by trustees. Residents said they have seen children younger than 10 driving golf carts on roads. Resident Michael Schwab said they should be allowed for those age 16 and older on roads posted at 35 miles per hour or less. Police Chief Larry Skaggs said there is concern someone driving a golf cart will get ...

Man shot, killed by ICE had no criminal record

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HOUSTON (AP) — A Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the U.S. and was driving a crew to a homebuilding site when he was killed, his family and a Texas congresswoman said Wednesday. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was working toward securing legal status in the U.S. and knew what to do if stopped by ICE, his son said. Federal officials said they were stopping the vehicle in an immigration enforcement operation. Ronaldo Salgado said his father may have been scared that the people in ...

Police blotter: Warren

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Police activity from July 1-7: July 7, 6:40 p.m. — James C. Thompson, 47, arrested in the 200 block of Atlantic Street NW on warrant from Warren Municipal Court. 5:30 p.m. — Drew R. Jones, 27, arrested in the 400 block of South Street SE on charges of aggravated menacing, breaking and entering and driving under suspension and warrants from Warren Municipal Court. July 7, times unavailable — Strangulation, improperly discharging firearm reported in the 2100 block of Burton Street SE; runaway reported in the 1600 block of Bonnie Brae Avenue NE; drug activity reported in the ...

US and Iran exchange more attacks

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East. Back-and-forth ...

Federal judge who obstructed ICE arrest spared prison time

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant through her jury room door as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to arrest him in a courthouse hallway. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman fined her $5,000, describing the case as a situation where an otherwise good person, upset by immigration policies in this country, made a bad decision in the moment. Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction in December. Her lawyers argued during her trial that President Donald Trump’s administration ...