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US officials tie cyclospora outbreak to 3 more states

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Parasitic illness cases linked to recalled iceberg lettuce have now been confirmed in 20 states, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the scope of the largest outbreak of its kind in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said government scientists have now identified cases in three additional states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The tally of people sickened by the parasite is now 11,458, up from about 10,900 reported last week. The FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials have focused their investigation on ...

Dislike of data centers unites partisan America

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MURDOCK, Neb. (AP) — In rural eastern Nebraska, a technology revolution could rise from fields of corn and soybean in the form of new data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom. But just like around many parts of the country, opposition has been building in ways that defy typical partisan boundaries. Conservative farmers and the state Sierra Club chapter recently found common cause against labor leaders as they filled the firehouse in Murdock — population around 275 — to share concerns about data center development moving too quickly. The scene exemplified an ...

NOPEC to offer information for Newton gas aggregation ballot issue

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NEWTON TOWNSHIP — With the township having placed a gas aggregation issue on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, officials are looking at having the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) provide public informational meetings and publicity on the issue at no cost to the township. Trustees placed the issue on the ballot to ask residents whether they should have the authority to aggregate retail natural gas customers in the township and enter into agreements for the sale and purchase of natural gas. Customers would be enrolled automatically unless they choose to opt out. If ...

Warren man gets prison sentence for shooting wife

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WARREN — Mickell J. Hall, 63, of Clermont Avenue NE, was sentenced to 8 to 10 1/2 years in prison Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on felonious assault with a gun specification and misdemeanor domestic violence in the Dec. 5 shooting of his wife at their home. After a standoff at a Niles motel, Hall was arrested. The gun used in the shooting was found by police in a clothes hamper at the Warren home. Hall’s wife, who recovered from being shot in the chest, agreed to the sentence. Hall, who had a 2019 cocaine-possession conviction, got credit for the 253 days he ...

FBI presence confirmed in Niles

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NILES — A FBI spokesperson confirmed agency activity near Youngstown Warren Road on Wednesday. Published reports say the presence was at a medical park along the route that houses multiple medical facilities. The spokesperson said the FBI does not confirm nor deny the subject of any investigation or operation, but there is no threat to the public, and any arrest will eventually become public record if one is made.

Rape charges filed against 3 men from northern Trumbull

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Two men from rural state Route 534 north of the Mesopotamia Commons in Mesopotamia Township were in the Trumbull County jail Wednesday, set for arraignment today in Newton Falls Municipal Court on one count each of rape and four counts each of gross sexual imposition. Robert Detweiler, 26, and Rudy Detweiler, 22, of the same address, could get about 10 years in prison if convicted of the rape charge. Each faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted of any gross sexual imposition charge. The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office investigated allegations against the men following ...