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Peace Pole dedication set

Community News July 1, 2026

PEACE POLE DEDICATION: The Howland Rotary Club will have a peace pole dedication ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday at Orwig Park off East Market Street by Howland High School. The peace pole serves as a symbol of hope and goodwill carrying the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” The celebration will be 5 to 8 p.m. and include food trucks and live music. The event is co-hosted by the Rotary Club and Howland Township. CHURCH CELEBRATES 250TH: Central Christian Church, East Market Street, Warren, will celebrate America’s 250th with a celebration following the 10 a.m. worship service ...

Book that Tupac Shakur murder suspect wrote is clear for use in the trial, judge rules

National News July 1, 2026

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A book co-written by the man who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur can be used in trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. The defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis tried to bar the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” from being used in trial, which is scheduled to begin Aug. 10, as well as statements Davis had made to police in 2008 and 2009. Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the drive-by shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas. Shakur was ...

Seizure order issued for couple accused of leaving dogs in car

Job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May

Business July 1, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May as the American labor market remains resilient in the face of the economic shock from the Iran war. Forecasters had expected employers to post just 7 million openings in May. The job market is sturdy but not exactly booming. Layoffs rose in May, and the number of people quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects — ticked up only slightly. That’s according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday. Employers are advertising openings, but they aren’t ...

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

National News July 1, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. By a 6-3 vote, the court struck down Trump’s order. A bare majority of five justices, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, makes a citizen of anyone born in the country, with very limited ...

Second man charged in February shooting death had hearing Tuesday

Local News July 1, 2026

Staff report WARREN —The attorneys in the Willis L. Smith murder case met with Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Wescott Tuesday to discuss the status of the case, resulting in another hearing being set for 11 a.m. July 7. The parties discussed the case, including plea negotiations, but Smith was not brought to the courthouse to attend the hearing in person. Smith, 18, is indicted on aggravated murder with a gun specification and tampering with evidence. Prosecutors say the actions of Smith and co-defendant Ashaud Johnson, 19, resulted in the death of Da’Mar ...