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Moreno calls Democrats racists

Local News July 1, 2026

BOARDMAN — Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno said the Democratic Party supports open borders, “transgenderism,” racism, and it wants “to destroy our fossil fuels.” Moreno spoke at a Tuesday event at the Mahoning County Republican Party headquarters: “Sadly, we have a Democrat Party that’s gone off the rails. But that’s OK because we have a Republican Party that’s now a very broad tent.” He called Democrats “the full anti-American party,” and the media is complicit in covering it up. Regarding Democrats, Moreno said, “They don’t believe that you’re ...

On the record: McDonald

Local News July 1, 2026

WHAT: Board of education meeting Monday PRESENT: Nick Gallo, Michael Morris, Jessica Krumpak, Donna Shields and Kristina Merola The board: • Approved the purchase of a 78-passenger school bus at $142,839 through the Ohio School Council. • Heard from Superintendent Gary Carkido about looking at different options on protecting school buses that are parked outside. Carkido and board members discussed parking buses at different locations or inside an enclosure or shelter. Carkido said many school districts have their buses parked outside. Krumpak said safety grants are also ...

On the record: Bristol

Local News June 30, 2026

WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Don Mickel, Jared Bilas, Brooke Vondrasek, Kristina Stephens and Candy Bemus The board: • Approved an amended contract with Superintendent Christopher Dray effective Aug. 1 at $110,572 for the 2026-27 school year. • Approved a three-year contract extension with Treasurer Megan Titus from Aug. 1, 2027 to July 31, 2030. Titus was previously granted a 2.5-year contract through July 2027 at $75,600 annually. • Approved an agreement with Cadence Care Network to provide the school district with social workers and behavioral ...

Warrant issued for Girard man accused of threatening partner

Local News June 30, 2026

LIBERTY — A temporary warrant was issued Monday for a Girard man accused of threatening to kill his significant other and two juvenile children. John Newman, 56, faces a charge of domestic violence in Girard Municipal Court. According to a police report, officers were called to a Churchill Road residence in reference to a domestic, and dispatchers said the caller alleged that her significant other was threatening her and was highly intoxicated. Dispatchers also noted there were multiple firearms in the residence. Upon arriving at the scene, officers immediately evacuated the ...

US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps

National News June 30, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran on Monday separately announced they will send delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insisted it has not agreed to meet with the U.S. “at any level” after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war. U.S. President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts and that they planned to convene Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. But one of Iran’s senior negotiators denied talks had been scheduled. And the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign ...

Privacy protections apply to cellphone users location history

National News June 30, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court held Monday that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don’t forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google’s location history. “A cellphone user is not to be viewed as sharing private information with third parties — which then can be freely passed on to the government—just by doing the ordinary things cellphone users do,” Kagan ...