YSU awarded funds

YSU awarded funds

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University and the University of Dayton Research Institute have been selected as the awardees of a multimillion-dollar directed project opportunity.

The research focuses on maturation of advanced manufacturing for low-cost sustainment. It is funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division. UDRI is the principal investigator on the project and YSU is the co-leader of the technical efforts.

Conference focuses on metalworking

CLEVELAND

Team NEO, Cleveland Plus and the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest will have a Transatlantic Cluster Conference on Metalworking from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Jergens Inc., 15700 South Waterloo Road.

This event is part of GACC Midwest’s Transatlantic Cluster Initiative, which brings together leading German and U.S. industry clusters to promote knowledge exchange through content-driven encounters. Representatives from German cluster organizations started in Chicago and also will visit Pittsburgh as part of the road show.

Jail inmates credited with saving ill guard

WEATHERFORD, Texas

Authorities say several inmates at a Texas jail broke out of a holding cell to help save an armed guard after they saw him lose consciousness.

WFAA-TV reported that the jailer is recovering from an apparent heart attack. The June 23 incident was captured on surveillance video at the district courts building in Weatherford.

At least eight inmates were in a basement holding cell when the lone guard slumped and fell. Inmates yelled for help, broke out of the cell and banged on doors. Deputies rushed to the basement, corralled the inmates back into the cell and summoned paramedics, who revived the guard.

Group takes dogs being held for meat

HELENA, Mont.

The Lewis & Clark Humane Society is caring for nine dogs a South Korean woman said she saved from being killed for meat.

Two dog farms near Seoul have closed as a result of Humane Society International’s efforts that resulted in the rescue of 80 dogs, Humane Society director Gina Wiest said.

Several groups, including Free Korea Dogs and Humane Society International, worked with Jinoak Oh, who rescued the dogs from a chicken farm that planned to sell them for meat production, the Lewis & Clark Humane Society said. The other dogs were sent to other shelters.

Confederate flag is back for a day at S.C. Statehouse

COLUMBIA, S.C.

The Confederate battle flag flew again outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Sunday – temporarily – during a rally that drew both supporters in Civil War garb and bullhorn-toting protesters.

Groups for and against the flag were kept separate by metal barriers on the front lawn, and police officers supported by helicopters circling overhead kept the peace as the flag flew again for several hours.

But the scene was tense at times after police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and the killings of officers by a black sniper in Dallas.

A year ago Sunday, after a white man killed nine black people inside a Charleston church, the Confederate flag that had flown for years beside the Confederate Soldiers Monument was furled and sent to a museum.

The monument remains, but the 30-foot pole the flag flew on was dismantled.

Staff/wire reports