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Coroners raise new concerns after July overdose death spike

Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio coroners are raising new warnings after a spike in drug overdose

Trump barnstorms in Wis., Ohio for trade pact

Associated Press MILWAUKEE President Donald Trump barnstormed for his new trade deal with Mexico

Expect another huge blob of algae on Lake Erie

Associated Press TOLEDO Heavy rains that inundated the Great Lakes region this spring will fuel

VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles

Associated Press NEW YORK Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous

Summary of recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Liberty and Girard

UPDATE | 'All clear' given for downtown courthouses

Bomb threat clears out Youngstown Municipal Court Courthouse

Tribute for Moh keeps his memory alive

Coworkers, friends and customers of Mohammad Musleh, who died in a crash Monday remembered his ever-present smile and sens of humor at a "Tribute for Moh" Thursday at The Federal, downtown.

Do you know who killed Loraine Lynn?

The family of Loraine Lynn, a woman found dead in her mother’s pond in Liberty in August 2017, paid for this billboard on state Route 193 that advertises a $20,000 reward for information on the homicide. Residents are asked to call the Liberty police tip line at 330-539-9830 if they have information.

Gillibrand: Dem race far from over

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, shakes hands with Pete Norris of Canfield at Casese’s MVR in Youngstown during a Thursday campaign stop.

Howland discontinued speed cameras July 1 after change in state law

Champion police chief calls boy’s mower death ‘a tough one’

Man sentenced for Last Call shooting death

Gets 21 to life

Man waives extradition to Pa. for homicide charge

Accused of stabbing boy, 8, to death

City to begin curfew sweeps

First effort held Thursday night

Canfield doctor indicted on rape charge

Dr. Albert S. Aiad-Toss, 51, of Canfield, who formerly worked for St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, is facing a rape count that carries a life sentence

Attack on defendant disrupts murder sentencing

Mahoning County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Flores, left, points at a man he just stunned in a common pleas courtroom who attacked Dale Williams, who was about to be sentenced by Judge Maureen Sweeney on a murder charge. The man is a son of the murder victim, police said.