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Criminal cases dismissed after Leetonia man found not competent

LISBON — A Leetonia man had the three criminal cases against him in Columbiana County Municipal Court dismissed after he was found not competent and not able to be restored to competency. Jonathan D. Cook, 43, Oak Street, was ordered sent back to Heartland Behavioral Healthcare after the hearing Wednesday. Cook had been examined by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio and based on the report, Judge Danielle Menning found him not competent and noted there was not a substantial probability that he will become competent. She then dismissed all three cases, which included ...

Wellsville man pleads guilty to child pornography charges

LISBON — A Wellsville man accused of possessing multiple images of child pornography entered a guilty plea Tuesday morning to 18 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person. James G. Hunter, 77, Commerce Street, will face sentencing at 10:40 a.m. Nov. 9 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. According to the plea agreement, the prosecutor will recommend an 18-year sentence for the fourth-degree felony charge, with the sentence consisting of 12 months in prison for each of the 18 counts, to be served consecutively. Another 32 ...

Train A Dog – Save A Warrior motorcycle run

Members of the Northern Panhandle American Legion Riders gathered at the American Legion Post 10 in Weirton Saturday, to celebrate after raising $23,565 for the Train A Dog – Save A Warrior program through a motorcycle run held Aug 23. TADSAW is a national program which provides trained ...

Prosecutor: Man accused of crimes in Acton incident didn’t commit felonies

CANFIELD — Patrick Havas, who is alleged to have lunged at Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, during an incident Sunday afternoon at the Canfield Fair, did not commit any offenses that rise to felonies, Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro said. Havas, 38, of Canfield, was arrested Sunday on two counts of assault and one misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. An additional misdemeanor charge of inciting panic was added Tuesday during his arraignment in Mahoning County Area Court in Canfield in front of Judge Molly Johnson. Havas, who was armed at the time of his ...

US military says it destroyed 5 more Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. Following the latest American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said. U.S. Central Command said it had no information to offer about the strikes on the Jordanian airbase. The latest strikes are part of a dual ...

Trump moves to bar Canadian products from US contracts as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs take effect

TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term U.S. government contracts as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs took effect and Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to speed efforts to reduce the country’s dependence on the United States. Trump directed the U.S. General Services Administration to declare Canadian products ineligible for those contracts until Canada allows “full and fair reciprocity” for American products. Earlier on Tuesday, Carney said Canada’s strategy was about becoming more independent. “It’s about ...