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Hancock Commission approves year-long agreement for animal shelter

NEW CUMBERLAND — The Jefferson County Humane Society will have a full year of managing the Hancock County Animal Shelter following a renewal of its agreement with Hancock County commissioners. County commissioners, Tuesday, approved a new year-long lease and operating agreement with the humane society, continuing the operational arrangement which began Nov. 1. “We’re happy to keep them,” noted Commission President Eron Chek, offering thanks to County Administrator John Klee and County Finance Administrator Ira Aracich on completing the new agreement. “I know it was ...

US and Iran hold separate meetings in Qatar and agree to continue discussions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with “positive progress made,” and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. The next meeting will be scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after the funeral of Iran’s previous supreme leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said on X. The funeral is set to start Saturday in Tehran. U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

2 civil lawsuits filed in crash that killed trooper on Route 11 in Mahoning County

YOUNGSTOWN (WKBN) – Two civil lawsuits have been filed in connection with a crash that killed a local trooper on State Route 11 in Mahoning County. Trooper Nicholas Cayton was killed in October 2025 when his cruiser was rear-ended by a Mack truck driven by a Canfield man. Cayton had stopped to assist a disabled tractor-trailer along Route 11, just south of Route 224, when the crash happened. Cayton’s estate filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court against the driver of the Mack truck and his employer, Leetonia-based Quaker City Concrete Products, their ...

Amendment meant to help Delphi pensioners rejected

A renewed effort to aid salaried Delphi retirees obtain pension benefits was thwarted Tuesday. The Dayton Daily News reported U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina., prevented the advancement of an amendment to a $1 billion spending package. Foxx chairs the House Rules Committee, where the amendment required its approval. The amendment was tied to a defense spending and policy bill. President Trump had pushed for its passage. Foxx, in an exchange with U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, said a lawmaker had objected to the measure. The lawmaker was not named. “There’s a ...

Giant Eagle becomes part of Kroger in $1.65B deal

Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. announced Wednesday the $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle stores and its private label ventures. An unknown number of Giant Eagle stores will be dropped from its current roster of 197 to obtain federal regulatory approval, Kroger said in a joint news release. Giant Eagle operates 11 stores in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and 87 in Ohio, according to real-time inventory tracker storelocators.com. Previously, Kroger sought to acquire national grocer Albersons in a $25 billion merger. The effort failed in late 2024 as it faced Federal ...

Top student readers turn pages into playtime for shelter animals

NEW MANCHESTER — The Hancock County Animal Shelter recently welcomed its first group of “Rescue Readers,” as top student readers from New Manchester Elementary School visited the facility recently for a hands-on educational and enrichment experience benefiting both students and shelter ...