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Plane crash near Ohio airport kills 3; federal authorities investigating
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) — A plane trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 went down near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at about 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol post in Trumbull County, which was notified shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, said the crash just north of the airport killed the pilot and two passengers. The families of the victims have been notified and names are to be released later, an official said. “A mechanical failure is suspected and the aircraft was reported as attempting to make an emergency landing” before it went down “near one of the runways” in Fowler Township, the Warren post of the highway patrol said in a news release Saturday afternoon.
Youngstown man sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to felony drug possession
A man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Marques L. White, 37, of Broadway Avenue, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. As part of the plea agreement arraigned by prosecutors and White’s lawyer, the defendant...
Trumbull County man sentenced to three years of probation after running away during traffic stop
A man was given three-years’ probation, fined $3,000 and received a one-year driver’s license suspension. David A. Parker, 28, of U.S. Route 6, Rome, was cited for a fourth-degree failure to comply with order or signal of police officer felony. The case involved the defendant fleeing on foot...
No indictment in case against woman accused of killing boyfriend
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – A Trumbull County grand jury declined to indict a woman who was accused of killing her boyfriend in Girard. Court records show Kristen Schmidt was “no billed” by the grand jury. Schmidt’s case on an involuntary manslaughter charge was bound over to common...
Trumbull deputy in the saddle at RNC
Trumbull County Sheriff Deputy William “Ty” Kata and his horse, Titus, were part of a national team of mounted officers patrolling the streets of Milwaukee, during this week’s Republican National Convention that nominated former President Donald J. Trump and Ohio freshman Sen. J.D. Vance to lead the Republican Party ticket.
Credit card misuse lands city resident in prison
WARREN — A Youngstown man was sentenced Wednesday to 17 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,970 restitution after being convicted on felony counts of misuse of credit cards and receiving stolen property, as well as a misdemeanor count of misuse of credit cards. Joseph P. Shurtleff, 33,...
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