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More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest.

 

 
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says school shootings are a “fact of life" and the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia.
 

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says

 

A court decision in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania means voters can cast a provisional ballot in place of a mail-in ballot that is rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it.

 

Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months after his gun conviction

 
Jury selection is set to begin in Hunter Biden’s federal tax trial just months after the president’s son was convicted of gun charges in a separate case.
 

Man wounded at Youngstown housing complex

 
Police tell 21 News that a man was shot at the Victory Estates housing complex on Magnolia Avenue early Friday.
 

100 mph OSP chase ends with crash in Warren

 
The Ohio State Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of an SUV who they say led a Trooper on a 100-mile-per-hour chase in Warren.
 

Columbiana man faces sentencing Friday for police chase and deadly crash

 
Forty-seven-year-old Jennifer Hunley died while in hospice care, 43 days after the hatchback she had been driving was struck head-on by a stolen Chevy Silverado.
 

OVI checkpoint to be held in Mahoning County Friday night

 
More specific details on the checkpoint including the time and location will be revealed before the checkpoint gets underway.
 

Warren man being sentenced after drug agents use GPS, invisible spray to track kilogram of fentanyl

 
Agents say Lang’s hands glowed green under ultraviolet light from the clue spray.
 

Moving Vietnam Memorial Wall to stop in Lisbon this weekend

 
The weekend will begin with an opening ceremony and laying of roses at 6 p.m. Friday.
 

Find family fun at Youngstown's First Friday with music, art, and community activities

 
Youngstown kicks off the fall season with its free First Friday event tonight from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
 

October-like weather rolls in for the weekend

 
Warmer weather will make its return late next week