Political

Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

Attempt to remove Frenchko from Trumbull GOP position canceled
A meeting that had been planned for Tuesday night where the Trumbull county Republican party planned to vote on a move to remove former Trumbull county commissioner Niki Frenchko from her position as auxiliary chair was canceled before it ever happened.

Austintown mom pleads no contest, found guilty on 3 charges including endangering children
After entering a "no contest: plea" last week, a judge found 50-year-old Deanne Hartman guilty of one felony count of endangering children and two misdemeanor counts of OVI, according to Portage County court records.

Youngstown Schools join coalition pushing to retain DeWine's vetoes on education provisions
Gov. DeWine had vetoed these provisions earlier this month, stating that implementing them all at once would create "a huge, huge problem" for Ohio's school districts and critical services.

Ohio Budget: DeWine partially vetoes election integrity clause
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has partially vetoed a provision in the state's two-year budget that would have created a new Election Integrity Unit within the Ohio Secretary of State's Office, citing concerns about potential ethical conflicts for prosecutors