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Sharon Police report infant's skull fractured, ribs broken. Mother charged
Sharon Police have charged the mother of a three-month-old boy after doctors say he was the victim of shaken baby syndrome, allegedly causing broken ribs, a fractured skull, cardiac arrest, and a brain bleed. Twenty-five-year-old Brittany Arnold has been charged with child endangering and aggravated assault. Arnold told police she...
A taste of Summer as we say hello to May
An overall dry and above-average temperature pattern is on the way for the final days of April and the start of May. Monday will be a largely sunny day with perhaps a small increase in cloud cover during the afternoon; the afternoon will feature high temperatures in the low 80s.
Warm air surges into the valley this week
Sunday afternoon will feel like a summer afternoon. High temperatures will reach the low 80s, with partly to mostly cloudy skies. An isolated shower or thunderstorm cannot completely be ruled out, especially north of I-80. Skies will turn mostly clear overnight, and there will be a good deal of sunshine...
DEA says drug take back begins in your home
Efforts to protect your family and friends from abuse of prescription drugs begins at home. Hundreds of thousands of people are getting the message as they dropped off unused or expired prescription drugs at police stations or pharmacies across the country. Boardman police were one of several law enforcement agencies...
Former Hermitage YMCA CEO headed for trial in theft case
Talks aimed at settling an embezzlement investigation into the former CEO of the Hermitage YMCA have fallen through and the case is going to trial. A district magistrate this week sent four charges filed against 41-year-old Robert States to Mercer County Common Pleas Court for prosecution. States, accused of stealing...
'Safe Routes to Schools' project awards Hermitage $392K for sidewalks
The City of Hermitage will receive $392,000 in federal Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside funds for a “Safe Routes to Schools” project, which will install sidewalks on Route 18 in the city. The project will provide a walkway for pedestrians between the Hermitage School District campus and the Shenango Valley...
Years Ago Presented by Carmella's Cafe | April 28th
21 WFMJ archives / April 25, 1984 | Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart talked to grim-faced unemployed steelworkers 40 years ago during a campaign stop in front of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.’s Campbell Works, which closed in 1977. From left, Raymond Courtney, William Pike, John Ivan, and Stephen Furman.
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