Board considers election complaints
The Lawrence County Board of Elections reconvened to certify the 2019 May 21 primary results after two formal complaints. County elections director Ed Allison said no changes to candidate statuses followed write-in counts. Complaints included one from Ellwood City School Board member Michael Neupauer about a campaign flyer for Gary Rozanski and another against a New Castle council candidate over a missing financial disclosure report.
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Lawrence County Board of Elections
Ed Allison
Allison
Steve Craig
John R. Seltzer
Frank Piccari
Ellwood City
New Castle
Michael Neupauer
Ellwood City Area
Gary Rozanski
City woman arrested in Sharon murder case
Alexis Evonna Holmes of New Castle was arrested in Austintown Township Ohio with U S Marshals help. She faces homicide solicitation to commit robbery and burglary charges in connection with the May 23 shooting death of Khalil Hopson known as Champ. The incident at Hopson's home is now described as a robbery.
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Sharon
New Castle
Khalil
Champ” Hopson
Youngstown
Alexis Evonna Holmes
Halco Drive
Austintown Township
Ohio
U.S. Marshals Service
Ed Stabile
Holmes
Surviving D-Day veteran recalls Texas battleship aid
The 115th Infantry Regiment landed on a Normandy beach on June 6, 1944 aided by the battleship Texas. Ralph Russo of New Castle recalls hitting a pillbox and the ship firing three volleys. He survived to 75 more years of life while over 4,400 Allied soldiers died. Russo and Marietta married in 1945 after his 30-day pass. He had been drafted at 23 after leaving New Castle High School. SEE D-DAY, A7.
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Ralph Russo
Texas
Normandy
France
Neshannock
Russo
New Castle
Lower East Side
New Castle High School
Tiffany Woli
Neshannock Township
Normandy Invasion coverage and local Wagner family profile
Page A8 full page graphic traces the Normandy invasion unfolding while Debbie Wachter profiles the Wagner family of Neshannock Township. Two sons served in 1943 and 1944. one died when his plane was shot down, the other survived to age 90.
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Normandy
Debbie Wachter
Wagner
Neshannock Township
Wolf presses renewed gun control push in Harrisburg
Gov. Tom Wolf joined lawmakers and gun control advocates in Harrisburg to demand renewed gun safety measures ahead of Gun Violence Awareness Day. He cited mass shootings and praised a recent domestic abuser gun-removal law while noting momentum for further bills.
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Harrisburg
Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Gogue
Pittsburgh
Parkland
Florida
Highland Ranch
Colorado
Art Haywood
Philadelphia
Capitol
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Tany Wolfe
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Ncnewsonline
Mercer St
Gwendolyn Bartone
Myrtle Olive Durisko
Willis J. Kennedy
Katherine Ludovici
Jeffrey T. Plunkard
A. Dale Shaffer
Leroy E. Thompson Jr
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