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Local Music Teacher Released From Russian Prison.

Local Music Teacher Released From Russian Prison.

Brooke Hart
February 18, 2025

Marc Fogel, a 63-year-old teacher from Butler County has been released from Russian prison after the White House negotiated his release. Fogel was arrested in Moscow, Russia in 2021 after being found with 17 grams of medical marijuana prescribed by an American doctor. He was...

Neo-Nazi wave flags above overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Neo-Nazi wave flags above overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Taylor Kapisak
February 16, 2025

Lincoln Heights residents are concerned after Neo-Nazis disrupted an I-75 overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residents demanded responses from the police, who gave them unclear answers. On Friday, Feb 11, about a dozen people stood on an overpass and waved flags with swastikas...

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Local Universities to Lose $100 Million in NIH Funding

Caden Hyde
February 16, 2025

Both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are set to lose roughly $100 million in federal medical research fundinbv g due to budget cuts by President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency. This is part of a wave of budget cuts to the National...

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores in the United States

Isabella Timpano
February 16, 2025

If you deleted TikTok due to the ban, you no longer have to go without: TikTok returned to app stores in the United States late Thursday evening, February 13, after President Trump delayed the ban on the app. Trump began trying to pause enforcement of the ban last month with...

Jack the Ripper's Identity Confirmed Over a Century Later

Jack the Ripper’s Identity Confirmed Over a Century Later

Ellie Schroeder, Head News Editor
February 16, 2025

After 136 years, one of the most notorious cold cases has been solved. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in Whitechapel, London, England from 1888 to 1891. The killer is credited with five brutal deaths of women but may be responsible for up to eleven. It was always speculated...

"POLICE BLOTTER" in white lettering over top of a black background. There are two baby blue circles and a red circle behind the end of "BLOTTER"

Police Blotter 2/4-2/10

Malena Kaniuff
February 12, 2025

02/04/2025: Assist Other Agency- Officers were contacted via radio by Moon Twp. Police that they were investigating a road rage incident that did not occur on RMU property. However, the vehicles stopped in the area of the RMU Facilities building. RMU officers did respond. Officers...

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Trump Orders Treasury to Stop Minting Pennies

Brooke Hart
February 12, 2025

President Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies due to the cost of production. To produce the one cent coin, it costs nearly 3.7 cents to make. On Truth Social, Donald Trump made a statement saying "For far too long the United States has minted pennies...

Two Planes Collide in Arizona

Two Planes Collide in Arizona

Caden Hyde
February 12, 2025

At least one person has died and three more injured as a small jet owned by Vince Neil collides with another plane at Scottsdale Municipal Airport Tuesday morning. Neil, frontman for the band Motley Crue, was not on board. According to an airport spokesperson, the left...

At Least 13 Injured in Crawford County Chemical Plant Massive Explosion

At Least 13 Injured in Crawford County Chemical Plant Massive Explosion

Isabella Timpano
February 11, 2025

At least 13 people have been injured after a massive industrial fire led to an explosion at the Parker Lord Corporation in Saegertown, Crawford County, around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb 9. Fire officials were called to the plant on South Street after an automatic fire alarm went...

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Suspended

Caden Hyde
February 11, 2025

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be placed on hiatus as Trump continues to overhaul the executive branch. The CFPB was created in 2010 following the financial crisis and recession with the purpose of protecting the American consumer from unlawful or predatory...