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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U DAILY BRIEFING, A2 • TRIBUTES, A7 • WORLD, A8 • BUSINESS, B5 • CLASSIFIEDS, B6 • PUZZLES, C3 HONORING OUR STATE CHAMPIONS YSU HALL OF FAME YSU’S CRASH DAY 50% Curbstone event salutes the victors Inductions set for mid-September Potential students check it out OFF SPORTS | B1 SPORTS | B1 LOCAL | A3 vouchers. DETAILS, A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 U 75¢ TRUMBULL COUNTY Alliance Torrential rain wreaks havoc on the Valley Tensions rise against WATERY MESS in Syria as drug abuse Russia sends takes it to US warning the streets Associated Press BEIRUT Group to distribute Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian- info in Warren, Niles controlled airspace and suspended a hot line intended to avoid collisions in retali- By ED RUNYAN ation for the U.S. military shooting down [email protected] a Syrian warplane. WARREN The U.S. said it had downed the Syrian The Trumbull County Al- jet a day earlier after it dropped bombs liance for Substance Abuse near the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Prevention expects as many Forces conducting operations against as 100 of its participants to the Islamic State group, adding that was fan out over parts of War- something it would not tolerate. ren and Niles in the coming The downing of the warplane – the fi rst weeks to pass out opiate- time in the six-year confl ict that the U.S. abuse information door to has shot down a Syrian jet – came amid door. another fi rst: Iran fi red several ballistic The group missiles Sunday night at IS positions in U INSIDE: will place ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR eastern Syria in what it said was a mes- While opioids door hang- Interstate 680 northbound at the state Route 62 and Market Street entrance was closed until midday Monday as sage to archrival Saudi Arabia and the can bring ers in the two water fl ooded the ramp. A storm Sunday night and early Monday damaged numerous parts of the Mahoning Valley. United States. short-term T r u m b u l l The developments added to already- pain relief County ZIP Staff report soaring regional tensions and refl ect the and help codes with YOUNGSTOWN intensifying rivalry among the major patients with the highest players in Syria’s civil war that could spi- cancer and percentage he sun is peeking out of the ral out of control just as the fi ght against in end-of-life of overdoses the Islamic State group in its stronghold care, they’re – 44483 in clouds today, but the effects of Raqqa is gaining ground. often mis- Warren and Russia, a key ally of Syrian President prescribed. 44446 for of Sunday night’s storm are C1 T See SYRIA, A3 Niles. “The door still being felt – especially at Campbell hanger has information City Hall. about how to recognize YOUNGSTOWN the signs and symptoms Due to extensive flooding, city hall, 351 of an overdose,” said Lau- Tenney Ave., may be closed for up to a week. ren Thorp, project director Campbell Mayor Nick Phillips said Mon- City mulls legislation of ASAP. “We also want to day he had been working to clean up the educate the community damage since 12:30 a.m. after receiving a about proper drug disposal middle-of-the-night call about water in the OK’ing JAC pacts for and Project DAWN – a free building. Fifteen workers from National Fire naloxone distribution pro- & Water Repair in Youngstown joined the gram through the Trumbull cleanup effort. amphitheater, Covelli County Combined Health “Water was just pouring into the city hall District.” – it was that bad,” Phillips said. “When we By DAVID SKOLNICK The project was scheduled went up on the roof, the drains weren’t able [email protected] to begin today, but it was to handle the amount of water and the water YOUNGSTOWN canceled because the hang- was coming in.” The city council on Wednesday will ers were not shipped by the consider legislation allowing the board printer, Thorp said in a news See MESS, A2 of control to sign contracts with JAC release Monday. Management Group LLC to oversee the Thorp said the group plans ROBERT K. YOSAY THE VINDICATOR day-to-day operations and the food-and- to distribute more than 5,000 Above, Pamela beverage sales at the proposed downtown door hangers in those areas Kraus, a National amphitheater and to continue to han- in the effort to reduce the Fire & Water dle those responsibilities at the Covelli number of overdoses. Repair employee, mops up water Centre. One of the key things But two of the three for people to know is they in the Campbell clerk of court’s board of control mem- should get rid of excess med- offi ce in city hall. bers – Mayor John A. Mc- ications in the home, Thorp Nally and Finance Direc- said. That will prevent some- tor David Bozanich – said one from stealing dangerous NIKOS FRAZIER Monday it’s unlikely that drugs and abusing them. THE VINDICATOR A tow truck fi shes council will approve the People with excess medi- legislation Wednesday. out a car from Bozanich cations also are at higher a fl ooded area That’s because the con- risk of becoming a victim of of Interstate tracts aren’t fi nalized and council mem- burglary, Thorp said. 680 northbound bers want specifi cs on the proposals be- Thorp has a list of recent under the South fore a vote, McNally and Bozanich said. Trumbull County overdoses Avenue bridge “Using JAC has been a benefit for the early Monday. See DRUGS, A3 See PACTS, A3 inside INDEX Scientist reaches new depths with NASA thanks to YSU Business . B5 today By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI Classifi eds . B6 [email protected] Comics . C4 OTTO WARMBIER DIES YOUNGSTOWN Crossword . C3 Otto Warmbier, Trevor Graff’s journey below the sea, Daily Briefi ng . A2 an Ohio college where he is part of an underwater NASA student who was Editorial . A9 mission doing research that will be used in Legal ads. A6 released by North future space explorations, began here in the Lotteries . A2 Korea in a coma Mahoning Valley. Society. C2 last week after Sports. .B1-4 almost a year and Graff, originally from Cortland, is a 1999 a half in captivity, graduate of Youngstown State University, Tributes. A7 died Monday. TV Grid . C3 where he studied geology and earth science. Valley Life. C1 WORLD, A8 In a phone call from the Aquarius laboratory Weather. A2 NEW AQUA OHIO CENTER that is stationed 62 feet below the ocean sur- face near Key Largo, Fla., Graff credited his PLEASE RECYCLE Aqua Ohio offi cials broke ground Monday on a new $2.5 million opera- experience at YSU with sparking his interest tions center in the CASTLO Industrial in planetary science. Park in Struthers. “I would say that Youngstown, and SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR Trevor Graff , far left, is doing research in Aquarius, an underwater research laboratory BUSINESS, B5 See NASA, A3 operated by NASA. 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