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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U DAILY BRIEFING, A2 • TRIBUTES, A5 • WORLD & BUSINESS, A6 • PUZZLES & TV, C3 A MAJOR WIN FOR THOMAS NORTH SIDE FETE Son of PGA pro captures PGA Championship Brier Hill Fest set this week SPORTS | B1 VALLEY LIFE | C1 50% OFF vouchers. SEE DETAILS, A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017 U 75¢ ’90s drug gang members facing new drug charges After serving long prison terms, 2 men Rogers, 47, and Hunter, spent a large portion of that 44, both of Youngstown, are THEY WERE THE GUYS time investigating major accused of rejoining The Game in city two of 19 people indicted THAT BROUGHT CRACK drug cases, said Rogers and By JOE GORMAN – they were all-stars. on charges of selling heroin Hunter were both members [email protected] So investigators say it and cocaine in the city. They COCAINE TO YOUNGSTOWN.” of the Ready Rock Boys. were both arrested last week YOUNGSTOWN is no surprise the two got Bob Patton, Patton was one of the lead back into The Game, the after federal indictments investigators on the federal As members of the street former Youngstown police offi cer gang that pioneered the sale term some give to the drug were unsealed Wednesday. case in 1994 that saw them of crack cocaine in the early trade, after serving lengthy Rogers and Hunter have and eight others indicted on 1990s in the city, Aaron Rog- federal prison sentences for detention hearings in federal arraignments after they lice offi cer Bob Patton, who cocaine-traffi cking charges ers and Brian Hunter weren’t drug traffi cking and getting court this week. They have were picked up Wednesday. was in law enforcement just taking part in The Game caught again. been in custody since their Former Youngstown po- for more than 30 years and See DRUGS, A3 WORLD CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. US offi cials Young and old come together at Slovak Fest Crash suspect’s say military Blending food, fun former teacher action vs. says he idolized N. Korea not Hitler, Nazism imminent Associated Press FLORENCE, KY. Associated Press The young man accused of plowing a car WASHINGTON into a crowd of people protesting a white su- Senior U.S. national se- premacist rally was fascinated with Nazism, curity offi cials said Sunday idolized Adolf Hitler, and had been singled that a military confrontation out by school offi cials in the ninth grade for with North Korea’s is not im- his “deeply held, radical” convictions on race, minent, but they cautioned a former high school teacher said Sunday. that the possibility of war is James Alex Fields Jr. also greater than it was a decade U confided that he had been INSIDE: ago. Ohio Nonvio- diagnosed with schizophre- CIA Director Mike Pompeo lence Week and Army Lt. Gen. H.R. Mc- nia when he was younger and will give Val- Master, President Donald had been prescribed an anti- ley residents Trump’s national security psychotic medication, Derek an opportu- adviser, tried to provide as- Weimer said in an interview nity to stand surances that a conflict is with The Associated Press. up against avoidable, while also sup- In high school, Fields was the type of porting Trump’s tough talk. an “average” student, but bigotry on They said with a keen interest in mili- display in the United tary history, Hitler and Nazi Virginia, its organizers States and its Germany, said Weimer, who say. A3 allies no lon- said he was Fields’ social ger can af- studies teacher at Randall K. ford to stand Cooper high school in Union, Ky., in Fields’ by as North WILLIAM D. LEWIS | THE VINDICATOR junior and senior years. Korea pushes Karen Melnik and Mike Mrakovich, both of Campbell, dance to the Del Sinchak Band on Sunday at the Slovak “Once you talked to James for a while, you Fest on Youngstown’s South Side. McMaster ahead with would start to see that sympathy towards the devel- By SARAH LEHR Nazism, that idolization of Hitler, that be- opment of a nuclear-tipped [email protected] intercontinental ballistic YOUNGSTOWN See FIELDS, A2 missile. OR MIKE EKONIAK OF BEAVER “We’re not closer to war Township, the 12th annual Slo- than a week ago, but we are vak Fest was an opportunity to closer to war than we were a enjoy the dishes he associates decade ago,” McMaster said, Fwith his childhood. adding that the Trump ad- He came to the festival ministration is prepared to Sunday festooned with but- deal militarily with North tons that celebrated his Slo- Korea if necessary. vak heritage. But he stressed that the Both sets of Ekoniak’s ONLINE U.S. is pursuing “a very de- grandparents immigrated to VIDEO termined diplomatic effort” the Mahoning Valley from See video for led by Secretary of State Rex this story at Slovakia. Ekoniak grew up vindy.com Tillerson that’s coupled with on the South Side just down new financial sanctions to the road from St. Matthias Church, 915 dissuade North Korean lead- Cornell St., the location of Sunday’s Slo- er Kim Jong Un from further vak Fest. provocations. The family-friendly festival featured “The U.S. military is Slovak dishes, such as sauerkraut, dump- locked and loaded every Elliana Gomoll, 1, enjoys an ice cream cone at the Slovak lings and haluski, which is cabbage with ASSOCIATED PRESS day,” McMaster said, repeat- Fest. She was there with her father, Jeremy Gomoll of James Alex Fields Jr. holds a black shield Saturday Columbiana. See SLOVAK, A3 in Charlottesville, Va., where a white supremacist See N. KOREA, A3 rally took place. inside INDEX Liberty police investigate Classifi eds . B6 today Comics . C4 Crossword . C3 SUCCESS BY 6 EXCELS Daily Briefi ng . A2 More than 700 children took part in shooting of 2-year-old boy Editorial . A7 United Way of Youngstown and the Legal ads. A4 Mahoning Valley’s Success By 6 pro- Staff report Lotteries . A2 gram, a pre-kindergarten readiness THE CHILD WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED FROM NORTHSIDE program that began in 2009. YOUNGSTOWN Society. C2 A 2-year-old boy is in the HOSPITAL TO AKRON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN AKRON. Sports. .B1-5 LOCAL, A8 hospital after being shot dispatch due to indications late Sunday that the child’s Tributes. A5 LARSON WINS ANOTHER Sunday, authorities said. TV Grid . C3 the shooting happened in condition is unknown. Kyle Larson The child was life-fl ighted Liberty Township. The matter has been re- Valley Life. C1 slipped between ASSOCIATED PRESS from Northside Hospital to Police said they believe ferred to Liberty police for Weather. A2 cars on an over- World/Business . A6 JACKSON LIFTS TRIBE Akron Children’s Hospital the shooting may have oc- investigation. time restart, in Akron. curred at Northgate Drive The Vindicator’s broad- PLEASE RECYCLE capping his wild Austin Jackson led off the eighth weekend with a inning with a home run, sending A call about the child came in the township, though the cast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV, win Sunday at the AL Central-leading Indians over Youngstown police dis- investigation was still in the reported that the child’s Michigan. over Tampa Bay 4-3 on Sunday. patch just after 9 p.m. early stages. family told police the child SPORTS, B1 SPORTS, B1 Youngstown police later Erich Luketic, a Trumbull shot himself in the thigh alerted Trumbull County County 911 supervisor, said accidentally. 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Fields giving, Christmas, New Years), $1.90. ISSN 0890–9857 FIELDS nizers around the country also admired the Confeder- Periodical postage paid at Continued from A1 planned rallies, vigils and acy for its military prowess, Youngstown, Ohio, 44501–0780. education campaigns to he said, though they never POSTMASTER: Send address changes lief in white supremacy,” to The Vindicator, P.O.