CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U WEATHER, A2 • TRIBUTES, A5 • EDITORIAL, A7 • BUSINESS, A8 • PUZZLES & TV, C3 • COMICS, C4 YSU OPENS FALL FOOTBALL CAMP ROOKIE PROGRESS SCHOOL SHOPPING Pelini prepares Penguins for Pitt Browns Njoku suffers growing pains Sales-tax holiday kicks off today SPORTS | B1 SPORTS | B1 BUSINESS | A8 50% OFF vouchers. SEE DETAILS, A3 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017 U 75¢ RUSSIA PROBE Source: Business owners, executives gather at YSU for second DOYO Live 2 killed, 1 Mueller Engaging lessons wounded convenes in Warren grand jury shooting Incident leads to in DC car hitting house Staff report No information to WARREN suggest president is Two people were killed and a third wounded in a under investigation shooting at Solar Lane N.W. and Southern Boulevard Associated Press N.W. that occurred at 7:15 WASHINGTON p.m. Thursday. Special Counsel Robert Police were still at the Mueller is using a grand jury scene at 11 p.m. collecting in Washington as part of an evidence. investigation into potential It was reported that two coordination between the females and a male were in- Trump campaign and Rus- volved, but it was not known sia, a person familiar with who was killed nor their the probe said Thursday. names or ages. The use of a grand jury, a One was transported to a standard prosecution tool in hospital, reported the Trum- criminal in- bull County 911 Center. vestigations, The shooting led to a car, suggests that possibly containing the vic- Mueller and tims, to ram a house, accord- his team of ing to Trumbull 911. investigators Sections of Solar Lane and are likely to Southern Boulevard, where hear from Mueller witnesses See SHOOTING, A3 and demand documents in the coming weeks and months. The person who con- firmed to The Associated ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR Man gets three Press that Mueller had Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel, left, gives opening remarks Thursday with Dennis Schiraldi at the DOYO turned to a grand jury was Live 2017 digital marketing and interactive design conference. Schiraldi started the conference last year because he saw a not authorized to discuss need to have a local marketing event. years in friend’s the investigation by name and spoke on condition of By KALEA HALL anonymity. [email protected] overdose death The Wall Street Journal YOUNGSTOWN By JUSTIN WIER first reported the use of a [email protected] grand jury. armella Williams attended Grand juries are common YOUNGSTOWN vehicles to subpoena wit- DOYO Live for the second A Youngstown man will nesses and records and to serve three years in prison present evidence, though year in a row to learn new for providing his friend of they do not suggest any C 15 years with the fentanyl- criminal charges are near or ways to market her business and to laced heroin will necessarily be sought. on which he A spokesman for Mueller’s network. fatally over- team did not return an email dosed. seeking comment. “It’s a great place to learn new, and some- Scott Mueller’s reliance on a times common sense, things I don’t know Bowden, 32, grand jury is the “logical about,” Williams said. of Youngs- next step in this investiga- Williams is the owner of Carmella Marie, a town, plead- tion” given that it’s the tradi- local hair product company. ed guilty Bowden tional method for prosecu- “I think [learning] the basic things helps Thursday to tors to gather evidence, said my bottom line,” she said. traffi cking in heroin and in- Small-business and big-business owners voluntary manslaughter for See PROBE, A3 along with executives of major companies his role in the Dec. 14, 2016, and others were in attendance at this year’s death of Michael Vrable, 29, DOYO Live, a digital marketing and interac- of Canfi eld. MORE INSIDE ON A6 tive design conference. Bowden told Judge John M. U Lawmakers scattered The house at Youngstown State Univer- Durkin of Mahoning County for their summer recess sity’s Williamson College of Business was Common Pleas Court he Thursday, leaving behind full with more than 260 people there to learn doesn’t know how he got to a slim record of achieve- new ways to develop content and deliver that the point where his actions ments and a steaming content in a way that better connects with Debra Jasper, CEO of Mindset Digital, a marketing fi rm in Columbus, led to the death of a friend. President Donald Trump. and an international speaker, gave the keynote speech at DOYO Live. See DOYO LIVE, A3 The event was sold out with more than 260 people in attendance. See BOWDEN, A3 inside YOUNGSTOWN INDEX Births . A5 today Bridge. B6 Relief from Wick Ave. headache Business . A8 JURY INDICTS PAIR Classifi eds . B5-6 A Mahoning County grand jury indict- Comics . C4 ed a man and woman arrested in June may come sooner than expected Crossword . C3 in a homicide on the West Side. Editorial . A7 LOCAL, A4 By DAVID SKOLNICK said Charles Lottery. A2 [email protected] Shasho, the Society. C2 GIRLFRIEND GETS JAIL YOUNGSTOWN city’s dep- Sports. .B1-5 A young woman who encouraged her The Wick Avenue im- uty direc- Tributes. A5 boyfriend to kill himself in text mes- provement project, that has tor of public TV Grid . C3 sages was sentenced to 15 months in caused headaches along one works. Valley Life. C1 jail for involuntary manslaughter. of the city’s main corridors “We’ve Weather. A2 WORLD NEWS, A6 for the past 10-plus months, come across Shasho some under- PLEASE RECYCLE NUMBINGLY BRUTAL should be fi nished by mid- September, a few weeks ground utilities that were not ‘Detroit’ is an all-out assault on your on the map or in places not ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR senses and soul, says one reviewer. ahead of schedule. 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