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SEE DETAILS, A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017 U 75¢ Fight looms in Statehouse over opioid funding The Senate ver- Boardman, D-33rd, voted against Ohio Senate OKs $65B budget plan with massive cuts sion of the $65 the budget bill for 2018 and 2019. billion spending “I don’t think cutting our Staff and wire reports 24-8 to approve a budget that more than 4,000 Ohioans from plan closes an an- way out of the budget deficit is COLUMBUS contains $176 million to address overdoses in 2016. ticipated budget a way to build a stronger Ohio,” Deciding how to tackle Ohio’s Ohio’s overdose crisis – potentially, “Eleven people a day are dying. gap of just over $1 he said Wednesday night. massive opioid addiction prob- depending how one counts it, Now is not the time to roll back ser- billion through Schiavoni, a Democratic candi- lem is about to become a major more than the House-passed $170 vices,” said Cheri Walter, chief exec- across-the-board date for governor in 2018, said it’s fi ght inside the Statehouse, as the million proposal. utive offi cer of the Ohio Association Schiavoni agency cuts, pro- unlikely the cuts will be restored House and Senate clash over dif- But critics say a Senate-passed of County Behavioral Health Au- gram eliminations in conference committee before ferences in the new two-year state Medicaid expansion freeze could thorities. “We’re going to see a huge and behind-the-scenes account- a final vote expected next week. budget. cripple state efforts to com- increase in overdoses and huge in- ing shifts. The Senate on Wednesday voted bat a drug epidemic that killed crease in child welfare cases.” State Sen. Joe Schiavoni of See BUDGET, A4 US offi cials paint Making music sinister portrait Manufacturing-camp of Russia hacking students learn how Associated Press THE RUSSIAN to produce, record WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT, A sinister portrait of Rus- By KALEA HALL sia’s cyberattacks on the AT THE DIREC- [email protected] U.S. emerged Wednesday TION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN as current and former U.S. YOUNGSTOWN HIMSELF, ORCHESTRATED offi cials told Congress that T’S OFFICIALLY SUMMER CYBERATTACKS ON OUR this week, but instead of bask- Moscow stockpiled stolen ing in the sun, 25 fourth- information and selectively NATION.” disseminated it during the through sixth-graders are Jeh Johnson, Ibasking in music. 2016 presidential campaign to undermine the Ameri- former secretary of OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Homeland Security Jones Children’s Center for Science can political process. & Technology turned its basement The Russians “used fake into a music studio Wednesday with news and propaganda and vert operations targeting producers showing youths at Ses- they also used online am- past American elections, sion 1 of the Summer Manufacturing plifi ers to spread the infor- the internet “has allowed Institute how to produce and record. mation to as many people Russia to do so much “I really like music, and I love as possible,” Bill Priestap, more” than before. But, he engineering and building,” said the FBI’s top counterin- added, the “scale and ag- Graecyn Pastore of New Castle, Pa., telligence official, told gressiveness” was different who is going into sixth grade. “I the Senate Intelligence this time, with the primary learned that it takes a lot to go into committee. goal being to sow discord While he said the Rus- budgeting and building a musical See RUSSIA, A4 instrument.” sians had conducted co- The Summer Manufacturing Institute put on by OH WOW! and the YWCA of Youngstown started Monday with the engineering of music session. Spots are still open Police nab suspect in for fourth- through sixth-graders to apply for two more sessions: Boat Warren man’s killing Building, taking place July 10-14, and Construction, taking place By ED RUNYAN at the from July 24-28. [email protected] apartment “It was really fun, so if you can try CORTLAND building it, do it,” Graecyn said. Police made a quick ar- are ana- The “fun” during music week rest in the Brandon Sam- l y z e d by included touring Akron-based The ple murder investigation, t he state Summit radio station and building charging Austin T. Burke, crime lab, a guitar with a budget of $10. The 18, of Bristolville on Tues- the Cort- Burke goal is to teach students the manu- ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR day in Newton Falls court land Police facturing behind the music. Above, Camille Andrew, 9, with murder. He was ar- Depart- “The idea was to build a mecha- of Poland, gets help from rested Tuesday in an apart- ment said in a Facebook nism. ... It has transitioned into Brittney Duley of the YWCA ment on West Main Street post Tuesday. stringed instruments that make of Youngstown as she builds downtown. Burke will be arraigned sounds,” said Ralf Urbach, senior a musical instrument at the Cortland police, however, today in Newton Falls Mu- educator/edutainer for OH WOW! Summer Manufacturing “highly suspect” that Burke nicipal Court on the mur- Institute hosted by OH WOW! also robbed the Pizza Joe’s der charge. Newton Falls “Learning it and going through the The Roger and Gloria Jones steps ... there’s a frustration. We Children’s Center for Science restaurant across the street handles criminal cases are on board with that process and and Technology and the YWCA. from the apartment at 10:12 from Bristol Township. working through that.” p.m. Tuesday, a short time Sample was from Warren. The students also toured Earth- At left, Jakiyah Liaison, 12, before he was arrested in Sheriff Paul Monroe said Quaker Devices in Akron where looks over her instrument the murder. Wednesday that detectives workers make effects pedals for design at the OH WOW! center He’s not charged in the with the Warren Police De- in downtown Youngstown. robbery yet, but it’s possible See CAMP, A4 he will be after items seized See KILLING, A4 inside INDEX City woman arrested in $200,000 Business/World A10 today Classifi eds . B4-5 theft from business in Boardman Comics . D4 CANADIAN CHARGED IN Courts . A8 STABBING OF MICH. COP By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI records, she discovered a Crossword . D3 [email protected] U INSIDE: Arrests on charges A Canadian man was apprehended and $5,793.56 check made out of theft, assault, menacing Editorial . A9 charged after he shouted in Arabic BOARDMAN to Bunch. The treasurer told Lottery. A2 before stabbing a police officer in the A suspect wanted for pur- and others over the past week police she knew this was Society. D2 neck at the Flint airport Wednesday. portedly stealing $200,000 in Boardman. Police Calls, A6 a mistake, and “upon fur- Sports. .B1-4 DAILY BRIEFING, A3 from her former employer ther review discovered that Tributes. .A7-8 was arrested on a warrant approximately $200,000 Bunch had overpaid herself TV Grid . D3 Tuesday. over four years while work- by $4,500.” Valley Grows . D1 ROUND 2 GETS TOUGH AT After reviewing records JUNIOR GOLF TOURNEY Adriann Bunch, 44, ing as a payroll accountant Weather. A2 EMERALD DINER BACK of Sheridan Road in at State Alarm Inc. on Mar- from the last several years, Years Ago . D3 Mill Creek’s south course proved to be a the treasurer reportedly worthy adversary for many competitors ON TRACK IN HUBBARD Youngstown is charged with ket Street. PLEASE RECYCLE The Emerald Diner in Hubbard has a third-degree felony count According to a report fi led found that Bunch had been in second-round play at the American overpaying herself since Junior Golf Association’s Mill Creek reopened with an updated menu. of aggravated theft. The with township police May Foundation Junior All-Star tournament. The Main Street eatery was heavi- charge stems from a report 30, the company’s corporate 2013. Bunch purportedly ly damaged in a fi re fi ve years ago. filed in May alleging that SPORTS, B1 treasurer said that while LOCAL, A3 Bunch had overpaid herself looking through financial See THEFT, A4 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY Tickets on Sale Saturday, June 24 STAMBAUGH STADIUM at 10am AUGUST 24, 2017 ticketmaster.com BAR CODE • MON. - SAT. - 001 • SUNDAY, THANKSGIVING - 002 rpl A1 06-22-17 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK TODAY ON VINDY.COM Find a job or vehicle on: 107 Vindicator Square, DAILY BRIEFING Youngstown, OH 44503 U vindyJOBS.com: 155 openings U Published daily. 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