radioNOVO News for New Castle/Youngstown/Butler/Hermitage 08-10-26

Good morning.Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has issued a reprieve for death row inmate Scott Group, delaying his execution from 2027 to February 2030. Group was convicted in the 1997 fatal shooting of Youngstown bar owner Robert Lozier during a robbery. Governor DeWine cited ongoing difficulties in securing execution drugs from pharmaceutical suppliers.In Columbiana County, a sixty-one-year-old Lisbon man has died following a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon. State troopers say Glenn R. Kennedy was traveling along State Route 45 when a northbound driver attempting a left turn onto Osbourne Road struck his motorcycle. Kennedy was pronounced dead at the scene.And in Butler, Mayor Bob Dandoy spoke at a national city leaders conference in Pittsburgh, reflecting on the lingering aftermath of the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Dandoy discussed how political polarization and public scrutiny continue to challenge local efforts to focus on core community needs like housing and public safety.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.