YOUNGSTOWN — For several years, Marc Ellis has primed his young students for better understanding and appreciation of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, and most recently, the children have worked to prime a butterfly that landed hundreds of miles away. “Everybody had some ...
STRUTHERS — Social media influencer and artist Johnny Pittsburgh gifted a painting of the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 to the city of Struthers. Johnny was invited by Struthers police Chief Tim Roddy to attend the Big Boy whistle-stop event July 12. “He just posts things about the city ...
LIBERTY — A 49-year-old man was taken into custody early Friday after a notice from a local police department linked his vehicle to an earlier stabbing at a local bar. According to a police report, a Liberty officer noticed a white Dodge Charger traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Liberty Street while he was on Motor Inn Drive, eventually following the vehicle to a traffic light and running its information through the Law Enforcement Automated Data System. The officer’s search revealed a 49-year-old man, who had a valid Ohio license and no warrants. The report ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The city of Youngstown and JAC Management Group is again looking to hire a community engagement and inclusion coordinator for the Wean Park Complex. The complex is a 22-acre riverfront entertainment area including Wean Park, the Covelli Centre, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre and Huntington Bank Community Alley. This is a subcontracted position under JAC Management — which operates the complex for the city — with an annual salary of $40,000 and no benefits. The coordinator’s primary objectives are to work directly with community groups, churches, ...
WARREN — In the early 1950s, the Packard Motor Car Co. was in better financial shape than it had been in years. By 1956, the final new Packard model rolled off the assembly line. How the iconic brand ended is chronicled in “Packard’s Fabulous Fifties,” a new exhibition at the ...
BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP) — Two additional service members have been killed as part of the war with Iran, bringing the total number of deaths to 16, the U.S. military reported Saturday. In response, Central Command said that it had launched new airstrikes at 6 p.m. EST Saturday against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for its attack in Jordan that killed the two service members, left one missing and four requiring hospitalization. The deaths reflect the complicated reality that American boots don’t need to be on the ground for there to be lethal ...
