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Boy, 6, who walked away from home Friday found 2 hours later

YOUNGSTOWN — A boy, 6, walked away from his home on Lansdowne Boulevard at a little after 7 p.m. Friday, leading to a search by law enforcement officers from Youngstown, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and its aviation unit and others. The boy emerged from the woods near Thorn Hill Road about two hours later in good health and was taken home. It’s not clear how far away the boy traveled, as the addresses on Lansdowne and Thorn Hill were not given in the police report. The boy’s mother called 911 to say that she had discovered that her son was missing from the residence and she ...

UPDATE: Task Force captures woman in aggravated burglary

YOUNGSTOWN — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force has captured fugitive Jessica Dothard. She was wanted by the Youngstown Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service on an aggravated burglary charge. Dothard, 32, has been known to frequent the Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland ...

Sferra reunion marks 100th year

CANFIELD — For most families, organizing a reunion every year is difficult enough. For the descendants of Domenico “Tony” Sferra and Lucia “Lucy” Carano, keeping the tradition alive for an entire century is nothing short of remarkable. More than 260 family members gathered Sunday in ...

Free bus ride offered to D-Day event in Conneaut

The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission is sponsoring a free bus ride to the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Conneaut on Saturday. Guests will: • Experience the largest D-Day living history event in the U.S. • Interact with more than 1,500 living history reenactors of World War II, U. S., Commonwealth and Germany armed forces, plus French Resistance and 1940s civilians. • Explore pre-invasion encampments of Allied and Axis forces and their tactical support elements, as well as historical exhibits. • See training exercises and demonstrations of weapons, vehicles, ...

Cemetery tour honors the past

YOUNGSTOWN — When Oak Hill Cemetery is mentioned, it’s easy to reflexively and initially think of the Wick, Tod, Pollack, Stambaugh and other influential families who shaped much of the city’s early history. Nevertheless, mixed among the movers and shakers buried in the historic South ...

All stops history at railroad event

YOUNGSTOWN — As Kurt Sanders stood near numerous artifacts that represented a local bygone era, the memories seemed to flood back. “I worked at the (Youngstown) Sheet & Tube Co. from 1974 until Black Monday,” Sanders, of Vienna, said, referring to Sept. 19, 1977 — the day the company’s Campbell Works suddenly closed, idling more than 5,000 steelworkers and marking the start of the area steel industry’s demise. During his three years with the company, Sanders, who also served the same amount of time in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1974, worked as a laborer and a brakeman who ...