AUSTINTOWN — Donna J. Alexander, 81, formerly of Austintown, died late Friday morning, July 18, 2025, at The Inn at Ironwood nursing center in Canfield. She was born July 6, 1944, in Youngstown, the daughter of Wilbur and Helen Becker Gromley. Donna was a 1962 graduate of Canfield High ...

DANIEL L. BADGER, 45, of Conneaut, Pa., died July 12 in Bismarck, North Dakota. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Saturday, Van Dyke-Swaney-Rettig Funeral Home, East Palestine. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, funeral home. RAYMOND O. COX, 71, of Salem, died June 30. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Friday, Stark Memorial ...

DOROTHY E. BOLES, 91, formerly of Niles. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: noon Thursday, Vernon’s Cafe, Niles. TONY FUENTES, 91, Girard. SERVICES: noon Sunday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, funeral home. LINDA S. HARPER, 65, formerly of the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Arlene DeChellis passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 19, 2025. She was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Youngstown, the beloved daughter of Paul Pasquale and Eda Leopardi Pasquale. A proud graduate and valedictorian of Struthers High School, Class of 1957, she went on to attend ...

DETROIT (AP) — For black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time. It was a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light. And Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s “Theo Huxtable” was the ...

STRUTHERS — William J. “Corky” Pekkanen Jr., 78, of Struthers, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, July 17, 2025, surrounded by his family after a lengthy battle with health issues. Born on Oct. 2, 1946, in New Castle, Pa., he was the son of the late William Sr. and Jennie ...