ROME (AP) — Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists, has died at age 98. Pomodoro’s massive bronze spheres decorate some of the most iconic public spaces around the world, from the Vatican to the United Nations. They are instantly recognizable: shiny, smooth ...

BROOKFIELD — John David Deiger, of Brookfield, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2025, while a patient Shepherd of the Valley, Liberty Township, following a period of declining health. He was 73. John was born Jan. 8, 1952, in Salem, a son to Charles E. and Mildred M. Barnhouse Deiger. He ...

GAIL A. MARZANO, 83, of Youngstown, died Wednesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. July 12, St. Christine Church, Youngstown. (Higgins-Reardon) BARBARA E. WILSON, 70, of Niles, died Friday at her home. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Thursday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, funeral home.

MICHAEL D. BOYER, 63, Austintown. SERVICES: noon Monday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Monday, funeral home. ANN M. FRANKO, 90, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish-St. Matthias Church, Youngstown. JERROD A. ...

WARREN — Margaret “Marge” Sharbon, 87, passed away Sunday morning, June 15, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. Marge was born Sept. 8, 1937, in Niles, a daughter of John and Helen Phillips Koncsol. Marge was a 1955 graduate of Niles McKinley High School. She later furthered her ...

POLAND – Harry J. Wollet, 70, was called home to his Heavenly Father on Monday, June 16, 2025. He was born June 18, 1954, in Youngstown, to Walter and Mary Frances McNally Wollet. A lifelong resident of the Valley, Harry was a 1972 graduate of Ursuline High School and alumnus of Youngstown ...