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NICHOLAS J. CARANO, 84, Girard. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home, Hubbard. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, funeral home. JAMES P. FORD, 94, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Pope John XXIII Parish-St. Stephen Church, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Niles. PATRICIA M. GIBSON, 93, Boardman. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Dominic Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, church. FLORENCE A. HOELZEL, 93, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, Lane Funeral Home, Mineral Ridge Chapel. ...

Florence A. Hoelzel 1932-2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Florence Ann Hoelzel, 93, died early Wednesday evening, Aug. 27, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. She was born April 11, 1932, in Niles, a daughter of Harry and Ethel White Johnstone. Florence was a 1950 graduate of Jackson-Milton High School and worked as a welder ...

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LEONA M. SHONTZ, 92, of Girard, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Hospital. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Blackstone Funeral Home. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, funeral home.

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NICHOLAS J. CARANO, 84, Girard. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home, Hubbard. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, funeral home. JAMES P. FORD, 94, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Pope John XXIII Parish-St. Stephen Church, Niles. PATRICIA M. GIBSON, 93, Boardman. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Dominic Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, church. KATHLEEN B. KANE, 78, Canfield. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Thursday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. STANLEY KOSINSKI JR., 54, ...

Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, decorated Navy veteran convicted of accepting bribes as a congressman, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Randy “Duke” Cunningham, whose feats as a U.S. Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House of Representatives career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes, has died. He was 83. Cunningham died Wednesday at a hospital in a Little Rock, Arkansas, according to former Rep. Duncan L. Hunter, who spent time with him a week before his passing. He “represented the very best of American heroes who go out to meet our enemies at the gates,” said Hunter, whose served alongside Cunningham in ...

Charles Bierbauer, longtime CNN correspondent dies at 83

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Charles Bierbauer, former CNN correspondent and a past president of the White House Correspondents Association who later became dean of the University of South Carolina’s journalism program, has died. He was 83. Bierbauer died Friday at his home in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where he had been living in retirement, according to university spokesman Jeff Stensland. No direct cause was given, but the family’s obituary said “his generous heart gave out after a good, long life.” Bierbauer’s journalism career began in his native Pennsylvania, where early ...