NILES — Whether walking or rolling around 7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood on Saturday afternoon, approximately 1,500 participants proved that having a disability does not limit them their abilities. The Abilities Unite Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, which was formerly known as ...
MINERAL RIDGE — While everyone didn’t share the same last name at the 100th Keeling Family Reunion on Saturday, they were still connected through a bloodline that began centuries ago. The event brought together more than 60 attendees from various locales in Ohio and some who traveled from ...
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 ...
AUSTINTOWN — Worship Without Walls will provide a workshop and music 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Austintown Township Park. The free, non-denominational community worship event is designed to bring people together through faith, family, fellowship and music. Whether you attend church regularly, are searching for a church home, or simply want to spend an uplifting afternoon outdoors, all are welcome. Jenah Shank, one of the event organizers, said outdoor summer worship gatherings have become increasingly popular throughout the region at venues such as Day Dream Farm Winery, Greene Eagle ...
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, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office are investigating after police responded to West Ravenwood Avenue near Hillman Street on the South Side on Thursday evening and confirmed a caller’s claim that there was a dead body in the backyard. When officers arrived for the 7:12 p.m. call, they spoke with a woman who said that about an hour before the person called 911, a man told her he had discovered a dead body about two days earlier. The caller said he or she wanted to see if the man was telling the truth before calling the police. Other ...
