POLAND — Alfred Russo has lived a full life of service both during wartime and in civilian life. As he nears turning 100 in November, he had a chance to look back over the past 99 years. Russo grew up in Lowellville and graduated from Lowellville High School in 1944. He entered the ...
OCCHA FOOD FEST: Organizacion Civic y Cultural Hispana Americana Inc. (OCCHA) will present its 14th annual International Latino Food Festival noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at OCCHA, 3660 Shirley Road, Youngstown. The featured cuisines will be Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Venezuelan and Latin American. Dinners are $15 each and include drinks and desserts. Entertainment will be provided by the Mahoning Valley Latin Orchestra. There also will be dancing, dominoes, raffles and family activities. Dinners will be dine-in or carryout. For more information, call 330-781-1808. VETERANS POKER RUN: ...
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 ...
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 ...
NILES — With songs such as “I Like You Just the Way You Are,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” on PBS Kids is an extremely popular television show with toddlers. Created in 2012, the animated series was inspired by “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Four-year-old Daniel’s ...
EPIDAURUS, Greece (AP) — As Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” renews global fascination with Homer, a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers in Greece is staging the war’s other story. It’s not about the triumph of returning heroes, but the suffering they left behind. “The Trojan Women,” with a cast of 22, was staged at Epidaurus, the ancient open-air stone arena in southern Greece. It marked what organizers called the first fully accessible performance in the ancient theater’s 2,300-year history. While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the ...
