YOUNGSTOWN — When Oak Hill Cemetery is mentioned, it’s easy to reflexively and initially think of the Wick, Tod, Pollack, Stambaugh and other influential families who shaped much of the city’s early history. Nevertheless, mixed among the movers and shakers buried in the historic South ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
