JAMES H. ALLENDER, 81, Mineral Ridge. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Crossroads Church, Youngstown. THOMAS S. BERO, 77, Poland. SERVICES: noon Tuesday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, funeral home. SUSAN L. BURNS, 72, Poland. SERVICES: ...

YOUNGSTOWN — James Richard Critell passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday, July 5, 2026. James was born April 15, 1952, to Robert and Agnes Davis Critell. A loving husband to Mary Ann for almost 44 years and proud father and father-in-law to ...

COLUMBIANA — Kay Olnhausen Burbick, 90, passed away Thursday morning, July 2, 2026, at The Inn at Old Saybrook in Columbiana, where she had been a resident for six months. Kay was born Dec. 22, 1935, in Youngstown, a daughter of Charles Ramsey and Grace Brook Olnhausen. She was a 1953 ...

HUBBARD — Bert A. Protheroe, 87, passed Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Bert was born Oct. 5, 1938, in Youngstown, a son of Frederick and Helen Elizabeth Shingledecker Protheroe. He was a 1956 graduate of The Rayen School and later attended Youngstown State University. Bert was a heavy equipment ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Stephen Francis, the influential Jamaican track and field coach whose athletes won Olympic and world titles and helped turn the small Caribbean island into a sprinting powerhouse, has died, his club said Sunday. He was 64. The training group Francis co-founded in ...

GIRARD — Kimberly Welch, 69, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 28, 2026. Born Dec. 4, 1956, in Youngstown, Kimberly was the daughter of Thomas L. Hitt and Jeanette L. Gay Hitt. A proud graduate of Austintown Fitch High School in 1975, Kimberly embarked on a lifelong career in banking. ...