LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard — often hailed as the greatest British ...

POLAND — Frank Anthony Rulli peacefully passed away Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, surrounded by family. During his 83 years of life, he was a devoted son, loving husband, supportive father, doting grandfather, exemplary grocer and dedicated member of his community. Frank’s father, Nicola (more ...

VIENNA — Carol Jean French, 78, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2025, surrounded by her family, at Hospice House in Poland, following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 15, 1947, in Youngstown, a daughter of Paul and Anne Schuyler Trupe. Carol was a 1965 ...

CHARLES W. DAHMAN, 80, of Boardman, died Tuesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Christine Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. RICHARD K. DELL, 78, of Girard, died Monday. (Kinnick) DIANNE T. DEMLER, 67, of Austintown, died Tuesday. ...

CANFIELD — Ronald James Richards, 86, departed this life Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, 2025, from complications of Parkinson’s disease, at Hospice House, Boardman, in the presence of his loving family. He was born Nov. 2, 1939, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to the late James V. and Georgia ...

POLAND — William John Davies, 81, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, just a few hours before his 82nd birthday. Bill, as he was affectionately known, was born Oct. 10, 1943, in Boardman, to the late Sydney and Gwendolyn May Davies. He was a 1961 graduate of Boardman High ...