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SUSAN J. ALBERT, 70, Warren. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Saturday, Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, funeral home. GARY L. DEL VECCHIO, 71, Warren. SERVICES: 2 to 5 p.m. March 14, Salvatore’s Italian Grill, Howland. JOHNNY S. DURDA SR., 68, formerly of Niles. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Andover Eagles Club #4035. WINFRED HAINESWORTH, 88, Warren. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Meadow Brook Memorial Park, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Staton-Borowski Funeral Home, Warren. RICHARD J. HEBER, 78, Newton Falls. SERVICES: 1 p.m. ...

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MARILYN A. BATES, 92, of Newton Falls, died Thursday at Shepherd of the Valley, Liberty. (Carl W. Hall)

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. Bernard LaFayette, III, said his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85. On March 7, 1965, the beating of future congressman John Lewis and voting rights marchers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge led the evening news, shocking the nation’s conscience and pushing Congress to act. But two years before “Bloody Sunday,” it was LaFayette who ...

Former US Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii Senate trailblazer, dies

HONOLULU (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who was the first woman to serve as president of the Hawaii State Senate, has died. She was 74. Hanabusa died early Friday after a five-month battle with cancer, said Mike Formby, her friend and former chief of staff in the U.S. House. In announcing her death Friday, Gov. Josh Green ordered the U.S. and Hawaii flags to be flown at half-staff until sunrise Monday. She “broke barriers” as the first woman president of the state Senate and “spent decades advocating for her community with strength, determination and heart,” ...

Virginia Johnston 1951-2026

WARREN – Virginia “Ginny” Johnston, 74, passed away Monday, March 2, 2026, with family by her side, while at Hospice of the Valley Hospice House in Poland. She was born May 25, 1951, in Warren, daughter of the late Arthur and Mary DePascale. Ginny was a 1969 graduate of John F. ...

Gary L. Del Vecchio 1954-2026

WARREN — Gary L. Del Vecchio, 71, entered into eternal rest on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones at home. He was born Nov. 28, 1954, in Bellaire, the son of Richard and Eleanor Maskivish Del Vecchio. A 1972 graduate of Howland High School, Gary was a talented and ...