February is more than halfway over already. We are happy to be done with our pork butchering for this winter. Friday evening, my husband, Joe, sons Benjamin and Joseph, sons-in-law Tim and Mose, and Loretta’s special friend, Dustin, dressed three big pigs. On Saturday morning, we began ...
Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, Covelli Centre and Robins Theatre all announced new concerts Monday. The Tedeschi Trucks Band will be joined by St. Paul and the Broken Bones and Gabe Dixon for a July 8 show at the Youngstown amp. The Tedeschi Trucks Band is led by the wife-and-husband ...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories running on Tuesdays in February of local residents sharing their heart stories for American Heart Month. WARREN — Before his heart procedure, Glenn “Big Dog” McClellan squashed the scales at 402 pounds. “My max weight was 415 ...
It was 72 years ago, the late winter of 1948. What I remember about the beginning of that year was the cloudy, gloomy, wet weather — not unlike the weather we’re experiencing now — or any late winter in good old Warren. I was in the second half of the seventh grade (7A) at East Junior ...
SCHOOL RETIREES TO MEET: Howland Schools Retirees will meet for lunch and a brief meeting 11 a.m. March 3 at Enzo’s Restaurant. All Howland Schools classified and nonclassified retirees are welcome to attend along with spouses or guests. Cost of the lunch is payable at the door. There will be ...
It’s amazing how another week has already gone by, and it’s time for me to pen another column. Son Kevin, 14, already left for school this morning. He will not have school tomorrow or Monday. It’s their mid-winter break. Son Joseph, 17, will be home today and possibly tomorrow from his ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories running on Tuesdays in February for American Heart Month of local residents sharing their heart stories. CORTLAND — Sandra Cunningham almost missed the message from her heart. She thought it was her thyroid acting up again. Instead, ...
UPDATE YOUR LISTING: To update information for 2020, resubmit your health notes by email to tmunnell@tribtoday.com RECOVERY, INT. MEET: Recovery, Int., a community self-help mental health group, will meet 7 p.m. today at Christ Church Presbyterian Church, 1933 Canfield Road. For meeting ...
Students from across the Mahoning Valley crafted thousands of Valentine’s cards for seniors with what at first sounds like a not-so-loving message: “Don’t fall for me.” Actually, the more than 4,000 missives from 14 school districts are colored with concern. The idea is to help the ...
Many resources are available, especially on the federal level, to assist veterans with physical or psychological “wounds of war,” but not all wounded veterans know how to access them. Rather than to reach out for help, some veterans may engage in behavior that brings them into the criminal ...
WINTER SOCIAL FOR SENIORS: Community leaders from across the Mahoning Valley are tackling the problem of loneliness with a program called the Mahoning Valley Social Isolation and Loneliness Initiative, We Thrive Together. SCOPE Senior Centers are partnering with hChoices and Steve Pelton, ...
Winter weather is back. We’ve received around 3 inches of snow and it’s still snowing. The roads must not be the best as school is canceled for today. I let son Kevin sleep in, so he doesn’t yet know school is canceled. He will be happy when he wakes up. Son-in-law Mose had a birthday ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories running on Tuesdays in February for American Heart Month of local residents sharing their heart stories. WARREN — As the pressure weighing on his chest pushed into his shoulder and jaw, jeweler Tom Crowley didn’t argue when his wife ...
UPDATE YOUR LISTING: To update information for 2020, resubmit your health notes by email to tmunnell@tribtoday .com PFLAG TO MEET: Youngstown Area PFLAG will have its monthly support meeting 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown. Youngstown Area ...
NILES — Deborah Rudloff and Bett Nisbett having been walking together for more than 20 years, and for the past six months have been walking Tuesday mornings at the Eastwood Mall. “We come all the way to Niles because it’s so wonderful,” Rudloff said of the mall. She said she and ...
It’s a tale as old as, well, America. Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything. It’s newsworthy when they do. Today, that agreement is overwhelming bipartisan distrust of social media. This distrust may come as some surprise to leaders at Facebook and other social ...
HOWLAND — Four chaplains who sacrificed their own lives to save others aboard the USS Dorchester 77 years ago were honored at a service held at Howland Community Church. The event was co-hosted by the American Legion Post 700 and Howland area Boy and Girl Scout troops, which helped with ...
HOMELESS OUTREACH: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Warren will hold Homeless Outreach Project 2020 today and Sunday collecting blankets and cans of soup. Items will be distributed to the homeless in the local area through Basement Outreach Ministries and St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. BLACK ...
It might be depressing to think about what our dying words or wishes will be, but that’s where my head is right now. I didn’t know legendary basketball star Kobe Bryant. I wasn’t a huge fan, but I respected his accomplishments and I was always impressed with stories of his financial ...
Son Kevin just left for school. Our driveway is really icy and slippery. I’m always afraid he will fall going out to the bus when it’s icy like this. One morning I saw him fall and was glad he didn’t hurt himself. I hope it will warm up above freezing today so it will melt off the ...