AUSTINTOWN — What started with a conversation between two women and an idea to bring people affected by cancer together has grown into a communitywide celebration filling Austintown Township Park with music, food, vendors and, most importantly, people supporting one another. Now in its ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. Charles Franklin Packard was born into one of Trumbull County’s most prominent families in 1867. Charlie’s father, Benjamin Franklin Packard, was a partner in his brother Warren’s prosperous lumber company. Charlie’s maternal grandfather, Uriel Holmes Hutchins, a Vienna native, was a well-respected attorney, and his great-uncle, John Hutchins, served as Warren’s mayor before being elected to Congress in 1858. Charlie was just a few years younger ...
Staff report LORDSTOWN — A Salem motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon on state Route 45 south of Salt Springs Road after colliding with another vehicle. The Lordstown Police Department said Ronald Shasteen, 64, was driving his motorcycle south on Route 45 just before 1 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Karen Willaman, 76, pulled out of a business on the west side of the road and collided with Shasteen. The police department said no charges have been filed against Willaman, and the crash remains under investigation.
WARREN — Greg Thumm gets pretty excited when he talks about a 1958 Youngstown Vindicator news article found among the items his late uncle, Karl Thumm, saved. The article says one of Warren’s great historical figures, General Simon Perkins, directed workmen around 1816 to erect a ...
With high-profile and competitive races for governor and U.S. senator on the ballot, election directors in Mahoning and Trumbull counties are predicting good turnout. Tom McCabe, Mahoning County Board of Elections director, said he expects turnout for the election in his county to be more than 55%. Stephanie Penrose, director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections, predicts turnout to be nearly 60% in her county. McCabe said: “People are talking about the races for governor and senator. People will be more motivated to vote this time than four years ago” when all of the ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The NFL suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York for six games Friday following his arrest earlier this year in a prostitution sting in the Mahoning Valley. The league announced that York also was fined $500,000 for violating the league's personal conduct ...
