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Seeing Eye: Wildlife show marks America’s 250th

CELEBRATING AMERICA 250 WILDLIFE SHOW: Mosquito Lake State Park in Bazetta will host The Great America Wildlife Celebration to honor America’s 250th with a wildlife show at 6 p..m. today at the park amphitheater near the campgrounds entrance. Various wild birds will be featured and a bald eagle will fly over the audience, courtesy of Raptor Hallow Sanctuary in Alliance. Bring a lawn chair as seating may fill up fast. Following the program, there will be cake and ice cream (while supplies last) as we celebrate America's 250th birthday together and get a special sneak peek at the ...

UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations. The UNESCO committee, which meets in Busan through Wednesday, also inscribed the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara and South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape, host to one of the world’s largest land mammal migrations and the country’s first addition to the World Heritage List. The French ...

Our Heritage: Get to know the sisters of William McKinley

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. President William McKinley was the seventh of nine children born to William McKinley Sr. and Nancy Allison McKinley. The family was of English and Scots-Irish descent. Of his five sisters, Anna and Helen worked as educators, while Mary and Sarah pursued more traditional family roles. His youngest sister, Abigail, died in infancy. Both the McKinley and Allison families were involved in the iron industry, leading to several relocations and children born in ...

YSU ROTC alumni gather for reunion

YOUNGSTOWN — It was a picnic for heroes. The annual Youngstown State University ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) alumni gathering took place Saturday afternoon at the Pollock House pavilion on campus. A 1974 YSU graduate with a major in political science and former ROTC member Dave ...

Trumbull County courts: Marriage licenses

Marriage licenses granted July 13 to 17 in Trumbull County: Brian Luoma, 45, of Cortland, and Cori M. Rappach, 46, Cortland Gregory A. Daugherty, 57, Warren, and Marianne L. Daugherty, 57, Warren Debra L. Burgy, 61, Niles, and Neil P. Spelich, 60, Niles John M. Sterchi, 21, Newton Falls, and Kayla G. Thompson, 23, Newton Falls John M. Tutoki Jr., 33, Niles, and Shannen M. Baritell, 34, Niles Ellie B. Rinck, 20, Cortland, and Josue F. Pozos, 20, Lafayette, Indiana Jeffrey W. Skrobut, 41, Hubbard, and Brittany A. Stitt, 40, Hubbard Carrie I. Alexander, 46, Warren, and Robert L. ...