LEAVITTSBURG — Eugene Wesley Kelly, 85, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, at Community Skilled Health Care Centre. He was born Jan. 31, 1940, in Windham, a son of Harold Eugene Kelly and Grace Myrtle Gordon Kelly. He was a baker at Warren Baking Co. Survivors include his wife, Susan J. ...
WARREN — John Michael Spelich passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. He was born July 22, 1942, in Warren, to Stephanie Kernick Spelich and Paul Spelich. John spent his early years in the Warren school system before his family moved to ...
VIENNA — Albert Lee Robertson, 70, passed away peacefully at home Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. He was born June 16, 1955, in Virginia, a son of the late Daniel A. Robertson and Patricia A. Addicott Sullivan, who survives. Lee was a graduate of Champion High School, Class of 1973. He went on ...
BRISTOLVILLE — Daniel L. Grafton, 70, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at UH Geauga Medical Center. He was born Dec. 3, 1955, in Warren, a son of Ralph Grafton and Helen Shoup Grafton. Daniel was a 1974 graduate of Champion High School and graduated in 1978 from Kent State University, ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. Ashley D. Roseboro of the organization confirmed she died of natural causes in Texas. Colvin, at age 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus. Colvin had boarded the bus on March 2, 1955, on her way home from high school. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — John Forte, the Grammy-nominated musician known for his work with the Fugees and the Refugee Camp All-Stars among others, has died at age 50. He was found dead Monday afternoon in his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, according to police. Chilmark Police Chief Sean Slavin said in a statement that there were no signs of foul play or “readily apparent cause of death.” The case is being investigated by the state medical examiner’s office, according to Slavin. A native of New York City, Forte was a musical prodigy who broke through in his early 20s as a contributor ...
