Breaking News

Obituaries

Services

EMMETT E. CARPENTER, 77, Mineral Ridge. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Friday, Kinnick Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, funeral home. RICKY LEE GLOVER, 78, Newton Falls. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Faces Lounge, Newton Falls. WILBUR C. HALL, 82, Warren. SERVICES: 10 a.m. Saturday, Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, funeral home. GILBERT A. MACALI JR., 68, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Pope John Paul XXIII Parish-Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Michael T. Weidner-Yetter 1991-2026

GIRARD — Michael Tyler “Mikey” Weidner-Yetter, 34, passed away on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. He was born on Oct. 11, 1991, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Joseph Breuer, Judith Weidner, and Jo and Paul Yetter. After finishing high school, he attended technical school to become an ...

Shirley J. Weir 1938-2026

WARREN — Shirley Jean Mooney Weir, born Jan. 25, 1938, passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of love, faith, strength and countless cherished memories. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend whose life touched so ...

Ashley J. Yakubek 1946-2026

CORTLAND — Ashley J. “AJ” Yakubek, 79, passed on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in the Hospice House, Poland. He was born on Oct. 27, 1946, in Warren, a son of Joe and Harriet Damon Yakubek. AJ had been employed as a machinist at Glunt Industries. He was a man of faith and an avid ...

Kentucky-born author who advocated simpler life has died

NEW YORK — Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian who in poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died. He was 92. His daughter, Mary ...

Gilbert A. Macali Jr. 1957-2026

NILES — Gilbert A. Macali Jr., 68, of Niles, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Gil, as he was known to family and friends, was born Sept. 16, 1957, to Gilbert A. Macali Sr. and Dolores P. Macali. A lifelong resident of Niles, he graduated from Niles ...