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Grand jury indicts 2 cops

The officers are accused of robbing a man at an area nightclub. It's not the first time they've been

MARY ANN STREDNI-SLANINA, 46

YOUNGSTOWN -- Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Kubina-Yuhasz Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. in

Girl's dog bites lead to parents' arrest

SHARON, Pa. -- Police arrested the parents of a 4-year-old girl who was bitten at least three times

Union flier: Delphi is looking to sell ignition business

THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN WARREN -- Delphi Packard Electric Systems is looking to sell its

Loth-Reger rite is scheduled for late May

The engagement of Melanie Justine Loth, 8545 Edwardton Drive, Roswell, Ga., and Michael William

ROMESBERG, David L., 64, of 41 Palmwood Drive, Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Niles (Holeton-Yuhasz,

IRENE M. BALL, 83

BOARDMAN -- Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at McCurdy Funeral Home, Beverly, Ohio, for Irene M.

Ailing U.S. steel industry gets boost from Commerce

Opinion: It is encouraging to see the Bush administration move so quickly to halt the dumping of foreign

EDWARD L. SHERBINE, 54

YOUNGSTOWN -- Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in West Side Baptist Church for Edward L.

Public can offer arena input

By DAVID SKOLNICK VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER YOUNGSTOWN -- City council and the Youngstown arena

HELEN RODDA, 86

SHARPSVILLE -- Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Church, Sharon, for Helen Rodda,

ELIZABETH B. REES, 95

YOUNGSTOWN -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. John's Episcopal Church for Elizabeth B.

LANCE C. LOVELACE JR., 47

YOUNGSTOWN -- Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Union Baptist Church for Lance C. Lovelace

MERCER Agency on Aging to buy land for expansion

The agency will have a 15,000-square-foot building when it is finished. By HAROLD GWIN

SISTER SHIRLEY BULGER, 69 Was Humility of Mary nun, teacher

VILLA MARIA, Pa. -- Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Villa Maria Chapel for Sister Shirley

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MARION J. LEE, 76

YOUNGSTOWN -- Services were to be at 11 a.m. today in St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark, Ohio, for

OFFICERS Junior women to end season with installation ceremony

YOUNGSTOWN -- GFWC/OFWC Boardman-Poland Junior Women's League will install officers and new members

HUNTING SEASONS Ohio and Pennsylvania

OHIO SEASONS Squirrel: Open Aug. 18, 2001 through Jan. 31, 2002. Hours 30 minutes before sunrise

YMTA to hold recital at the Butler

YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Music Teachers Association will present students in recital at 2:30

ROAD WORK Trumbull County

McCourt Construction Co. of Akron has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to undertake the county

Trustees seek more advice

Student apartments could help boost enrollment, the university president said. By MARALINE KUBIK

GAIL WHITE With rain and bears, I'm not a happy camper

"I am in the mood to go camping," I said to my sister as we stood in the kitchen, talking. She

LORDSTOWN 3 officers bring home top shooting trophy

The Lordstown team members scored 4 points higher than their closest competitor. By DENISE DICK

YOUNGSTOWN Reclaim East Side, councilman advises

Several people at the meeting endorsed establishment of a police substation. By PETER H. MILLIKEN

MIKE BRAUN Official: Dumped deer were likely road kills

The dozen deer carcasses that were recently cleared out of the Little Shenango River near

WHAT'S DOING?

SPECIAL EVENTS, SEASONS Gun show, April 28, 29, Ohio National Guard Armory, Victoria Road,

Teams, fans change ways

The last Major League Baseball season before the next great contract squabble is only three weeks

Working with no pact

Working with no pact WARREN -- Seventy employees represented by American Federation of State,

JAMES O. SMITH JR., 57 JAMES O. SMITH III, 24

EAST PALESTINE -- Combined services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Oliver-Linsley Funeral Home for

May 19 chosen for Long-Dunbar wedding in Girard

GIRARD -- Youko Long, 2543 Poplar St., is announcing plans for the upcoming marriage of her

YOUNGSTOWN Councilman:Reclaim the East Side

Several people at the meeting endorsed establishment of a police substation. The police chief says

F. JACQUELINE ROGOZAN, 73

WARREN -- Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Roberts-Clark Memorial Home for F. Jacqueline

Heather Rich to be bride of John Wyant

BOARDMAN -- Plans for the forthcoming marriage of Heather Lynn Rich and John Michael Wyant, both of

TRACK AND FIELD

TRACK AND FIELD BOYS GIRARD 100, CHAMPION 65, BROOKFIELD 50, LABRAE 15 3200 relay -- Matt

Two cops indicted by grand jury

The officers are accused of robbing a man at an area nightclub. By BOB JACKSON VINDICATOR

EDWARD JAMES HIGGINS, 79

SHARON, Pa. -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home here for

POLAND Browsing through tour of new library

Silhouetted against the windows facing Yellow Creek, architect James Yoder, left, talks about the

SHARON Residents need help for flooding

SHARON, Pa. -- Some South Myers Avenue residents want the city to help them get rid of the lake that

SHOOTING SPORTS

SHOOTING SPORTS Federal Iron Man event set at Lawrence club The Lawrence County Sportsmans

RAYMOND E. MARTIN, 82

NEW MIDDLETOWN -- Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Old Springfield United Church of Christ

LUCY RAFEEDIE, 35

YOUNGSTOWN -- Services were to be at 11 a.m. today in St. Mark's Orthodox Church, Liberty, for Lucy

GAME TIME Tonight

Who: Tigers (Sparks 1-1) at Indians (Finley 1-2). When: 7:05. Radio/TV: WKBN-AM (570), WPIC-AM

May 19 wedding is planned for Miss Widowfield

AUSTINTOWN -- Michelle Widowfield and Fredrick Marcum, both of 4495 Viall Road, are engaged. The

Lordstown School District earns an 'A' for effort

Opinion: The last few years have not been easy ones for the Lordstown Local School District. There was a

If you build it, people will come rather than go

Opinion: If you build it, people will come rather than go Editor; There are some who accuse me of having

ST. ELIZABETH

ST. ELIZABETH Rebecca Tharp, 12073 Virginia, Salem, girl, April 19. Michael Jr. and Renee

BUSH NEGLECTS CALIFORNIA

Opinion: Sacramento Bee: Nearly three months into his term, President Bush has yet to visit California, the

SHARON City: Promote river as an attraction

River artwork, gondola boat rides and a floating dock are being considered. By HAROLD GWIN

CLUB CALENDAR

ADVISERS X4-H Saddle Horse Advisers will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ohio State University Trumbull

ROGERS, Jane, 76, of 1125 Palmyra Road S.W. Warren (Sibley-Murray).

ROGERS, Jane, 76, of 1125 Palmyra Road S.W. Warren (Sibley-Murray). SUDZINA, Michael, 83, of 387

HARTFORD H. HARTZELL SR., 76

YOUNGSTOWN -- There are no services or calling hours for Hartford H. Hartzell Sr., 76, of 638

BOARDMAN Pellin to return to rotation list

The ambulance service reinstatement is for a 90 day 'cooling-off' period. By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR.

PENNSYLVANIA C-section deliveries

Statistics on Mercer and Lawrence county hospitals, and other information about Caesarean section

ETC.

ETC. Spring dinner WARREN -- Couples of Holy Resurrection Church, 1836 North Road N.E., will

HERMITAGE Petition seeks repeal of new-sidewalk law

City officials agreed to meet with the signers of a petition who asked that the law be repealed.

TRUMBULL CO. Grants OK'd for projects

The Ohio EPA has mandated installation of sewers in a part of Weathersfield Township. WARREN --

WARREN Man gets 60 days in homicide case

Family members of the victim said they were disappointed with the defendant's sentence. By PEGGY

WILLIAM E. ROSS JR., 54

COLUMBIANA -- Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Warrick-Kummer Funeral Home for William E. Ross

Austintown woman sentenced for perjury

Austintown woman sentenced for perjury CLEVELAND -- A federal judge has sentenced an Austintown

First step taken to stop flooding

First step taken to stop flooding WARREN -- Trumbull County commissioners have hired a company to

SCOTT SHALAWAY Celebrate Earth Day, 2001

I usually commemorate Earth Day with a series of inspirational quotations intended to promote

NILES Drilling leases authorized for gas, oil well company

The city imposed the moratorium in June 1999. NILES -- City council has approved an ordinance

PENNSYLVANIA Counties are near Caesarean average

The rate of vaginal birth after Caesarean-section deliveries varies widely from hospital to hospital

Steel plant begins work

THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A new local company has begun production at a North

Take action, English urges Bush

Blocking China's efforts to be host of the Olympics and selling weapons to Taiwan would be two ways

MICHAEL JOSEPH KOVAC, 41

GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Baird Funeral Home for Michael Joseph

Mooney's mighty mite

Mooney's mighty mite By BRIAN RICHESSON VINDICATOR SPORTS STAFF YOUNGSTOWN -- Forgive

KENNETH E. THOMPSON, 52 Was controller for R.C. Bottling Co.

BOARDMAN -- Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home for Kenneth E. Thompson,

Teamwork rewarded

THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN By CYNTHIA VINARSKY VINDICATOR BUSINESS WRITER NORTH JACKSON --

SHARON Incentive to retire offered

The firefighters union has agreed to the plan. By HAROLD GWIN VINDICATOR SHARON BUREAU SHARON,

JACK WOLLITZ This big game fish has a bad attitude

Big game fish with bad attitudes are the stuff of angling legend and lore. Folks pay a lot of

INDICTMENTS Mahoning County

The following people were indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury. Charges against each are as

By DEBORA SHAULIS

By DEBORA SHAULIS ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR YOUNGSTOWN -- You can say this much for electric blues

Former juvenile-jail worker pleads innocent

YOUNGSTOWN -- Davanzo Tate, the former youth services director at Youngstown Youth Academy, pleaded

YOUNGSTOWN Civil suit seeks $5M in death

The first murder trial ended when the jury deadlocked. By BOB JACKSON VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE

YOUNGSTOWN Deputy warden hired to combat stray dogs

The city and county will split the cost of the new officer's salary and benefits. By BOB JACKSON

Mercury options mulled

Other depots are in Indiana, New Jersey and Tennessee. By DENISE DICK VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF

GETTING IT RIGHT

GETTING IT RIGHT Preregistration entry fee for the K9 Fun Run to be sponsored by Mahoning County

WARREN Mahoning River shoreline slated for volunteer cleanup

WARREN -- Cleanup efforts along the Mahoning River are being planned to improve the the riverfront.

Crash in Slippery Rock

Crash in Slippery Rock NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An Enon Valley woman is in fair condition at Allegheny

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Quarter's losses are less than predicted

THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN Delphi's sales fell 16 percent last quarter as automakers cut back on

GREENVILLE Dead deer discovered

The deer have been in the river for at least a month. By HAROLD GWIN VINDICATOR SHARON BUREAU

GIRARD School health testing widens

The new tests, by a private company, and those done last week by the Ohio Department of Health will

COLUMBIANA CO. Money OK'd for group home

The county is adjusting its insurance coverage after an exhaustive reappraisal. By NORMAN LEIGH

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