1Ameritech and Sprint convert to 10-digit dialing, including the 330 area code for local calls.

1Ameritech and Sprint convert to 10-digit dialing, including the 330 area code for local calls. Because of the proliferation of pagers, cellular phones, fax and computer lines, a 234 area code is to be added to the region by the end of the year.
3The Giant Eagle LPGA Classic will move from Avalon Lakes Golf Course in Howland back to Squaw Creek Country Club in Vienna next year, Mahoning Valley Sports Charities board announces.
4Physicians Dialysis Center in Youngstown, where 20 patients became ill and one died Aug. 30, reopens with new equipment.
X The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board orders Railroad Ventures Inc. to sell Youngstown & amp; Southern Railway to the Columbiana County Port Authority for $1.1 million, with $375,000 of that to be placed in escrow the port authority may use to repair damage to the line.
X The number of Thiel College football players infected with a skin staph infection grows to eight, with three of the infected players remaining hospitalized and state health authorities investigating the outbreak.
5A second patient hospitalized after undergoing treatment Aug. 30 at the Physicians Dialysis Center in Youngstown, Evelyn Payne, 60, of Youngstown, dies.
6The $7.5 million Korean Veterans War Memorial Bridge over the Mahoning River opens in Struthers, replacing the Bridge Street bridge.
8Judge Edward A. Cox of Ohio's 7th District Court of Appeals in Youngstown accepted a $20,000 loan from now-imprisoned Atty. Richard D. Goldberg, even though it violated judicial ethics.
9The 1,140-pound pumpkin grown by Dave Stelts of Leetonia and weighed in Saturday at Parks Garden Center near Canfield is confirmed as the world record holder.
11The 154-year-old Stambaugh Hardware Co. files for bankruptcy reorganization, and the owners are seeking to sell the company just three years after buying it.
12Edward Flask, 59, of Poland, former MVSD director, reports to Trumbull County Jail to begin serving his 90-day sentence on his public corruption conviction.
16Classes resume in Champion as school teachers and support staff return to work after ratifying four-year contracts and ending their two-week strike.
X Three Struthers men, William George Monday, 21; David Christopher Garvey and Perry Sam Ricciardi, both 20, face criminal homicide charges in the stabbing death of Shannon Leigh Kos, 12, of Youngstown, whose body was found Oct. 11 in a wooded area of Mahoning Township, Lawrence County.
17Former Mahoning County Court Judge Martin W. Emrich, 45, is sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for taking bribes to influence his duties as a judge. Co-defendant, Patrick C. Armstrong, 53, of Canfield is sentenced to 21 months for extortion.
19Two lawyers who fixed cases, Lawrence J. Seidita, 53, of Poland, and Jack V. Campbell, 45, of Canfield, are sentenced in federal court in Cleveland. Campbell will spend 16 months under electronically monitored house arrest and Seidita will serve eight months, likely in a community corrections facility, followed by eight months of electronically monitored house arrest.
20The 7th District Court of Appeals upholds former Mahoning County Commissioner Frank Lordi's conviction and 18-month prison sentence on theft in office, unlawful interest in a public contract and conflict of interest charges, and an assistant county prosecutor says she'll ask for a hearing on lifting the stay and making Lordi begin serving his time.
X Twenty-five groups are inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in a Sharon ceremony.
*Ex-lawyer Stuart J. Banks, 54, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Canfield, is sentenced in federal court in Cleveland to 16 months, likely to be evenly split between a community corrections facility and house arrest, after admitting he bribed judges and prosecutors.
X Lawrence P. "Jeep" Garono, 58, of Hubbard, an associate of mob boss Lenny Strollo, is sentenced in federal court in Cleveland to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering, with credit for 34 months he has already been jailed.
21Brooke Wilson, 21, of Butler Township, near Salem, dies, and her twin sister, Nicole Wilson, is critically injured in the Friday night crash of their small plane on I-71 near Delaware.
23State Auditor James Petro puts Lordstown schools under fiscal watch, and Superintendent Raymond E. Getz says a recovery plan will involve personnel cuts or an increase in revenue, or both.
24A state-sanctioned firearms hunt to control the population of about 900 Canada geese fouling Guilford Lake's shoreline and beach with their feces has begun and will end in late December, but some area residents object to hearing gunfire and fear for their safety.
26Despite vocal opposition from local clergy and submission of more than 8,000 signatures seeking a referendum on the matter, the Ohio State Racing Commission unanimously approves an off-track betting parlor for Eastwood Mall in Niles, contingent on approval by Nov. 6 from owners of Thistledown racetrack, which is within 50 miles of the mall.
27Two police officers and three firefighters from Champion are quarantined for several hours until they can be given an antibiotic after taking to a hospital Sussane Sumner, 22, who is diagnosed with and later dies of meningitis.
28Ohio Supreme Court suspends the law license of Edward A. Flask, the former MVSD director in Trumbull County Jail for improperly accepting $2 million in cash and perks from MVSD's vendors.
30Kent State University opens a new $11 million technology building at its Trumbull Campus.