1 General Motors Corp. announces two new vehicles will be built at its Lordstown complex,

1 General Motors Corp. announces two new vehicles will be built at its Lordstown complex, guaranteeing production through at least 2011.

2 Downtown Youngstown continues to enjoy a resurgence in 2007 highlighted by the $5.75 million Taft Technology Center under construction on West Federal Street.

3 Youngstown middleweight Kelly Pavlik knocks out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round of a 12-round bout to win the WBC and WBO titles.

4 The new $33 million East High School opens for 1,170 students in Youngstown. It and an expanded Chaney High School are part of a $192 million rebuilding program.

5 Led by a quadruple killing in January, violent crime plagues Youngstown. The city had 39 homicides, seven more than in 2006. Homicide rate in Warren more than doubles over 2006.

6 Roger Lee Dillon, 22, and his girlfriend Nicole D. Boyd, 25, are charged in the theft of $7 million from an armored car
copany on Tibbetts-Wick Road in Liberty.

7. Mahoning County’s controversial acquisition of Oakhill Renaissance Place is finalized in July.

8 The $83 million St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center opens in Boardman. It’s the first new full-service hospital to open in the Valley in half a century. Forum Health continued to struggle.

9. Delphi Packard Electric workers receive a new labor contract in June that cuts pay for current workers in exchange for bonuses. New hires will start at $10.50 an hour.

10 Bishop George V. Murry is installed as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown.