Benefit concert to aid fire victims’ family


YOUNGSTOWN — A concert to benefit the surviving members of the Crawford family will include a musical lineup of 10 acts. Six members of the Crawford family were killed in a fire last week at their East Side home.

The concert will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at Chevrolet Centre in downtown Youngstown.

Scheduled to perform are the Stopping The Violence Movement (DVA, 2Fly and Paulea), Greg Johnson from the Total Package Band, the P. Ross Berry Middle School choir, Jones 4 Revival, The Zou, Captain Braskie, A-Wake, Index, The Steppin’ Sistas and Symphony.

Admission will be $10 (children under 5 free).

The Stopping the Violence Committee, a Youngstown organization that aims to raise self-esteem among the city’s youth and create an environment of nonviolence, is sponsoring the show.