Gallery of pets

Gallery of pets

kSNAPZ, which presents the best of readers’ photo gems, returns today with a gallery of your adorable pets. View the many pets with personality and catch the themes for upcoming Snapz galleries.

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LOCAL

Reading event

kIT WAS EASY to spot the volunteers at Youngstown State University’s Read Across America event. Each donned a candy cane-striped top hat, made famous by a cat in a Dr. Seuss classic. And each was delivering the message: Reading is fun.

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SPORTS

Nervous fan

kKELLY PAVLIK’S self-proclaimed “biggest fan” didn’t even watch his biggest fight, at least not live. Ed O’Neill, a North Side native best known for playing Al Bundy on Fox’s “Married ... With Children,” was too nervous.

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BUSINESS

Glass substitute

kCOCA-COLA is teasing America with a new bottle that’s made right here in Youngstown. Exal Corp. is producing aluminum bottles that carry the world-renowned contour shape.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Circus is coming

kTHE 137TH Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to Youngstown on Friday, and a quick trip home to Cincinnati will definitely be in the cards for music conductor Bret Barlow.

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HOME

Back to the garden

kAMERICANS finding soaring prices hard to stomach are battling back by growing their own food.

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