WYSU pledge drive

WYSU pledge drive

YOUNGSTOWN

Radio station WYSU 88.5 FM raised $106,907 in its 40th anniversary Spring Pledge Drive. The one-week drive drew pledges from 1,141 listeners and featured many giveaways, incentives and challenges, including a trip for two to Ireland won by listener Kim Jenkins of Hubbard.

New citizens

YOUNGSTOWN

These people became U.S. citizens Thursday before Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court (names, hometowns, countries of origin): Katherine Marie Toth, Youngstown, Japan; Eduardo Guillermo Tejeda, Youngstown, Peru; Munir Pravinchandra Shah and Krutiben Munir Shah, Poland, India; Yesenia Denyse Rodriguez, Austintown, Mexico; Volkan Omer Unluagac, Austintown, Turkey; Gary John George, Youngstown, South Africa; and Fengyu Qi, Canfield, People’s Republic of China.

Child-rape sentence

WARREN

Brian W. McCurdy, 42, of Pratt Street, Niles, has been sentenced to 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to raping a 7-year-old girl in Niles in November 2009. Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court approved the plea agreement, which resulted in a second rape count’s being dismissed.

Flags for veterans

YOUNGSTOWN

The George Wydell Jones Memorial Team will meet at 1 p.m. May 15 in the back of the Oak Hill Cemetery office before moving out to place flags on veterans’ graves at the cemetery. For more information, call Steffon Jones at (234) 855-6818.

Religious beliefs

YOUNGSTOWN

A cultural and spiritual diversity program is set for 9:30 a.m. May 18 at Park Vista Gathering Room, 1216 Fifth Ave. The Rev. Oran Telford, staff chaplain at Northside Medical Center and president and chief executive officer of Youngstown Organization of Protestant Men, will explain how religion and culture form beliefs about diet, healing practices and issues surrounding life and death. The public is invited. A light breakfast will be served. RSVP by May 12 at (330) 746-2944, ext. 1552, or ghuda@parkvista.oprs.org. For more information, contact Diane Garthwaite at (330) 746-2944, ext. 1557.