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  • — Former Youngstown Mayor and Judge Dies

       (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 11:53)

    Frank X. Kryzan, 96, former mayor of Youngstown from 1954 to 1960, and Youngstown Municipal Court Judge from 1972-1987, died Saturday in Crown Point, Indiana, where he had been living for the past six years.

    Kryzan was a decorated World War II combat veteran and a graduate from the then Youngstown College. He served three terms as mayor, was appointed to the municipal court bench in 1972 by Governor John Gilligan, and retired in 1987.

    He will be buried in Youngstown.



     

  • — 570 WKBN Announces New Morning Host

       (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 11:34)

    Veteran talkshow host Mike Romigh, long a substitute host on 570/WKBN Youngstown, is taking over the morning show made available by the departure of Robert Mangino.

    "Mike deserves this opportunity" said Clear Channel Youngstown VP/Market Manager Bill Kelly. "He has done a great job filling in for us over the past several years and we have been searching for a place for him. This is THAT place. We are fortunate that a person of Mike's caliber was available and our listeners and advertisers will continue to benefit."

    "It should be noted that Mike will be only the 3rd...

  • — Tiger Woods To Compete in The Masters

       (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 09:45)

    PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods will return to golf at The Masters next month.

    In a statement Tuesday, Woods said he will play at Augusta National after a four-month hiatus because of a sex scandal.

    The Masters begins on April 8.

    Woods says that while he's returning to competition, he still has a lot of work to do in his personal life.

    He last played Nov. 15 when he won the Australian Masters. Less than two weeks later, he crashed his car into a tree outside his Florida home, setting off revelations that he...

  • — Valley Counseling Services Sells Assets

       (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 09:21)

    Valley Counseling Services Inc., in operation for more than 50 years, is facing insurmountable budget constraints. In an announcement Tuesday morning, President and CEO Tim Schaffner said VCS is selling its assets to another not-for-profit in order to keep services intact.

    “Unfortunately, we reached a critical fork in the road. We could not afford to continue to provide the services to our clients with the current budget cuts,” said Tim Schaffner, President and CEO of VCS. “We are fortunate to have found a larger agency that shares our mission, vision, values and - most importantly - one that specializes...

  • — Execution of Lawrence Reynolds Complete

       (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 08:40)

    Ohio has executed an inmate who robbed and strangled his 67-year-old neighbor in 1994 to get money to buy alcohol.

    Lawrence Reynolds Jr. died by lethal injection at 10:27 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

    His death came nine days after Reynolds attempted suicide with an overdose of pills while at the Ohio State Prison in Youngstown. As a result, Reynolds execution was delayed a week.

    The 43-year-old Reynolds was convicted for the 1994 killing of Loretta Foster, a widow who lived three doors down in their Cuyahoga Falls neighborhood near Akron. Prosecutors...