21 WFMJ archives / April 28, 1988 | The Athletes for Athletes group, composed of Austintown Fitch High School athletes who encouraged their peers to “stand tall and stay straight,” was honored at a program sponsored by another anti-drug group, Teens Who Care, 35 years ago.  From left are members of the two groups, Mike Connolly, Cindy Carnevale, Jon Bucclarelli, Lori Rosiak, and Dan Houser.

April 28 

1998: Coca-Cola is willing to pay $200,000 in cash and as much as $600,000 under a 12-year franchise agreement with Warren city schools if the district agrees to sell only Coke products in all of its buildings.

Former Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Patrick Kerrigan says he wonders why his acquisition of two pistols was treated as theft while he knows others treated Youngstown Police Department's evidence locker as a warehouse of free guns. 

Mahoning County Sheriff Phil Chance says he will pull all deputies from the Mahoning County Fraud Task Force in two weeks. The department faces 30 layoffs to balance its budget. 

1983: Sharon Mayor Robert Price seeks financial help from the state to close Sharon's River Road landfill in Hermitage. Gov. Dick Thornburgh was in New Castle to deliver a $750,000 Small Cities Program check to Mayor Angelo Sands.

Twenty--four teenagers are arrested at Austintown Fitch High School on drug-related charges after a six-week police investigation.

Advertisement: Buy any Atari game cartridge for $22.99 to $39.99 and receive the popular E.T. game for a penny at Strouss. 

1973: Dumpy the dog is laid to rest in a white, satin-lined casket with 400 mourners attending the wake at a Stark County pet cemetery. The dog gained national attention when he survived for a month after being gassed and shot by a Mahoning County dog warden. 

Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled for Youngstown State University's $6.3 million Bliss Hall music and fine arts building.

Some boys at Niles McKinley High School have begun wearing short wigs to stay within the school's dress code. A board member's motion that boys be allowed to have shoulder-length hair died for lack of a second. 

1948: Five candidates for May Queen at Youngstown College are Kay Kabealo, Phyllis Grein, Betty Jane Houser, Mary Janowski, and Cathleen Naughton. 

Under an agreement between Republic Steel Corp. and the United Steelworkers of America, Youngstown District workers will receive about $2 million in retroactive pay. 

The Civil Service Commission certifies to Mayor Charles Henderson the names of four new lieutenants, Stephen Birich, David Johnston, Harold Faust, and John B. Thomas.