21 WFMJ archives / June 19, 1983 | Nine members of the Army ROTC program at Youngstown State University were commissioned as second lieutenants 40 years ago. From left, Stephen B. Peloza, Michael J. Dundon, Joel M. Lewis, Thomas E. Conrecode, Karen Schueller, Scott W. Gearhart, Michael D. Marlowe, John M. Shaw, and Dale J. Voitus.  At right is Maj. Robert Harlan, executive officer of YSU’s  ROTC unit.

June 25 

1998: The Ohio Attorney General's office says a lawsuit filed by Austintown Township will not stop the state from moving the worker's compensation office from the township to an $8 million government center in downtown Youngstown.

Warren City Council endorses hiring a private contractor to enforce parking regulations in the downtown area.

Mayor George McKelvey's offer of $400,000 to a grocer who would reopen a supermarket at Market Street and Midlothian Blvd. has gotten some interest but no commitment. 

1983: A lone robber escapes with an undetermined amount of money in a paper bag in a robbery at the Bloomfield branch of Banc One in northern Trumbull County.

Charles J. Zidian of Boardman is honored as the Distinguished Lieutenant Governor by the Ohio District Kiwanis Club. 

David A. Bilgreen is ordained during ceremonies at St. Mark Lutheran Church on Mill Creek Drive.  

1973: The Western Reserve Transit Authority applies for a $1.95 million federal grant toward the purchase of 51 buses. 

Darryl Spelich, 14, of Warren, wins the 13-15 boys crown in the 23rd annual Pee Wee District Golf Tournament at the Mahoning Country Club. 

The U.S. Supreme Court rejects tax deductions and tuition reimbursements for parents of nonpublic school students in the latest legal battle over state aid to parochial schools. 

1948: Sen. Robert  A. Taft of Ohio withdraws, clearing the way for the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia to nominate  New York Gov. Thomas Dewey for president.   

U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, D-Youngstown, urges Ohioans to support a Lake Erie-Ohio River canal as a way of Ohio getting back a reasonable share of the tax dollars the state sends to Washington, D.C. 

Henrietta Wiseman, 61, is accidentally electrocuted when a radio falls into the bathtub while she was bathing at her home at 192 W. Hylda Ave.