21 WFMJ archives / August 28, 1960 | The 1960 school year opened in Youngstown 63 years ago with new, larger, and better facilities.  The new Volney Rogers Junior High School on S. Schenley Avenue had 17 teachers reporting to Principal David Williams and was ready to receive 375 students when classes began on Sept. 6.

 
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1998: U.S. District Court Judge Sam H. Bell in Akron denies a gag order sought by Community Corrections Corp. that would have limited what inmates at the private prison in  Youngstown could say about their lawsuit that alleges mistreatment. 
 
A Lakewood developer proposes buying Ipe Field from the city for $500,000 as the site of a shopping center anchored by a food store. 
 
Columbiana Board of Education members break ground for a new $7 million Columbiana High School.
 
1983: Addressing Youngstown State University's summer graduating class of 464, U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-17th, says that perseverance is the key to surmounting the obstacles of life. 
 
In a boost to ecumenicism, area Lutherans and Roman Catholics will hold a joint service at St. Columba Cathedral on Oct. 2.
 
Brian Sipe completes 16 of 22 first-half passes to lead the Cleveland Browns to a 20-17 victory over the Los Angeles Raiders. 
 
1973: A new single-day record for attendance at the Ohio State Fair is set on the fourth day of the fair when 260,843 people pass through the gates. 
 
A gunman holding four hostages in a Stockholm, Sweden, bank vault warns authorities that he has tied his hostages to the walls and they will strangle to death when they lose consciousness if authorities pump an anesthetizing gas into the chamber. 
 
1948: Joe DiCarlo of Volney Road, described by Mayor Charles Henderson as a numbers kingpin in Youngstown,  asks police Chief Edward Allen why police shadow him everywhere he goes and drive up and down his street. Allen responds that most people complain about a lack of police patrols in their neighborhoods. 
 
Youngstown and Campbell police clear a path for 72  steelworkers through dues-inspection lines at two entrances to the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. plant.