1998: Sgt. William Frease, head of the Mahoning County Sheriff's Department detective division and a Fraternal Order of Police officer, asks why county Commissioner Frank Lordi can continue to work while under indictment, but six employees of Sheriff Phil Chance who have been indicted can't work? One of those employees, the sheriff's brother, is on paid leave; the others are on unpaid leave. 

Enrollment at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus has reached a new peak with 2,268 students.

Two Warren residents are arrested on federal charges of aiding and abetting an illegal alien, a Canadian man, while they are living in South Dakota. The alien died of a lingering illness for which he could not seek treatment and was buried behind a trailer home. 

1983: Cliff Stoudt, a former YSU Penguin, hurls the first regular season touchdown pass of his career as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Houston Oilers, 40-28. He is the first quarterback other than Terry Bradshaw to lead the Steelers to a win since 1976. Bradshaw is out with an elbow injury. 

Dr. Willard L. Meader, son of Louise Meader of Canfield and the late Dr. R. Paul Meader, is promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force. The flight surgeon is certified in aerospace medicine. 

Canfield's Pamela Rigas, in a telephone interview with The Vindicator's Marie Shellock, says she's relieved that the Miss America Pageant is over and she'll be returning to her law studies at the University of Cincinnati. Miss Ohio was the fourth runner-up in the pageant. 

1973: Trumbull County voters reject a countywide joint vocational school for a fifth time. County Superintendent George Morar says districts will have to begin offering locally funded and organized programs. 

Sixty-five area students are among 15,000 named nationwide as National Merit Scholarship winners. 

1948: A giant six-engine B-36 bomber flies over Youngstown to mark Air Force Day. It drops to 600 feet over the Youngstown Municipal Airport and 3,000 feet over downtown. 

Youngstown College opens for fall classes with an enrollment of 4,623 students, an increase of slightly over 100.