21 WFMJ archives  / August 5, 1986 | Walter Towarnicky from the Joseph J. Graciano Corp. of Pittsburgh was repairing mortar joints on the cornice of the William McKinley Memorial in Niles during a facelift for the monument 38 years ago.

August 10


1999: The Youngstown YMCA announces it is expanding to Boardman with a $9 million facility at Market Street and McClurg Road, ending months of speculation.


The Cleveland Browns take the field for the first time in four seasons, beating the Dallas Cowboys, 20-17, in the Hall of Fame game in Canton. 


Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge asks the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area because of the summer's drought. 


1984: During a speech to the Warren Kiwanis Club, Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. says the federal government fears him more than any other congressional candidate in the nation. He is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams. 


William Pearch, a Mahoning County deputy in charge of special investigations, is hospitalized after being attacked, bound, and beaten by two men in a Coitsville motel room. Capt. Floyd Crater said Pearch was on an unspecified "special assignment" for Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. 


Dr. George Beelen, an Austintown Township trustee, urges Mahoning and Trumbull county officials to agree on a future for the Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency. EDATA has been paralyzed by indecision, and its employees have not been paid in five weeks. 


1974: Columbiana County Prosecutor Joseph J. Baronzzi says more than four tons of marijuana plants have been uprooted from a five-acre field near Salineville. 


Ohio Gov. John J. Gilligan predicts the state's budget surplus could reach $100 million over the next 11 months. 


1949: Economy-minded shoppers forget the heat wave and crowd downtown Youngstown stores and streets for what merchants say will be the biggest Dollar Days sale in history.


Roadblocks and a countywide curfew of 7 p.m. are the latest tools being used in Darke County against a polio outbreak. 


Youngstown Police Chief Edward Allen welcomes "with open arms" the help of Sheriff Paul J. Langley in raiding three numbers sites in the city.