21 WFMJ archives  / August 12, 1984 | Music and dancing of various styles were a part of the 10th annual Bavarian Fun Fest that attracted 55,000 people to downtown Sharon 40 years ago.

August 11


1999: Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and U.S. Senator and former Gov. George Voinovich are in Youngtown for the dedication of the George V. Voinovich Government Center downtown. Voinovich, who said he was humbled by the building's naming, predicts Youngstown has a great future ahead of it, pointing to a coming second federal courthouse, a supermax prison, and Youngstown State University.   

Mercer and Lawrence County officials are negotiating a deal that would alleviate overcrowding in Mercer's jail and give Lawrence County additional revenue at the rate of $50 per day for housing up to 35 prisoners. 

A federal judge in Pittsburgh dismisses a suit claiming that management of the Werner Co. of Greenville cheated some members of the Werner family out of millions of dollars when control of the ladder company was sold in 1997.
  
1984: Sheriff James A Traficant Jr. offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two men who beat special deputy William Pearch in a Coitsville motel room. Traficant says Pearch has been conducting an undercover investigation into organized crime.

Paula O'Neill, founder of the local chapter of the Women's Ordination Conference, says that if the Episcopal Church can ordain women, the Catholic Church should be able to do so as well since their theologies and traditions are similar. 

Two Bi-Lo grocery stores in Trumbull County, one in Warren and one in Champion, have been sold. 


1974: A strike that shut down most of the General Motors complex at Lordstown for four weeks impacted the national and local economies. The changeover to 1975 models has been delayed, as has the introduction of the Lordstown-built Pontiac Astra. 

Carmelo C. Foti is named chairman of the Columbus Day parade in Youngstown.

The Youngstown Hardhats trounce winless Detroit 55-0 before 2,500 fans at Campbell Stadium, keeping their Midwest Football League title hopes alive. 


1949: Mahoning County Sheriff Paul J. Langley raids Mahoning County's newest gambling den, Green Village, near Lake Milton, three days after The Vindicator exposed the operation. All the slot machines had been removed. 

Polio cases in Mahoning County number eight, with four cases being reported in one day.

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