21 WFMJ archives / May 9,  1979 | More than 1,500 clergy, including bishops, archbishops and cardinals, as well as family, friends and the faithful filled the Basilica of the Assumption Cathedral in Covington, Ky., 46 years ago for the installation Bishop William A. Hughes of Youngstown as bishop of the Covington Diocese.  Two Youngstown monsignors escorted Bishop Hughes, Benedict Franzetta, left, and Donald Reagan. Behind them, wearing miters, are Archbishops Thomas J. McDonough of Louisville and Jean Jadot, the apostolic delegate. 

May 9  

2000:  Mill Creek Metroparks commissioners approve continuation of its deer bow hunt until the population is reduced to 10 deer per square mile. 

During a Girard City Council meeting, a visibly angry Mayor James Melfi lashes out at landowners who don't cut their grass, park cars in their yards, and allow structures to deteriorate. 

The Youngstown teachers' union and board of education reached a new three-year agreement for the district's 822 teachers. 

1985: The Butler Institute of American Art announces a $3 million fund drive to add a new wing and enclose the courtyard with a glass roof. 

Warren City Council voted 8-3 to approve a zone change for a controversial senior citizens complex on the city's North Side sponsored by Sts. Peter & Paul Church. 

Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries announces the winners of the annual poster contest: Krista Marie Bell, Kelly Shelar, Michelle Campana, Robin Stowe, Michael Campana, Tracy Randall, Robert Havrilla, Jeff Shirilla, and Cynthia Colan. 

1975: Donna Barnett, 47, of Warren, wins the top prize of $300,000 in Ohio's lottery. 

The Thiel College summer school program announces a course in glider flying. Each student receives between 14 and 15 hours of flying sessions, culminating in a solo flight. 

United Airlines will shift its terminal for Youngstown-New York City service from the Newark, N.J., Airport to LaGuardia in New York, ending a 34-year tradition. 

1950: Twenty-five members of the Local Industrial Union 1234, CIO, picket Calvary Cemetery after grave-digging and other work they had been doing was awarded to a private company. 

Youngstown City Council approves reciprocity on income tax collections with Warren, New Castle, Sharon, and Farrell to avoid double taxation on those who work in one city and live in the other. 

A heavy morning frost damages the Mahoning County peach crop.