21 WFMJ archives / June 2,  1995 | Route 224 in Boardman took on a carnival-like atmosphere 30 years ago as thousands of hot rod fans gathered to watch a parade of cars in the area for the Hot Rod Super Nationals that were held at the Canfield Fairgrounds.  This was the scene looking east near 224 and West Boulevard.

June 6 

2000: Twelve students in the Excel class at East Palestine Elementary School spearheaded an effort to toughen Ohio's laws on animal abuse, resulting in a bill being sponsored by state Sen Robert Hagan that would elevate repeated animal abuse from a fourth degree to a third degree felony. 

After deliberating for four hours, a Trumbull County jury recommends two life sentences rather than the death penalty for Scott Burrows, 19, convicted of murder in the deaths of Dorothy and Charles London. 

The percentage of seniors passing Ohio's mandatory proficiency tests is rising. Still, there are anomalies, such as the Springfield Local student with a 4.0 grade average who won't receive a diploma because she hasn't passed the math section. 

 

1985: Six days after a chain of deadly tornadoes ravaged northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, utility service had been restored to almost all customers. 

Eighteen months after Mayor Patrick Ungaro first tried to appoint him, Gary Kubic was approved by the city council as Youngstown's finance director. 

Advertisement:  A Commodore 64 computer, floppy disk drive, and printer, $639 at Sears.

 

1975: Dr. Stanley Olson, provost of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, addresses the 66th commencement of the Trumbull Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, during which 40 nurses received their diplomas.

Trumbull County sheriff's deputies arrest a 14-year-old Southington boy in the death of Ruth D. Grantz, 7, of Champion. It is believed the boy kicked her in the stomach because he was angry with her. 

Woodrow Wilson High School was vandalized for the second consecutive night. Three offices are vandalized, and the principal's desk is destroyed. 

 

1950: Two people are killed and two others injured when their car crashes into a B&O freight train on Route 45 in Lordstown. The dead are George Webster and Mrs. Autus Cox, both of West Virginia. They were traveling to Girard for the funeral of Edward Habbert, who died in a sewer cave-in. 

The Supreme Court of the United States outlaws the segregation of Negroes at two Southern colleges and on dining cars on Southern railways. 

A box containing enough dynamite to blow up the neighborhood is found in a three-car garage next to 326 E. Indianola Avenue. Police are trying to determine how the dynamite got there.