June 11

2000: Lighting Products Inc. of Mentor is negotiating with the Edward J. DeBartolo Co. to buy the former Packard Electric plant on Myron Street in Hubbard.

An estimated 3,000 marchers cover a 1.5-mile route on Youngstown's South Side in the "March for Jesus."

Harry Meshel, one of Mill Creek MetroPark's commissioners, says the deer population remains too high, and a third hunt by bow and arrow sharpshooters will be conducted in the area of the golf course. 

 

1985: The National Weather Service says its review of its performance on May 31 shows that it provided "reasonable forecasts and warnings" of tornado threats in a timely fashion, but U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. said he will await a more detailed report. Traficant has not received a response from President Reagan regarding the congressman's request for a guarantee that the Youngstown office of the National Weather Service will remain staffed around the clock. 

Mahoning County deputies and agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid a home in North Jackson and seize $10,000 worth of cocaine, 11 rifles, a pistol, and a suitcase of illegal fireworks.

The Rev. Daniel Venglarik is named principal of Ursuline High School, succeeding Dr. Nicholas Wolsonovich, who has been named superintendent of the Youngstown diocesan schools. 

Pittsburgh Pirates radio broadcaster Bob Prince dies of complications after cancer surgery at the age of 68. He was the voice of the Pirates for 28 years.

 

1975: The Steel Street bridge overpass at Interstate 680 will be closed for several days after a steel-laden truck overturned, struck a concrete pillar, and caught fire. 

George F. Collier is retiring as president of First Federal Savings & Loan Association and will be succeeded by George W. Collier. 

Three credit unions, Youngstown Federal Employees, Tri-County and Ohio Edison will build an $800,000 triangular office building at E. Federal Street and South Avenue. 

 

1950: Census figures show that Mahoning County's population increased by 16,000 between 1940 and 1950, reaching 256,000.

Some truckers are avoiding the multi-million dollar relocation of U.S. Route 422 north of Warren, claiming that the six-mile stretch of road is too rough. 

The James A. Henderson Co. is awarded a contract to supply 11 Chevrolet police cruisers and a garbage truck to the city of Youngstown on a bid of $16,015.