21 WFMJ archives / August, 1983 | European specialties like schnitzel, wurst, and stuffed cabbage were available alongside more traditional fair foods at the Bavarian Fun Fest that ran from August 4 through 14 in downtown Sharon 41 years ago. 

August 16

 2000: Lisbon police and the Columbiana County Drug Task Force say most of the drugs stolen from a Lisbon veterinarian clinic, including sedatives strong enough to kill a horse, have been recovered. But 18 vials of ketamine, with a street value of $100 each, are missing and believed to have been sold. 

Wildlife officials say an infection that killed hundreds of fish in Mosquito Lake will have to run its course because the Akron office of the Ohio Division of Wildlife doesn't have the equipment necessary to identify the specific strain, or even whether it is bacterial or viral. 

Ted Kubiak, manager of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, presents a game ball to Jim and Karia Winterburn of Girard as a memorial to their son, Joey, 9, who was an avid Scrappers fan. Joey died July 31 of complications from treatment for leukemia. 

  

1985: Supporters of the Austintown YWCA  are organizing a fund-raising campaign to stave off a September closing of the building. 

Richard Groucutt, Youngstown Civil Service administrator, says as many as 200 city employees may violate the Civil Service Commission's residency requirement

Appearing in Warren to kick off the Italian-American Heritage Festival, Gov. Richard Celeste says the state will provide $125,000 toward a feasibility study for a Lake Erie-Ohio River canal. 

 

1975: All saloons in Sebring are ordered closed for the weekend after a free-for-all at the Echo Tavern that involved 75 people at its height. Some of the participants and spectators threw rocks at the 40 police officers who responded. 

Fire of undetermined origin destroys a storage building at the Warren Tire Co., 2421 E. Market Street. 

A four-alarm fire of undetermined origin destroys the 59-year-old Roberts Building at State Street and Poland Avenue in Struthers. Four firemen were treated for smoke inhalation. 

 

1950: State highway patrolmen blame trick bicycle riding for the death of Wayne McCullough, 15, of Canfield, who was struck by a car on Western Reserve Road. 

City income tax collections drop $2,190 for the first seven months of 1950 in Youngstown. Total collected was $583,968.

The body of Christopher Reynolds, a 17-year-old heir to a tobacco fortune, is found on Mount Whitney. He and a climbing companion made it to within 300 feet of the summit before falling to their deaths during a storm.