21 WFMJ archives / September 26, 1988 | The Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp.  announced plans for an ambitious facade renovation plan on the west end of  Federal Street 37 years ago.  Most of the block was eventually razed, and what was then the Ross Radio building became the Tyler History Center, home to the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

September 26

2000:  Mahoning County deputies and Boardman police raid a bachelor stag party for Anthony Biondillo, confiscating hundreds of dollars and a blackjack table. Biondillo is the son of Ernie Biondillo Jr., who was gunned down in 1996 during a mob war. 

Speaking at Youngstown State University, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson says Youngstown should be designated an economic empowerment zone because it makes good sense. 

State and local officials have a message for welfare cheaters: if you commit welfare fraud, you will be caught, prosecuted, and made to repay the state. 

 

1985: Local officials and principals in the Ronneburg Brewery Co. are in Washington attempting to salvage federal support for the proposed North Jackson project. 

To mark National School Bus Safety Week, two-way radios are being installed on the 15 buses of the Springfield Local School District. The Parent Teacher Organization raised $11,000 for the project. 

By a 6-0 vote, Youngstown City Council restores funding for 13 jobs in the Community Development Agency that Mayor Patrick Ungaro abolished. 

 

1975: There are no nursing home beds available in Youngstown for anybody, whether they are paying themselves or on Medicaid, because all the beds are full, hospital officials disclose.

City police are looking for two men who reportedly fired a shot at Mahoning County Coroner's Investigator Armand Casanta after attempting to run his car off the road on Dearborn Street. 

Anthony C. Choppa, a recent graduate of YSU, joins the staff of the Western Reserve Chapter of the National Foundation of the March of Dimes as coordinator of fundraising activities. 

 

1950: Two Youngstown men are held in the death of David Vincent, 33, whose body was found in a downtown Youngstown alley after being involved in an argument with the two men that a Youngstown patrolman witnessed. Vincent died of a broken neck. 

Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito's Communist government grants important concessions to Roman Catholic,  Serbian Orthodox, and Protestant churches in Yugoslavia as part of a new religious peace policy. 

Miss Carolyn Higgins is named director of extra-medical services at the Mahoning Tuberculosis Sanatorium. She will help patients with their rehabilitation and economic issues.