NEW YORK (AP) — Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and nonfiction books traced his country’s history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Thomas Patrick “The Noodle” Lawrence passed away at his residence on Thursday, May 22, 2025. He was born Aug. 6, 1955, in Youngstown, the son of the late Alfred Thomas and Mary Catherine Flood Lawrence and was a lifelong area resident. Tom went to St. Patrick’s school ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Anthony Frank “Tony” Pizzuto Sr., 89, of Youngstown passed away Tuesday morning, May 20, 2025, at Briarfield at Ashley Circle. Tony was born on June 13, 1935, in Youngstown, a son of Nicholas and Josephine Mauro Pizzuto. Tony was a 1952 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High ...
NILES — Darlene Yvonne McIntire, 83, passed away on Saturday afternoon, May 24, 2025, at Mercy Health Austintown Medical Center. She was born on Oct. 26, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Francis and Inez Olsen Pazderic. Darlene worked in the laundry department at the ...
CONNIE ANN BRANDT, 58, of Niles, died Sunday afternoon at her home. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, Saint Stephen Church. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home. VERNON POWELL, 78, of Elkton, died Sunday at his home. (Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen)
BOARDMAN — Harry “Butch” G. Smith III, 80, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, with his family at his side. He was born Sept. 26, 1944, in Youngstown, the son of the late Harry G. and Ruth Drennen Smith II. He was a lifelong area resident. Butch ...
