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State Arts Grants Include $107K for Butler Art Museum
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Twenty-five arts organizations in the Mahoning Valley will receive grants from the Ohio Arts Council under its latest round of funding. The largest grant, $107,551, was awarded to The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown to support its ongoing work. The OAC board announced today...
Rally gunshot victim released from Allegheny General Hospital
David Dutch, the 57-year-old New Kensington man injured at the July 13 rally for former President Donald Trump, has been discharged from Allegheny General Hospital as of Wednesday afternoon, July 24. A news release sent by Allegheny Health Network Wednesday evening said James Copenhaver, the 74-year-old from Moon Township who...
Art Groups
∎Butler Art Center, operated by the Associated Artists of Butler County. Website: https://www.facebook.com/summerdramaticsproject. Theater: 20540 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA 16066. Website: www.comtratheatre.org. Email: marketing@comtratheatre.org. ∎Cranberry Artists Network. Website: www.cranberryartistsnetwork.com. Email: GeneralInfo@cranarts.com. Telephone: 724-728-4658. Contact: Kathy Bischak. ∎Freeport Theatre Festival. Address: 2498 White Cloud Farm, Leechburg, PA 15656. Telephone: 724-295-1934.
Unanimous vote: House to investigate Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to form a task force to investigate the security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on July 13. The vote underscores the bipartisan outrage over the shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump came within inches...
Stabbing reported on Youngstown’s South Side
YOUNGSTOWN — A man was stabbed in the back and found face down in the front yard of a home in the 100 block of West Evergreen Avenue, and a woman was charged with interfering with the victim getting medical attention, according to a Youngstown police report. Officers called...
Thomas V. Cramer 1953-2024
VAIL, Arizona — Thomas V. Cramer, 70, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024, at his residence. He was born Sept. 20, 1953, in Youngstown, the son of Henry S. and Dorothy Cramer. Thomas was a 1971 graduate of Mathews High School and worked over 20 years at Starr Fabricating...
State Parks
Address: 2716 McConnells Mill Road, Portersville, PA 16051. or when using GPS: 1761 McConnells Mill Road, Portersville, PA 16051. Website: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/McConnellsMillStatePark/Pages/default.aspx. Founded: 1957. McConnells Mill State Park has 2,546 acres in Perry and Slippery Rock townships in Lawrence County. Services, activities and attractions: Picnic areas, fishing, hunting, climbing and repelling,...
Seniors
Butler County Senior Centers offer social facilities and lunches to individuals age 60 or older. The centers also offer recreational, educational and volunteer activities. Call 724-282-3008 or email AAAsenior@co.butler.pa.us for more information. Address: Tanglewood Center, 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Trump gunman searched for info on JFK’s assassin and other new details we learned from this week’s hearings on the attack
Thomas Matthew Crooks came to Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pa., prepared for violence. The authorities charged with protecting the former president weren’t adequately prepared to stop him. Those twin conclusions emerged this week during a series of congressional oversight hearings into the circumstances of, motivations...
East Liverpool Schools communications director attends national public relations seminar
BELLEVUE, Washington — Megan Hoffrichter Hernandez, Director of Communications for East Liverpool City Schools, attended the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) 2024 National Seminar held from July 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, just outside Seattle. This year’s seminar, themed “Finding Common Grounds,” drew over 1,700 school public relations professionals, superintendents, and education leaders from across the United States, Canada, and beyond, marking it as the largest communications-focused professional development event of the year.
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