21 WFMJ archives / January 9, 1988 | A line began forming outside Southern Park Mall within minutes of the Cleveland Brown's playoff victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 9, 1988. About 500 fans were in line when the Sears store's ticket counter started selling 1,500 tickets at 10 a.m. Monday.  Some 40,000 tickets went on sale to the general public and sold out quickly at Sears and all other outlets. 

January 8


2000: Former Mahoning County Prosecutor James A. Philomena has traded in his trademark flashy suits for dark green prison garb as he begins serving a four-year sentence at a federal prison camp in Montgomery, Ala., on a racketeering conviction. 

While flying from New York to Minnesota to meet with Gov. Jessie Ventura, real estate developer Donald Trump tells a reporter that "only death" could stop him from launching a $100 million presidential campaign later this year. 

William Mullane, principal of Warren G. Harding High School, and John Wilson, administrator of Washington Center, the district's alternative school, have been working for a year on a program to meet the needs of students who do not fare well in a traditional public school setting. 


1985: As Democratic control of the Ohio Senate changed to Republican, Sen. Harry Meshel of Youngstown was replaced as Senate president by Sen. Paul Gillmor of Port Clinton. 

Robert W. Bannon was elected chairman of the Boardman Township Board of Trustees, and Dr. George Beelen was elected chairman of the Austintown Board of Trustees.

Penguin center/forward Troy Williams joins the Youngstown State University 1,000-point club.  He came to YSU for Akron Buchtel, where he led the city in scoring. 
 

1975: Between 3,000 and 3,500 employees at the General Motors Vega and van plants at Lordstown will be laid off as operations are reduced to one shift due to decreasing demand. 

George C. Brainard Sr., 89, of Chardon, former president of General Fireproofing, who was also nationally known in banking, dies in Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights.

The Mahoning County Board of Health opposes Montgomery County, Md., hauling its solid waste to a landfill in Smith Township. 


1950: Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Henderson says the development of a master plan for the city, covering streets, highways, urban development, parking, and housing, is a priority. 

While a distracted lookout listens to "Mule Train" over a radio, Youngstown vice cops surprise nearly 50 gamblers at the Golden Civics Club, 369 East Federal St. Some men jump out a rear window 20 feet above an alley. 

A dry season and Daylight Saving Time helped the Mill Creek Golf Course make a slight profit in 1949, the second year in a row that the course had made money.