21 WFMJ archives  / January  10, 1988 | The Western Reserve Transit Authority put a fleet of 41 new buses on the road 37 years ago, 10 of which had wheelchair lifts like the one demonstrated here by Jose Viera. 

January 9

2000: The final figures on Mahoning County's long-running fraud probe show $900,000 was spent, including $360,000 on salaries and $250,000 paid to outside investigators. The results: 23 people were indicted with convictions or pleas to 11 felonies and 19 misdemeanors.  Many of the convictions were a result of plea bargaining.

Responding to disappointing attendance in Youngstown, team owner Ted Stepien says the Youngstown Hawks basketball team is moving to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Five finalists to succeed Youngstown State University President Leslie Cochran will visit the campus for a tour and meetings with university and community leaders. It is the last phase of a year-long presidential search. 

1985: General Motors created a new subsidiary, Saturn Corp., to build a modestly priced, high-mileage car that would be sold through a new dealership network by the late 1980s. Chairman Roger Smith says Saturn is "the key to GM's long-term competitiveness and survival."

Some 250 striking employees at General Electric Corp.'s Mahoning Glass Plant in Niles reached an agreement and returned to work after a two-day walkout over unresolved grievances.

The Mahoning County Coroner's office ruled that the shooting death of Daniel J. Miller, 18, two months ago during a struggle to get a Youngstown patrolman's service pistol was unintentional. The coroner said lab tests and a polygraph supported the patrolman's description of events leading to the gun's discharge. 

1975: A 15-year-old East Side robber is shot and wounded during a stakeout at the Lawson Dairy Store on Oak Street.

The Youngstown Hospital Association rejects the latest demands of striking nurses, continuing a walkout that began Dec. 25. Federal Judge John Sirica orders the early release from prison of three Watergate defendants, John Dean, Jeb Magruder, and Herbert Kalmbach. 

1950: The Jungle Inn is closed in Halls Corners, but a walk through the tiny Trumbull County village shows slot machines still visible in restaurants, stores, and service stations.

Former Youngstowner Wesley Fesler will remain the head coach at Ohio State University. His salary will increase from $13,500 to $15,000 a year.

The Commerce Department predicts that U.S. auto production in 1950 will unlikely match the record 6.2 million vehicles made in 1949.