100 years ago in 1924:

The safe in the office of the Hippodrome Theatre in Warren was burglarized and $192 in bills and silver was stolen. Ten dollars of the money was found at the foot of the fire escape on the west side of the building. Police advanced the theory that the thieves were locked in when the show closed the previous night as the lock on the door had not been tampered with, but the office door had been forced. The work was done by someone familiar with the safe combinations as the combination had been worked. After procuring the money from the safe, the thieves left by the fire escape from the second story on the west side of the building. The loss was the third suffered since the Smith Amusement Company took over the Opera House and the Hippodrome. The officer working the case said it was one of the cleverest pieces of work pulled off in the city for some time.

50 years ago in 1974:

Nearly 100 of the area’s top amateur golfers entered the Youngstown Ballet Guild Golf Tournament at Candywood Golf Course. Pro Frank Cisterino was in charge of the 18-hole event in which the natural amateur queen, Carol Stemple of Sewickley, Pa., was to play, but not compete for prizes, during division action. Warren pro Bobby Lewis Jr and Lalu Sabotin, one of the district’s top men amateurs were also in the field but were not competing for prizes. Stemple won her title at the Montclair Country Club in New Jersey and was to compete in the upcoming Curtis Cup team against Great Britain in San Francisco. Nancy Lewis, Bobby’s mother, was in the foursome with Stemple. She was the 1973 Ohio Senior Women’s champion. Two divisions of competition, including scratch and play awaited the players as well as 28 prizes of merchandise which awaited the leaders.

25 years ago in 1999:

Rescuers were busily searching waters for a spectacular accident that sent a diesel tanker plummeting over the eastbound lanes of the Interstate-76 bridge over Lake Milton. Traffic was backed up on both east and westbound lanes with authorities later closing the interstate and traffic being diverted to Ohio 225. Linda Reader of Southington, who owned a summer home on the lake, said she, her husband and two others were in a boat on the west shore around 9:30 p.m., when the Saturday-night crash occurred, and they heard a big crash with lots of sparks and a fireball, though they were too far away to see anything go into the water. A diesel tanker crashed through the guardrail and dropped cab-first into the water, witnesses said. Early rescue efforts has searchers looking for survivors as early reports included a car also going off the bridge. Divers from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department were on the scene with HAZMAT crews from Mahoning County as officials worried about fuel spilling into the reportedly 20 to 25-foot-deep lake.

10 years ago in 2014:

Flying discs, jumping rope, Zumba and running were among the activities 75 children took part in during the “Let’s Move Warren” Fitness Fest held at Harding High School.

Dr. Fareedah Goodwin-Capers, event coordinator, said the event was organized and sponsored by local physicians, physical therapists and fitness trainers who wanted to give back to their community.

The event was free to children, and during the four hours, the kindergarten through eighth graders took part in various fun activities inside and outside — running exercises, kickball and flying discs toss and later learned about healthy foods. Free vision screenings were conducted by Walmart.

Organizers said there were plans to offer the same program, aimed at getting children to be active throughout the summer, in following years. Each child was presented a certificate of participation and other gifts for participating, such as hula-hoops and kickballs.

Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.