100 years ago

in 1924:

Warren and Trumbull County felt the terrific effects of a real twister, the tall-end of a western tornado which uprooted trees, crashed heavy limbs to the ground, left telephone and light wires in a tangle in many places and caused fright to thousands of persons.

More than 500 telephones were out of commission as the result of the storm and more reports were expected from subscribers, Warren and Niles Telephone officials said. Long-distance lines outside of Warren also were torn down.

In the city,the twister hit only at certain spots, not in a direct line playing queer tricks. A queer trick of the wind played out at the corner of North Vine and Belmont streets.

There a pair of trousers were seen hanging from the top of a large tree. Packard Park and the courthouse park escaped serious damage to trees but from other sections of the city there were reports of large limbs down.

50 years ago

in 1974:

Three men apprehended in North Bloomfield, by the FBI and Trumbull deputies in connection with the weekend theft of a tractor-trailer rig containing beef valued at $70,000, were scheduled to be arraigned on interstate theft charges.

The arrested and charged men were of Windsor and Cleveland. The agent in charge of the Cleveland office of the FBI praised the work of the six Trumbull deputies in apprehension of the suspects.

The truck was stolen from Teufel Bros. Co. meat packers in Cleveland and driven to the North Bloomfield site. It was shipped from the Union Packing Co. of Omaha, Nebraska, the FBI said. Trumbull deputies received an anonymous tip after regarding the rig and the area was staked out by deputies and three FBI agents who later took the three men in custody, held in the Cuyahoga County jail pending arraignment before the U.S. Magistrate in Cleveland. The 240 quarters of beef weighed 38,427 pounds, according to reports.

25 years ago

in 1999:

The two leaders of Democrats for Change, touted as a group that would revolutionize Mahoning County politics, were leaving the local political scene, sources confirmed.

Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Michael Morley and Commissioner David Engler announced their resignation at the closed session of the Democratic Party’s executive committee. Morley left his post to work in New York City theater. Engler was resigning his commissioner post to work on the Al Gore presidential campaign.

Morley and Engler formed Democrats for Change, ousting longtime party chairman Don Hanni and promising to clean up politics.

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