Niles News

LIBRARY HOSTS PET PROGRAM: The Liberty Branch Library, 415 Churchill-Hubbard Road, will hold a ''We Love our Pets'' program at 5 p.m. Thursday for children in kindergarten to fourth grade to make doggie treats for their favorite canine.

GIRARD, Ohio - A couple from Niles, who will be married 72 years this June, had a surprise candlelight dinner and dance Friday night.

CHURCH HOSTS SILENT AUCTION: The Niles Church of the Nazarene Women's Ministry will host a silent auction from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church fellowship hall, 1822 Vienna Road, Niles.

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW SEEKS ENTRIES: Entry forms for the Trumbull Art Gallery's third annual juried photography exhibit, ''Photo 2012,'' can be picked up from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday at Trumbull Art Gallery, 196-198 E. Market St., Warren.

The Cafaro Company plans to build a hotel and banquet center at the Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles.

Student artists from the Valley are being honored for their talent and hard work.

Good morning, it's Sunday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2012. There are 337 days left in the year.

Born in Niles, Ohio. He was educated at Poland Seminary and Allegheny College. After service in the Union army in the Civil War, he returned to Ohio and became a lawyer at Canton.

Thurman "Sonny" A. Mobley, 69, passed away at 12:49 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at his home with his family by his side following a courageous battle with lung cancer.

WILLIAM MCKINLEY BIRTHDAY: President William McKinley's 168th birthday celebration will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center and at the McKinley Memorial, both in Niles.

Ludt claims that former and current police chiefs are not stopping loud band music from McMenamy's Restaurant because of their friendship with the bar's owner.

Niles Mayor Ralph Infante and former Warren Mayor Michael J. O'Brien are interested in a position on the county elections board, setting up a contest between perhaps the two most well-known political surnames in Trumbull County.

AESOP'S FABLES: The Niles SCOPE Senior Center, 14 E. State St. will give a presentation of Aesop's Fables by Move Over Broadway Productions at 1 p.m. today.

It's been 10 years since the murder of a Niles woman and there are still no arrests in the case.

SCRAPBOOKING FOR SCOUTING: Girls Scouts is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

The owner of a dog believed to have been killed by a coyote is warning friends and other area residents to keep an eye on their pets.