Shooting in car dispute

Shooting in car dispute
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police are searching for a juvenile who witnesses allege shot an older relative accused of stealing the family car.
Charles Perry, 27, was lying in the street in front of 1548 Florencedale Ave., bleeding from a single bullet wound to the abdomen, when police arrived about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, reports say. He was in stable condition Saturday night in a local hospital.
Witnesses told police a 17-year-old relative and the boy's mother, grandmother and a female cousin came looking for Perry at his girlfriend's house to recover a 1988 Oldsmobile they contend he stole Wednesday.
A witness said one of the women carried a baseball bat.
The women were leaving in the Oldsmobile when a fistfight erupted between Perry and the young man, Perry's girlfriend told police.
The young man pulled a handgun and fired, she said.
Car chase ends in crash
YOUNGSTOWN -- A high-speed chase with police ended Friday night when a West Judson Avenue man drove a car into a porch on West Ravenwood Avenue.
James Ward, 20, is charged with fleeing and eluding, operating on a temporary permit and driving under the influence.
He also was wanted on three warrants in Youngstown for traffic offenses.
Police said they tried to pull Ward over about 11 p.m. on Oak Hill Avenue for not having an illuminated rear license plate. Ward drove to Idlewood Avenue at a high rate of speed and lost control trying to turn onto West Ravenwood. His car nearly hit a cruiser, according to reports.
The car continued through a few yards before hitting the porch of 321 W. Ravenwood.
Man suffers cut throat
YOUNGSTOWN -- A South Garland Avenue man told police a woman cut his throat Friday evening.
The man said he stepped toward the East Indianola Avenue woman to try to stop her from yelling at a 15-year-old boy about 7:20 p.m. The woman went into the kitchen, got a knife and cut him, the man said.
He told police the woman threatened to shoot him and then ran from the house with her boyfriend.
Public affairs board
LORDSTOWN -- The board of public affairs will meet in special session at 10 a.m. Monday to consider wage and fringe-benefit contracts for workers in the village water department.
Host families sought
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College is seeking host families for international students who will arrive here in January for spring semester.
Under the program, designed to broaden students' understanding of American culture, families may invite students for dinner, house students during college breaks, take them on trips and share family life with them.
Families with children are encouraged to participate.
Contact Brad Skippon, international student-affairs coordinator, at (724) 589-2036.