Rape reported

Rape reported
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Choffin Career Center student told her grandmother Wednesday evening that she had been raped by a classmate, reports show.
Police questioned the 16-year-old girl at Forum Northside Medical Center, where she was taken by her grandmother for a rape examination.
The North Side girl told police that a boy raped her in a greenhouse area of Choffin and threatened to kill her if she told anyone.
Special needs event
YOUNGSTOWN -- Mahoning Valley Homeless Coalition will sponsor "Stand Down 2002," a social services event on providing basic needs, for those with special needs, from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Nov. 7, at the Salvation Army, 1501 Glenwood Ave.
Residents of Mahoning and Trumbull counties with medical, dental, hygiene, clothing food, legal, life skills, income, education, rehabilitation, housing and other special needs must register for the event by Friday at a veterans or social services office in either county.
Call George Otto of the Department of Veterans Affairs, (330) 744-1703, or Carol La Vallee or Tina Costanza of the Mahoning County Alcohol Drug Addiction Services Board, (330) 743-9509.
Rape trial postponed
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Mahoning County Common Pleas Court trial of Kevin Brown has been postponed. Brown, 45, of Howard Street, faces four counts of rape. Authorities say he raped a 6-year-old girl in June 2001.
Brown's lawyer, Paul Conn, had asked that the charges be dismissed, arguing that prosecutors took too long to bring the matter to trial. Judge James C. Evans denied the request and Conn is now appealing to the 7th District Court of Appeals, which is one reason for the postponement. The trial was to have started Wednesday.
Conn also is involved in a murder trial in the courtroom of Judge Robert Lisotto.
Donation pays for exam
BOARDMAN -- Carradine Chiropractic Center Inc., 8261 Market St., will celebrate "Patient Appreciation Week" next week to benefit Sojourner House, which has programs to assist battered women and children and other domestic crime victims.
During the week, new patients who bring a donation of food, or items such as shampoo, deodorant, paper towels and toilet tissue, will be seen at no charge as well as receive new patient X-rays, exams and scoliosis screenings for free.
For information, call (330) 758-4446.