Free paint, landscaping

Free paint, landscaping
YOUNGSTOWN -- The North Side Citizens' Coalition will conduct a meeting Tuesday for residents interested in obtaining free exterior paint and landscaping.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at Richard Brown Memorial United Methodist Church at 1205 Elm St. The coalition has a program to help residents improve their homes with paint and landscaping.
Call the coalition at (330) 941-4722 for more information.
Shots fired at home
YOUNGSTOWN -- At least three shots were fired at a home in the 2800 block of Dearborn Street about 2:40 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Seven people -- including five children -- were in the house at the time, but no one was injured, police said.
Breakup leads to gunfire
YOUNGSTOWN -- An argument outside a home in the 500 block of East Philadelphia Avenue escalated to gunfire, police said.
No one was hurt when five to seven shots were fired about 6:40 p.m. Sunday after a 19-year-old Youngstown woman broke up with her boyfriend, police said.
The woman said the man fired a gun at her 1992 Pontiac Sunbird, when she and eight children were in the driveway.
School break-in attempt
YOUNGSTOWN -- Three boys are being held in the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center after they attempted to break into Jackson Elementary School on the city's South Side, police said.
Police said they found a window hanging from its frame on the second floor of the Windsor Avenue school shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday.
During the investigation, police said officers questioned two boys at the school playground, and they admitted they tried to get inside the building with another boy. The third boy was found at a home on Pine Hollow Drive, police said.
The window has been fixed.
Nursing graduates
SALEM -- The graduation ceremony for the summer 2003 class of the Hannah E. Mullins School of Practical Nursing will be at 8 p.m. July 31 at Salem Senior High School, 1200 E. Sixth St.
Twenty-six seniors will graduate and 22 juniors will receive pins. The pin recognition for juniors marks their completion of 22 weeks of the 44-week program.
Fire in Austintown
AUSTINTOWN -- Smoke from a fire in the wall of an apartment, possibly caused by faulty wiring, led to the evacuation of a six-unit apartment building at 1650 Laurie Drive.
No injuries were reported in the fire, at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, but Austintown fire officials estimated it caused $28,000 damage in the apartment of Robert Blacksher.
The owner of the building is Dortia Wydick of Canfield.
Bank robber pleads
PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to robbing the National City Bank office in Columbiana and two other financial institutions in western Pennsylvania.
Robert J. Gibson, 45, of Tecumseh Street entered his plea Friday before Chief U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.
A. Elliot McLean, assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case, said Gibson robbed the bank in Columbiana on May 12, 2002; the Freedom United Federal Credit Union in Rochester on June 14, 2002; and the Allegheny Valley Bank office in Pittsburgh on June 27, 2002.
Gibson faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each robbery. Judge Ambrose set sentencing for Oct. 17.
Raffle for Asente family
GIRARD -- Parishioners of St. Rose Church are having a raffle to benefit the Asente Family Legal Aid Fund. Richard and Cheryl Asente of Girard have accumulated about $500,000 in expenses over five years to keep Justin, the little boy they adopted from a Kentucky couple, who are fighting to get the child back. Tickets will be available Friday through Sunday at the St. Rose Church Festival. Call (330) 545-4351.
Gardens to be closed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Fellows Riverside Gardens, including the Davis Center, will close to the public at 3 p.m. Friday for the Friends of Riverside Gardens' annual garden party fund-raiser and reopen the next day. It also will close at 3 p.m. July 29 for the Mill Creek MetroParks volunteer picnic and reopen the next day.