Space for collections

Space for collections
NILES -- The McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center, 40 S. Main St., has space to exhibit hobbies or collections throughout the year. Anyone interested in displaying a collection should contact Patrick Finan, library director, at (330) 652-1704, Ext. 204.
Stolen vehicles
GIRARD -- Charges are expected to be filed Monday against a man after two stolen all-terrain vehicles and a motorcycle were found in his garage. The stolen goods were recovered Thursday from an East Howard Street garage by Champion and Girard police.
Girard Detective John Norman reported that he was contacted by Champion Patrol Officer Jamie Nehrenz, who was doing a follow-up to a break-in at Yamaha of Warren on Mahoning Avenue in Champion last November. Nehrenz reported that some of the stolen items were at the Howard Street address.
Police found five or six ATVs and some motorcycles. The resident led police to the garage, where a motorcycle and ATV stolen from the Champion store were found, along with an ATV stolen in Boardman, the report said.
Guilty in rape, kidnapping
WARREN -- A jury deliberated about two hours Friday before returning guilty verdicts in a rape and kidnapping case. The jury convicted Deavery Lyons, 24, on one charge each of rape and kidnapping. He was, however, acquitted of a charge of cocaine possession.
Shortly after the verdicts were read, members of Lyons' family and some of his friends began yelling at jurors, court officials said. One person was arrested but charges have not yet been filed.
Lyons, of Warren, will be sentenced after a background check. He could receive a life sentence with possibility of parole after 10 years, court officials said.
Prosecutors said the victim in the case was a 12-year-old girl whom Lyons knew.
Financial aid evening
VIENNA -- The Mathews High School guidance department will conduct a financial aid evening at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 in Room 202 at the high school.
Gina McHenry of Youngstown State University will be the featured speaker and will review applications for federal student aid. An explanation of the different types of financial aid will be reviewed.
Milton Township trustees
LAKE MILTON -- Milton Township trustees will meet in special session at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Milton Town Hall to review the township's general liability insurance policy and deal with unfinished business from their previous meeting, township Clerk Bonnie Spencer announced Friday.
Helping victims of violence
ROOTSTOWN -- In recognition of February as Stop the Violence month, the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Health Promotions Committee is sponsoring a series of brown-bag lunches.
Events, free and open to the public, run from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the following dates in room R146 on campus:
Feb. 5: Susan Wilcox, from Wellness Solutions, discusses the psychology of abuse; Feb. 12: Dr. Sheila Steer and Jen Markowitz of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner unit and the Summa Health System Developing Options for Violent Emergencies program discuss gathering forensic evidence in domestic abuse and sexual assault cases; Feb. 19: Dr. Tammy King, of Youngstown State University's criminal justice department, addresses the process of bringing abusers to justice; and Feb. 25: a representative from the Safer Futures shelter and resource center for abused children and women closes the series.
For further details on Stop the Violence programming, visit www.vday.org.