Wife arrested in beating

Wife arrested in beating
CANFIELD -- Police arrested a North Broad Street woman this morning after her husband reported that she beat him at their apartment. Police charged Christine Kellar, 39, with domestic violence. Her husband told police that he and Kellar had been having marital problems and that she had not been staying at the apartment this week. Reports state that about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Kellar came to the apartment with two men to pick up some of her belongings. The men waited outside the locked apartment door. Her husband said when he tried to escort Kellar out of the apartment, she yelled, and the two men kicked in the door. The men then held the husband down as Kellar beat him, reports state. The husband told police that the men released him after several minutes, but ordered him to stay on the ground while they ate waffles. They left after about an hour, the husband said.
Liberty zoning
LIBERTY -- The township zoning commission is recommending to township trustees that 90 acres off state Route 304 not be rezoned for industry. Instead, the commission recommended Wednesday that 60 acres be rezoned from residential to commercial, and 30 acres remain residential. James Rodway, township zoning inspector, said the 30 acres that will remain residential if trustees approve are adjacent to a residential development. There will also be an additional 100-foot buffer, on which nothing can be constructed. Builder Robert Walley of Liberty had told the commission he doesn't have any plans for the property. Homeowners along the adjacent housing development had vigorously opposed the requested change.
Shooting victim ID'd
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 16-year-old boy found shot to death late Tuesday in the driveway of a house at 1524 Josephine St. has been identified as Eric Martinez of Jackson Street.
Mahoning County Coroner David M. Kennedy ruled the death a homicide.
At 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, police were sent back to the crime scene to check out reports of gunshots.
Officers found 26 9-mm casings and two .45-caliber casings in the roadway and damage to the living room window that hadn't been there the night of the homicide.
Earlier Wednesday, at 6:40 p.m., a cousin of Martinez's reported to police that shots were fired at his home on Jackson Street from a car.
Dewaylyn Colvin, 22, of Nelson Street was in stable condition today in St. Elizabeth Health Center, recovering from gunshot wounds.
Police said the two shootings are related.
Shooting damages car
CAMPBELL -- Police are investigating a shooting that damaged the rear passenger door and rear bumper of a Reynolds, Ohio, man's car as he drove along a city street. According to the report, the 22-year-old man told police that he was driving east on Murray Avenue near Jean Street just before midnight Tuesday when a city man he recognized aimed a gun at his 1997 Buick Century and began shooting. After surveying the damage, the Reynolds man reported the shooting to police early Wednesday.
Convocation center
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Convocation Center will host its inaugural sales expo at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Youngstown Club on Commerce Street.
Rick Kozuback, chief executive officer of Global Entertainment Corp., will update the progress of construction of the 5,500-seat, $41 million arena. The city hired Global to develop and manage the arena.
Wayne Davis, president of Global Entertainment Marketing Systems, will discuss prices of arena sponsorships, luxury suites, club seats and season tickets.
Sponsorships and premium seats will be available for purchase at the meeting. A 25-percent deposit is required on all purchases.
YSU Alumni of the Month
YOUNGSTOWN -- Martin K. Gaudiose, chief of treatment and recovery services at the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, was named Youngstown State University's Alumni of the Month for July. Gaudiose, former chief executive officer of Meridian Services in Youngstown, received a bachelor of science degree in corrections and a master of science degree in guidance and counseling from YSU. Gaudiose and his wife, Patricia, have two daughters, Lindsay and Kristy.