Weapon charge

Weapon charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police charged a 12-year-old city girl with conveyance of a deadly weapon onto school property after a teacher at East Middle School discovered a loaded handgun in the girl's purse. Police were called to the school about 11:45 a.m. Friday after Jaquaida J. Hudson of McGuffey Road gave her purse to her teacher and told her that she brought a gun to school to hurt herself. Police said the girl's purse contained a black .38-caliber Smith & amp; Wesson loaded with five rounds.
Brookfield firehouse
BROOKFIELD -- Township trustees and firefighters will have an open house of the township's second fire station. The opening will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the two-bay station at Addison Route and state Route 82. Fire Chief Keith E. Barrett said the station was constructed as the result of a two-mill levy approved by voters in 2002 that brought in $350,000 and because the land was donated by Joe Kerola, owner of P.I. & amp; I Motor Express of Brookfield. The general contractor was Vendrik Construction Co. of Brookfield. Barrett said the new facility was built to maintain the current cost of homeowners insurance. The department has 35 full- and part-time firefighters. The other station was constructed about eight years ago on state Route 7, north of the square.
Culvert replacement
CHAMPION -- Ohio Department of Transportation will work on state Route 305 east of Oak Hill Drive for an emergency culvert replacement. That section of Route 305 will be closed from Monday until Nov. 1.
Planning panel to meet
HUBBARD -- The city planning and zoning commission will have a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers in the municipal building. On the agenda will be an item on whether to approve the plan that creates a new lot split at property located on the north side of Myron Street. All interested parties are urged to attend.
Charged in tax fraud
YOUNGSTOWN -- A former Youngstown woman pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to willfully and intentionally submitting false tax returns to the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service said Gail L. Black, an inmate at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, was charged in September with presenting 26 claims to the IRS by preparing or causing to be prepared and electronically filing 26 tax returns that claim false refunds. Black admitted she created fraudulent IRS W-2 forms with false wage and withholding amounts to maximize an earned income credit for the 26 returns. The returns falsely claimed a $104,865 tax refund. Her sentencing date has not been set.
Penguins on display
NILES -- It's the final chance to see the penguins in one place. All 30 of the 7-foot tall fiberglass Emperor penguins from the Penguins on Parade collection of Youngstown State University are on display now through Oct. 27 in the gazebo area of the Eastwood Mall in Niles. It's the last time the penguins can be viewed in a collection, since they will be auctioned off Oct. 29 at Powers Auditorium in downtown Youngstown.
Democrats to meet
POLAND -- The public is invited when the Democrats of the 17th and 6th Districts, a local political organization, meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Poland Community Baseball Association hall on Sheridan Road. The group plans to discuss the indictments of deputies in the Mahoning County Sheriff's Department, and the Nov. 2 election.
Joint flu clinic
WARREN -- The national flu vaccine shortage has prompted local health departments to change who will be eligible for a shot at a joint clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 at St. Demetrios Community Center. Under the new guidelines, only those age 65 or older, or 18 and older with a chronic illness may receive the vaccine. The clinic is intended to test health departments' preparedness to respond to an emergency. Niles, Warren, Girard and Trumbull County health departments are participating.
Cable poetry program
YOUNGSTOWN -- A poetry program by Tom Gilmartin Sr. will be shown at 4 p.m. today and on subsequent Saturdays on Time Warner Cable Channel 9. Gilmartin also has hosted poetry shows on local radio.