More inmates for prison

More inmates for prison

YOUNGSTOWN — The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a private prison on the city’s East Side, expects to increase its inmate population by 240. The city’s board of control granted permission to the Correctional Corporation of America, the Nashville-based company that operates the prison, to increase the number of federal detainees from 2,016 to 2,256. CCA must get the city’s permission to add prisoners under a contract between the two entities.

Donations not being sought

BOARDMAN — Boardman Professional Firefighters Union Local 1176 is not soliciting monetary donations to benefit laid-off firefighters through its union membership or any outside agency.

The union has been made aware that township residents have received calls for donations to assist firefighters who may be laid off due to budget shortfalls. Anyone receiving such a call should contact township police at (330) 726-4144.

Foreclosure meetings

Two meetings are scheduled to help those facing foreclosure. The Trumbull County Save Our Homes Task Force will have an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at W.D. Packard Music Hall on Mahoning Avenue, Warren.

County Treasurer Sam Lamancusa and Michael Robinson of his staff will discuss tax payment programs. Also, Terry Stauffer of Huntington Bank will speak about individual development accounts.

A Borrower Outreach Day will be from 2 to 7 p.m. March 7 at the Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown.

People can receive loan counseling and meet privately with service providers. There will also be workshops on refinancing, short sales and foreclosure prevention.

Fire destroys vacant house

YOUNGSTOWN — A deliberately set fire at 94 E. Marion Ave. had fully engulfed the vacant house when firefighters arrived at 1:20 p.m. Sunday. For safety reasons, the three-story South Side house was allowed to burn down. Damage was set at $20,000, a total loss.

Donations for family

COLUMBIANA — Jerusalem Lutheran Church, 415 S. Main St., has established a fund to receive donations for the Kevin Smith family, whose home was left uninhabitable after a fire Feb. 16. Donations may be made at any Huntington Bank to the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Smith Family Benefit Account. For more information, contact the church at (330) 482-2136.

Tifffany’s still open

BOARDMAN—Although Club South closed last week, Tiffany’s Bar & Grille, a restaurant/bar inside the health club on Tiffany Boulevard, remains open.

Gross sexual imposition

WARREN — A 29-year-old Liberty Township man pleaded guilty Monday to gross sexual imposition involving a 2-year-old girl. Salvatore Auriemma of Murray Hill Drive pleaded to the reduced charge before Judge John M. Stuard of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. He was indicted on a charge of rape, which would have carried a sentence of life in prison. He faces probation to a five-year jail term on the reduced charge. Judge Stuard ordered a pre-sentence investigation report. Diane Barber, an assistant county prosecutor, said Auriemma was the husband of the child’s baby sitter when he touched her genitalia Jan. 9, 2006, while in his home.