Teenage mentors make a difference

Teenage mentors
make a difference

kWARREN G. HARDING High School students have become mentors to 80 at-risk pupils at Jefferson 3-5 School. On Tuesday, the mentors, including Ciera Butts, above, served as instructors for the Health Museum of Cleveland’s “10 Super Healthy Student Stations.”

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Not running again

kWITH A first-degree misdemeanor charge hanging over his head, Colum-biana County Sheriff David Smith has opted not to seek re-election.

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Charge dismissed

kA CHARGE has been dismissed against a girl who was to go on trial in last May’s fire at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.

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FOOD

On to the Bake-Off

kSCOTT HATFIELD, a software developer at Grove City College, will be competing for a $1 million prize during the Pillsbury Bake-Off in Dallas.

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BUSINESS

A new, shiny Apple

kAPPLE INC. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off a super-slim new laptop at Macworld on Tuesday, unveiling a personal computer less than an inch thick that turns on the moment it’s opened.

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NATION

Baby boomlet

kBUCKING THE trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years.

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