Mill Creek road closings

Mill Creek road closings

YOUNGSTOWN — The following drives in Mill Creek MetroParks will be closed between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday for the Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency’s annual Walk-a-thon: Bears Den, Cross, New Cross and West Park. Access to the Judge Morley Pavilion, Bears Den Cabin and the Lily Pond will be restored after 1 p.m. For more information, call (330) 740-7126.

Academy vandalized

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are looking for the group responsible for breaking into an East Side school and causing extensive damage early Thursday. According to police, a security guard for the Youngstown Academy of Excellence on Rigby Street called police after 1 a.m. when he heard noises in the school and saw five men running from the building. Officers found the first-floor hall covered in fire-extinguisher fluid, the school office and classrooms ransacked, electrical equipment damaged and many broken windows. Entry to the building is believed to have been gained through an unlocked window.

Unity in the Community

YOUNGSTOWN — Warriors Inc. invites area residents to attend its fifth Unity in the Community Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday. The parade will start at Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard and move north to end at the H.O.P.E Building at 2733 Market St. After the parade, Warriors Inc. will host a community information day at 11:30 a.m. at Mahoning County South Side Annex building parking lot, 2801 Market St. in The Uptown. The event will provide information about health care. There will be live entertainment, dancing and activities for children. For more information call (330) 783-5440.

Federal funds for TMH

WARREN — Trumbull Memorial Hospital received $171,000 in federal funds, which will be used to update its magnetic resonance imaging department. A check for the money is to be presented to TMH today by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th. Hospital officials said the money will be used to replace the magnet in the MRI unit, to upgrade software and purchase other equipment for the department. They said the new software will enable faster scans and pictures of higher resolution.

Beating of woman probed

WARREN — Police are investigating a beating suffered by a 29-year-old woman living in the Hampshire House apartments Wednesday afternoon at the hands of several other women. The woman told police her ex-boyfriend came to the apartment at Fifth Street Southwest and got angry when he saw another man there. The man bit her on the neck and left, saying he was going to “send some people over” to the apartment. Three females showed up about 15 minutes later, about 2:50 p.m., broke into the apartment through a locked door, and one of the women kicked the resident in the face as she was sitting on the couch. The attacker then kicked the victim several more times in the face, knocking out a tooth and causing other injuries, police said. Four other unidentified women entered the apartment, and the victim’s head was knocked through a wall. The victim was advised to go to the hospital because she was spitting up blood. Police did not file any charges.

Sentenced for drugs

PITTSBURGH — A Sharon, Pa., man has been sentenced in federal court on convictions of possessing and distributing cocaine. U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said Andrew Lee Smith, also known as Drew Bone, was sentenced to 57 months in prison. Smith, 44, of Baldwin Avenue, distributed and possessed with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack, Buchanan said. The FBI, Pennsylvania State Police, the Sharon Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service assisted in the investigation that led to Smith’s conviction, she said.