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Probate-issues seminar at Youngstown church

YOUNGSTOWN — The Janie Wright Mission of Union Baptist Church, 528 Lincoln Ave., will present a free two-part seminar from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 22 on probate issues and pre-planning funerals.

Judge Mark Belinky of Mahoning County Probate Court will speak on the function and legal matters handled by the court. James Boyd of Sibley Funeral Home will speak on pre-planning funerals.

Registration is requested by Thursday; call the church at (330) 746-1217.

Coitsville Harvest Fest

COITSVILLE — The township will have its sixth annual Harvest Fest from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday on the town hall grounds.

Activities will include games, hayrides, face painting, food, rides, a Chinese auction and more. A classic car show will start at 1:30 p.m. There also will be a dog show and live music.

Admission to the event is free. Proceeds from activities benefit the Coitsville police and fire departments.

For more information or to donate baked goods and auction items, contact Wendy Olson at (330) 536-6420.

Religious-emblem program

CANFIELD — The Pope Pius XII Religious Emblem program will be offered at St. Michael Parish, 330 N. Broad St., beginning Sunday and continuing through November. Sessions will run from 1 to 3 p.m.

The instructors will be the Rev. Terry Hazel and Bill Riley. All high school Boy Scouts are welcome to attend and earn the emblem.

For more information and the complete schedule, call Father Hazel at (330) 533-6839.

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Rendell, lawmakers to review budget proposal

HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell summoned high-ranking state lawmakers to his official residence in Harrisburg on Sunday night to address his criticisms of a tentative $28 billion state budget deal that he has threatened to veto.

The meeting comes two days after three of the Capitol’s four caucuses announced an agreement in principle to end a 21‚Ñ2-month-old budget impasse. But Rendell and House Republicans have announced their opposition, raising doubts about whether the plan will be enacted without revisions.

House Republicans consider the overall spending level to be too high and oppose the higher taxes it entails.

Body found in pickup

CALIFORNIA — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say divers searching for a car that had slipped into the Monongahela River came across a pickup truck containing a badly decomposed body.

Police in Washington County say the car belonging to a California University of Pennsylvania student taking water samples veered into the river Saturday morning.

The dive team found the car, but they also found the truck containing the body. Officials say they cannot tell the race or sex of the person inside because of the condition of the remains, but they believe the truck may have been there for four years.

Suspect found dead in cell

UNIONTOWN — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man charged with robbing four golfers on a putting green was found hanging in his cell.

Fayette County Prison Warden Larry Medlock says 25-year-old Cade Stevens, of Dawson, was found hanging from the cell bars shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday. Medlock says he had used bed sheets to hang himself. State police in Uniontown are investigating.

Staff/wire reports