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Puppies rescued

youngstown

Twelve pitbull-mix puppies were removed by humane agents from Animal Charity after police, housing inspectors and the Mahoning County dog warden were called to 355 Bessemer St., one side of a duplex, around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. There, they were overwhelmed by the smell of spoiled food and dog feces. They found filthy clothing and toys on the floor mixed with urine and feces. Dog food also was scattered on the floor. Courtney Hennon, 22, received a summons for noxious offensive odors. Police said Hennon’s child lives with a grandparent elsewhere.

Community Cup opens

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino serves as chairman for the 2010 Community Cup. He will start this year’s opening ceremonies by lighting the torch at 6 p.m. today at the downtown YMCA, 17 N. Champion St.

The Community Cup is the YMCA’s annual athletic and fitness competition for local businesses and organizations. Groups compete against one another in several events to promote health and fitness.

Sciortino has been a YMCA member since 1995 and has sponsored a Community Cup team the past three years.

Pershing Street work

SALEM

City officials Thursday officially began work on a road extension that will help eliminate traffic jams on the east side of town.

The program is expected to cost $749,450, according to Steve Andres, the city’s safety-service director.

The funding includes city and state funding. The project will add 1,033 feet to East Pershing Street, eastward from its dead end. The work will connect East Pershing, which runs east and west, to Butcher Road.

Butcher Road intersects with South Cunningham Road, which runs north and south and intersects East State Street and Cunningham Road.

Andres said that the road bed will be laid out and given a covering of asphalt. The road will be recovered again in the spring.

Free food today

Youngstown

Friends House Chapel, 192 Haseltine Ave., will have food available from 11 a.m. to noon today for ZIP code areas 44505 and 44506. Recipients should bring their own containers.

Perretti hearing set

NEW CASTLE, PA.

A New Castle man has a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Lawrence County District Court here on charges of theft and receiving stolen property.

According to a police report, Neshannock Township officers were sent to a residence on Old Pulaski Road at 7:50 p.m. Monday night to investigate a theft call. When officers arrived, they were told that Christopher Perretti II, no age given, of Lathrop Street had taken a 40-inch flat-screen TV from the home.

Officers arrested Perretti a short time later. He was arraigned earlier this week before District Judge Scott McGrath.

Bounty hunter arrest

youngstown

Kevon M. Williams, 19, of the 2300 block of Ohio Avenue, is in Mahoning County jail after being arrested for trafficking in drugs and felonious assault after an incident around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Bounty hunters looking for Williams, who had skipped out on a bond, called police for assistance. Bounty hunters had contacted Williams about buying a Mercedes, and they met in the vicinity of Albert Street and McGuffey Road on the city’s East Side. Williams assaulted one of the bounty hunters, police said. Police found three large bags of marijuana, about 1 ounce each, in Williams’ car and four suspected Altrum pills. Police found that Williams had other charges through Youngstown Municipal Court.