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I-680 down to 1 lane

YOUNGSTOWN

Interstate 680 southbound will be reduced to one lane for pothole patching today. The area between South Avenue and Midlothian Boulevard will have a lane reduction from about 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Howland tree pickup

HOWLAND

Howland Township will pick up Christmas trees curbside for recycling Monday through Jan. 14. Township residents are urged to remove ornaments and trimmings.

Township residents may also drop off trees from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Jan. 14 at the Public Works Department, 3600 North River Road.

Call 330-856-4037 for more information.

Boy bolts, is found

LISBON

A teenage boy who bolted about 11 a.m. Tuesday after a sentencing hearing in Columbiana County Juvenile Court left his synthetic institutional shoes behind and was found several hours later walking in his socks on state Route 45 southeast of the village. He was found around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Denise Herron-Weingart, an assistant Columbiana County prosecutor, said the youth had been brought back to Columbiana County for a hearing. The youth had been charged with striking a staff worker and a deputy sheriff at a youth detention facility in Canton that is part of the six-county Multi-County Juvenile Attention System that includes Columbiana County. The original charge against him was not disclosed. The youth was ordered to be returned to the Canton facility. He will face a third-degree felony charge of escape.

Boehner swearing-in

WEST CHESTER

Proud supporters from southwest Ohio will head to Washington next week for the swearing-in of U.S. House Speaker-elect John Boehner.

The Republican congressman’s office says he wants to have family, friends and the other people who have knocked on doors and made phone calls for him over the years to be there for his big moment.

People plan to travel by bus, plane or in their own cars for the Jan. 5 event in the House chamber. There’s also a Washington reception the night before, and party plans are being made for after the ceremony.

Trustee David Kern of Liberty Township in Butler County in southwestern Ohio told the Hamilton Journal News that he and his wife are excited about celebrating Boehner’s accomplishment. Kern calls it a source of great pride for the home district.

Young scholars

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio State University Young Scholars Program of Youngstown will be accepting nominations of Youngstown sixth-grade students beginning next Wednesday.

The program identifies and serves hundreds of academically talented first-generation college students from economically challenged backgrounds to enhance their development.