Heat kills concert

Heat kills concert

NORTH LIMA

Extreme heat has caused the cancellation of today’s Music in the Park concert at Beaver Township’s Woodworth Park, said park administrator Scott Conway.

Gas-lease program

CANFIELD

A land owners’ informational program on oil and gas leasing in Ohio will be at 7:30 p.m. today at McMahon Hall, Mill Creek Metro Parks Farm, 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road.

There has been an intense activity of oil and gas leasing and energy development in eastern Ohio due to the Marcellus Shale formation. The program will give land owners detailed information on questions to ask and language to consider when evaluating lease proposals.

Dale Arnold, director of energy services, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, will present the program. Reservations are requested by contacting the Mahoning County Farm Bureau at 330-533-5553 or mahfb@cboss.com.

Howland house fire

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A fire damaged the kitchen of a township home, the Howland Fire Department reported. The fire happened at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1960 Stillwagon Road Southeast, Mahoning County’s emergency dispatch center reported.

The fire was caused by a cooking mishap, the department said. There were no injuries.

Shots fired in city

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating shots fired Sunday into occupied homes on the East and South sides.

Police arrived at a South Jackson Street home at 6:30 p.m. in reference to a shot fired. According to reports, upon arrival, the home’s resident told police she was upstairs in a bedroom when she heard a noise that sounded like fireworks.

She told police she noticed wood from her bedroom door on the floor in the hallway and a hole in the home’s window.

Reports also indicate a shot fired two hours later at a Rush Boulevard home on the South Side.

According to reports, police found a .45-caliber slug lodged between a kitchen storm door and a wooden door.

3,000 flags in Hubbard

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Hubbard streets looked patriotic for the Fourth of July as some 3,000 small American flags were placed in yards in the community. Rich Suchovcky, an agent with Burgan Real Estate, and John Burgan, co-owner, coordinate the activity.

This is the fourth year for the flags to fly in Hubbard and the 16th year overall for the project initiated by Karen Ament, an agent with Burgan. Flags also were placed in Austintown, Boardman, Canfield and Liberty.

The 40-member youth group of Covenant Life Fellowship distributed the flags. In turn, the Burgan company makes a monetary donation to the Speed of Light mission project that the youth group supports.

Suchovcky, a lifelong city resident, said the project “gives back to community, which has been so supportive of Burgan.”

Art event in Niles

NILES

The Art Outreach Gallery at the Eastwood Mall will host an artist reception and artist walk and talk from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The gallery is featuring more than 100 pieces of artwork by students of Kathy Young, art instructor from Music Lessons for Us All in Poland. The show runs through Aug.1.

Salem Reese, Justin Reese, Valerie Renee Nichols, Ben Belgrad, Nikki Mehle, Halley Snow and Jessica Grizinski are exhibiting some of their most recent work. Most of the artwork is for sale.