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Criminal damaging

BOARDMAN

A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after he fired a starter gun in his apartment complex.

Stefan Augustyn Fiotowski is charged with inducing panic, vandalism and criminal damaging. Police said when they arrived at the Boulevard Club apartment complex, 7053 West Blvd., they heard a gunshot and screaming. Fiotowski came outside and told police that he was firing blanks, according to reports.

Fiotowski told officers that he and his wife had been arguing and that he fired the starter gun in the hallway, broke glass in the building and damaged an apartment door, reports stated.

Police said the gun they recovered was incapable of firing live rounds, and the rounds that were discharged were blanks. Fiotowski was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Fatal fire probed

GREEN

Ohio State Fire Marshal’s investigators continue to probe the cause of a Tuesday morning fire at 8129 West Road, in Green Township near Salem, in which a 67-year-old man died.

Dr. Joseph Ohr of the Mahoning County coroner’s office said the man was identified as Richard Yarwood of Green Township. Dr. Ohr said Yarwood died of smoke inhalation. There was no sign of trauma or anything suspicious, he added.

The fire marshal’s office said the blaze began at 3:23 a.m. in a multifamily dwelling that had six units, four of them occupied. Occupants in the other units were able to escape without injury.

Newport group

Youngstown

Andrew Wilson, community outreach specialist for Lien Forward Ohio, and another specialist will speak regarding neighborhood security at the Newport Neighborhood Associate monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at Martin Luther Lutheran Church, 420 Clearmont Drive.

Association officers will address issues, new community service, safety, current and future events. The public is invited.

Food program

WARREN

The Shepherd of All God’s Children Day Care Center, 1628 Niles Road, is participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s child- and adult-care food program.

Meals are available to all enrolled participants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. For more information, contact Kim Clinkscale at 330-369-2454.

Light Up Night

new castle, pa.

The city’s annual Light Up Night and Parade is tonight.

Pre-parade activities begin at 5:30 p.m., including cookies and hot chocolate at the New Castle Public Library until 8 p.m.

Vendors will be selling food.

Entertainment on Kennedy Square begins at 6 p.m. The tree-lighting ceremony begins at 6:45 p.m. on the square.

At Zambelli Park, United Methodist Village will offer free refreshments.

The parade lineup starts at 6 p.m. on the Columbus Innerbelt. The parade begins at 7 at Washington Street and the innerbelt. The parade route is Washington to East Street to North Street and back to the innerbelt.

Fireworks will be set off right after the parade.