METRO DIGEST | Robotics team wins

Robotics team wins

WARREN

The Warren G. Harding robotics team, Team 48 Delphi ELITE, won first place in the Smoky Mountain regional robotics competition in Knoxville, Tenn., over the weekend, meaning it has qualified for the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, April 27-30.

Team 48 finished with an 8-2-0 record and the No. 3 seed out of 50 teams. Team 48 has an offensive-power rating of 55.9, which ranks it 18th out of 1,799 teams worldwide. The team will compete in one more regional competition in Raleigh, N.C., this weekend.

Recycling site

CHAMPION

The Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District has a new recycling drop-off site at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center, 528 Educational Highway.

The site is open during daylight hours seven days a week. Materials accepted in the green containers are glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans and foil, steel food cans and plastics with a number 1 through 7 symbol on or near the bottom. A container also is available for newspapers, magazines, junk mail and office papers.

Assault charges

BOARDMAN

An 18-year-old township woman accused of stabbing her 16-year-old sister in the thigh with a screwdriver will appear in court this morning. Police arrested Jacquelyne D. Lewis around 1 a.m. Saturday after receiving a call to an Erskine Avenue residence for a fight between two sisters, according to reports.

Police said the two sisters had a verbal fight over who was going to use the computer, and then they started pushing each other. The 16-year-old said that Lewis drove the screwdriver several inches into her leg, and police found the screwdriver, reports state. Lewis was charged with domestic violence and felonious assault.

Training set for nonprofit groups

WARREN

The Warren Strengthening Community Project has five training sessions for nonprofit organizations during April. For more information or to register, visit www.warrenstrengtheningcommunity.com or call 330-549-0082. Pre-registration is required. All training sessions are at Kent State University Trumbull Campus. The training sessions are: Technology Tools, today, 9 a.m. to noon; Social Networking as a Means of Fundraising, next Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon; First Steps to Proposal Development, April 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Grant Writing Lab-Donor Solicitation Letter, April 19, 1 to 4 p.m.; Asset Based Community Development, April 29, 1 to 4 p.m.