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Popeye’s robbery

AUSTINTOWN

Police are looking for the man who robbed the Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits on Mahoning Avenue.

The robber entered the restaurant at 6073 Mahoning Ave. around 9 a.m. Tuesday. He was described as a light-skinned black male in his 20s, of medium build and about 6 feet tall. Police said it is unknown how much money was taken.

Teen reports beating

WARREN

A 13-year-old southwest Warren boy was hit in the chest by a man wielding a baseball bat on Highland Avenue on Monday night, he told police.

The boy said he was with his sisters, 12 and 15, looking for the family’s dog at about 8:30 p.m. when a man he didn’t know about 20 to 25 years old swung the bat at him.

The boy fell to the ground after being struck, but he and his sisters returned home, where their mother took the boy to the hospital. There, he was treated in the emergency room, but police said they didn’t know the extent of his injuries.

Trumbull Memorial Hospital said the boy was no longer being treated in the emergency room as of Tuesday afternoon.

Too old for DUI test?

PULASKI, Pa.

(AP) An Ohio woman’s DUI charge was tossed out by a Lawrence County, Pa., judge who says the woman was too old to submit to a field sobriety test she failed after being involved in a collision last year.

Lawrence County Common Pleas Judge Dominick Motto last month dismissed the charges against 60-year-old Danniel Weaver, of Youngstown.

WTAE TV reported Weaver had just been involved in a crash in Pulaski Township in February 2010 when she was asked to perform four field sobriety tests. Weaver, then 59, passed three tests but failed one that required her to stand on one leg.

The station reported the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t recommend the one-leg test for motorists 60 or older. The judge said Weaver’s age plus the recent crash made the test unreasonable.

Struthers dinner

STRUTHERS

The Struthers Foundation for Educational Excellence 2011 Hall of Fame Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. April 28 at The Embassy, 5030 Youngstown-Poland Road.

At this event, the foundation will honor two former Struthers teachers, Judge James R. Lanzo and the late Doris Lancy. Ron Iarussi, superintendent of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center, will be the keynote speaker and the Struthers High School Jazz Band will provide entertainment.

Tickets will be available at the Struthers Board of Education office until Friday for $35. For tickets, see Michael Evanson or contact Sandra Stiles, foundation secretary at Sandra.Stiles@strutherscityschools.org, or by telephone at 330-503-7455. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Cleaning up Liberty

LIBERTY

The annual roadside litter cleanup in the township is scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. April 30 and May 1 as part of the Great American Cleanup.

The township and Trumbull-Geauga Solid Waste District are participating.

Residents and businesses are asked to commit time to litter pickup on their properties and streets.

To report areas with litter problems or to volunteer for the cleanup, call 330-759-1315 ext. 110. The township also has an aluminum can recycling project at the township administration building, 1315 Church Hill-Hubbard Road.

Legacy board meets

YOUNGSTOWN

Legacy Academy for Leaders and the Arts board of directors will have their meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at 1812 Oak Hill Ave.