Nominees sought

Nominees sought

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The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance is accepting nominations for the Rev. Elizabeth Powell Heritage Award.

The candidate or organization submitted should fit any of the following criteria: champion of humans rights/dignity, work for the betterment of the Mahoning Valley, advocate for social justice, a selfless act of denial or promoter of community empowerment.

Past recipients are the H.H. Pincham family, Joel Imler and the Rev. Lonnie K. A. Simon.

Name and information supporting the nomination may be submitted by email to lwjacii@aol. For information, call the Rev. Dr. Lewis Macklin, pastor of Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, at 330-788-1696.

The award will be presented at the annual Emancipation Proclamation Services on Jan. 2 at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 1210 Himrod Ave.

Have a complaint?

YOUNGSTOWN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s mobile-outreach center will visit the Youngstown unit of the NAACP for the last time this year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday to accept complaints of employment discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 and older), disability or retaliation.

The EEOC considers retaliation the firing of a worker who complained about job discrimination, gave evidence in a job-discrimination matter or filed a charge of job discrimination with the commission.

To schedule an appointment, call 330-782-9777 or email naacpyoungstown@yahoo.com.

The local unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is located in Suite 721 in the PNC Bank Building at Wick Avenue and Commerce Street in downtown Youngstown.

Home Depot robbery

BOARDMAN

Police arrested one woman and were still searching Saturday night for a man in an afternoon robbery.

Police said a man was caught shoplifting about 1 p.m. from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd., and fought with a security guard before leaving the store and entering a getaway car driven by a woman. The car was involved with a hit-skip accident near Southern Boulevard and Meadowbrook Avenue, police said.

Police charged the driver, Brittany Bachani, 21, with complicity to robbery. She was arrested near Earle Avenue in Youngstown. Officers continue to look for the male suspect.

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