Firefighters dinner

Firefighters dinner

YOUNGSTOWN

The 24th annual Youngstown Professional Firefighters Retirement and Awards Dinner will be at 8 tonight at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church hall, 343 Via Mount Carmel.

John Moore, 2010 retiree, will be honored. Eleven members will receive 25-year service-award pins.

There will be a civilian award and proclamation to Dominic Koulianos for his actions to save a man from a fire. Several firefighters will be honored for their efforts during two separate occupied-structure fires.

DUI, assault plea

WARREN

Zeboney Owens, 24, of Highland Avenue Southwest, has pleaded innocent to drunken driving and three counts of felonious assault. She is accused of driving her car into a crowd of people at the Glass House Bar, 2880 W. Market St., early Thursday.

Police were called to the bar at 1:55 a.m. and learned that a driver had injured three people by hitting them with her car. Two of the injured were taken to St. Joseph Health Center for treatment, and a third refused treatment.

Owens remained in Trumbull County Jail late Thursday afternoon on a $5,000 bond.

Attempted theft

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A resident of the 500 block of Dearborn Avenue told police that a man claiming to be from East Ohio Gas Co. came to his house to read the meter.

The resident said he was expecting someone from the gas company, so he let the man into his house. The home-owner noticed there were two other men in a van that the man had driven.

While the homeowner and man were in the basement, the other men entered the house and rifled through drawers. The resident reported that he could find nothing missing. The men may have been looking for money but didn’t find any.

Black History festival

WARREN

The 6th Ward Community Coalition will have its second annual Black History Month festival from noon until 5 p.m. Saturday at Christ Our King Church, 1000 Tod Ave. SW.

Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams will deliver the keynote speech at 2 p.m. The event is free. There will be singing, storytelling and discussions on the Underground Railroad, the seven principles of Kwanzaa, black-American firsts in the Mahoning Valley and a black-history trivia contest.

Director hired

SALEM

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson of Poland, R-6th, hired David Locke, Marietta’s auditor, as his district director. Locke will manage Johnson’s offices in the 12-county 6th District. The offices are in Marietta, Salem and Ironton. Locke will focus on assisting constituents and advocating for citizens with the federal government, Johnson said.

Blood drive canceled

Grove City, Pa.

The Saturday blood drive scheduled at Grove City College, Physical Learning Building, 100 Campus Drive, is canceled.