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CASA fundraiser set for Saturday

BOARDMAN

A fund-raising event for the Mahoning County Court- Appointed Special Advocate Program will be from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at The Bounce-A-Round, 6961 Southern Blvd. (next to Home Depot). Preschool to preteen children are invited to participate. A $5 admission covers the use of all inflatable slides and bounces. Parents must stay with their children during the event. CASA volunteers are a voice for abused and neglected children in the county.

Child-sex abuse

NEW CASTLE

Dustin Piatt, 30, of Main Street in Wampum was charged with sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault and corruption of minors Thursday in the abuse of a 4-year-old girl. State police here said the child told them Piatt took photos of her in the nude and touched her inappropriately between January 2009 and July 2010. Piatt was arraigned Thursday and was being held in Lawrence County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.

Session on fracturing

NEWTON FALLS

Newton Township trustees and Concerned Citizens of Portage County are sponsoring a forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Center, 52 E. Quarry St., to inform citizens what they and communities can expect from hydraulic fracturing of natural-gas wells this year. Featured speakers will include Dusty Horwitt of Environmental Working Group, Washington, D.C. , and Plain Township Trustee Lou Giavasis.

Warriors parade

YOUNGSTOWN

Warriors Inc. is seeking participants for its “Unity in the Community” parade at 10 a.m. May 7. For more information, call 330-783-5440 or WendyR.warriors@rrbiznet.com.