METRO DIGEST | Juvenile Center to replace fire-safety system

Fire-safety system

COLUMBUS

The state Controlling Board on Monday released $45,000 to replace a fire-safety system at the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center on East Scott Street.

The funds were requested after an annual inspection of the facility’s detention center determined the fire-detection system was not working properly and was too old to be repaired, according to documents. The project will cost $75,000, with the county covering the balance.

Woman knocked out

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating reports of a woman’s being knocked out with a bottle during a fight at a South Side bar.

The 24-year-old woman told police she was at a bar on West Hylda Avenue on Sunday trying to intervene in a fight when she was struck in the face with a beer bottle and knocked unconscious. The woman could not tell police who was responsible for hitting her with the bottle.

The woman was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for stitches.

Women accused of robbing man

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for two women accused of robbing a 43-year-old North Side man after threatening him with a 40-ounce beer bottle.

The man told police he was visiting a friend on Cordova Avenue on Friday when the two women, acquaintances of his, came to the house looking for him. The man said one woman picked up the bottle and they both demanded his possessions. The women went through his pockets taking identification, credit cards and a debit card.

BB-gun report

BOARDMAN

Police are investigating a report of a BB-gun shattering the glass of a vehicle parked at restaurant Caffe Capri Italian Bar & Grille over the weekend.

A 36-year-old Lisbon man told police he went to the restaurant at 8000 Market St. on Saturday, and sometime between 5 and 6 p.m., someone shot out his rear window.

Food giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

Richard Brown United Methodist Church gives food away monthly to residents on the North Side.

During March and April, the church is participating in Alan Shawn Feinstein’s 14th annual $1 million giveaway to fight hunger. Donations can include cash, checks and food items (valued at $1 per item or pound).

Feinstein’s past challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $1 billion for more than 2,000 agencies nationwide. Agencies report donations received during the months of March and April that will go toward the Feinstein challenge. Feinstein will award agencies between $250 and $40,000, and the awards are proportionate to the amount that each agency receives.

Donations can be sent to Richard Brown UMC, 1205 Elm St., Youngstown, OH 44505.