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YOUNGSTOWN

West Boardman Street between South Hazel and South Phelps streets will be closed to vehicular traffic today to allow the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority to do exterior work to Amedia Plaza. Detours will be posted.

Justice walk is today

YOUNGSTOWN

The group Women Against Violence Emerge will have a “Prayer for Peace and Justice Walk” at 1:30 p.m. today. The walk will start at the corner of Midlothian Boulevard and Market Street on the city’s South Side and proceed east on Midlothian to Rush Boulevard.

Youngstown police will lead the walk, and parking is available at the Newport Library on the corner of Market Street and Midlothian.

Hubbard drug arrest

Hubbard

Township police arrested a 48-year-old man after police alleged he sold crack cocaine twice to an undercover policeman, according to a release.

Police say John Jarmon, 2939 Edgar Ave., Youngstown, sold 1.5 grams of the drug to the police officer and charged him with two felony counts of drug trafficking and drug possession. He was arrested Thursday. Jarmon is in Trumbull County Jail on a $32,500 bond.

Free meals today

Youngstown

Food 4 Your Soul, 2614 Glenwood Ave., formerly Mr. Paul’s Bakery, will give away free hot meals today from noon until gone.

Pedestrians injured

WARREN

Two pedestrians were taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries they received when they were hit by a car as they tried to cross East Market Street near Vine Street Northeast at 11:42 a.m. Friday.

Police say Alvin R. Horne, 66, of Lyntz Road in Lordstown, was attempting to turn west from Vine onto East Market Street and checked for westbound cars but did not see the two pedestrians crossing Market Street.

The two pedestrians failed to yield to Horne’s vehicle, which caused the accident, police said. No citations were issued for any of the three.

The pedestrians were Bertsel J. Ramsey, 53, and Larissa A. Patino, 40, both of 200 Washington St. NE. By 6 p.m., Ramsey had been admitted to a room, but the hospital had no record of Patino.

Valley food pantry gets set for challenge

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The Youngstown/Mahoning District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry again will participate in the Alan Shawn Feinstein 15th annual $1 million giveaway to fight hunger.

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 include cash, checks and food items, which are valued at $1 per item or pound.

Feinstein’s past 14 annual $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $1.25 billion for more than 2,000 agencies nationwide.

Donations by check may be sent to St. Vincent de Paul Pantry, P.O. Box 224, Youngstown, Ohio 44501-0224. For information, call Sister Millie Ely, pantry manager, 330-746-1128.