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Man found dead on bridge identified

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the man who died on the Rayen Avenue Bridge on Wednesday, but police are still investigating how the death occurred.

Johnny Serrano, 30, of Austintown, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:05 p.m. accident on the bridge near Oak Street. He died from blunt force injuries to the head, the coroner said.

Youngstown police say Serrano was a passenger in a vehicle on the bridge that was involved in the accident, but they’re not sure how he ended up outside of the car. Police have taken the car to use in the investigation.

3 Kings Celebration

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Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana, a nonprofit organization striving to improve the quality of life for Hispanics and others, will sponsor a Three Kings Celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in OCCHA Hall, 3660 Shirley Road.

The event commemorates the biblical story of the three kings who followed the star to Bethlehem to find baby Jesus. For Latinos, the Epiphany or El Dia de los Reyes, is a holiday focusing on children, who receive gifts symbolizing those given to Jesus.

The event is sponsored in part by Latin American Motorcycle Association, foundations and donations.

Commander installed

NILES

Army Capt. Myles A. Frohling assumed command of the Army Warren Recruiting Co. in a ceremony Wednesday at Eastwood Mall. Frohling, a native of Plattsmouth, Neb., enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1993 but soon transferred to the regular Army. He graduated with a bachelor of applied science degree in resource management from Troy University and was commissioned a field artillery officer from the Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning, Ga., in June 2006.

He has been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom numerous times both as a noncommissioned and commissioned officer.

The Warren Recruiting Co. headquarters is at 5555 Youngstown-Warren Road, Suite 2680, Niles. Besides the Niles office, the company has five other recruiting stations in Alliance, Boardman, Calcutta, Kent and Warren.

Robotics contest

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Several Mahoning Valley high schools will compete this weekend in the FIRST Robotics Competition at Cuyahoga Community College, Unified Technologies Center.

Teams from Girard High; Youngstown Chaney Science, Technology, Engineering and Math school; and Youngstown Early College Robotics will compete in the contest.

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, will air nationwide on NASA Television from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H.

Railroad flea market

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Youngstown Model Railroad Association will sponsor flea markets from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday and March 11 in McMenamy’s Banquet Hall, 325 Youngstown-Warren Road.

Donation is $5 per person, and those younger than 12 will be admitted free with an adult. For more information, visit the website at www.ymra.org.

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