Electronics recycling

Electronics recycling

YOUNGSTOWN

An electronics recycling drive will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Covelli Centre. Computers, monitors, TVs, stereos, cellular phones, telephones, microwaves, cameras, desktop computers, fax machines, printers, DVD players and VCRs will be accepted free of charge. The drive is sponsored by Youngstown Litter Control and Recycling and the Mahoning County recycling division.

Woman robbed

YOUNGSTOWN

A woman in a motorized wheelchair was robbed of a checkbook containing a check and $22 in cash at 4:27 p.m. Friday in front of the Shell gas station, 3200 Market St., on the South Side.

The woman, 65, of Hillman Street, said she was waiting for her son to shop inside the store when a black man in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5-feet-6 and 130 pounds wearing a white T-shirt, shorts and wearing a red book bag, riding a bicycle demanded to have her “wallet.”

The woman pulled her checkbook away, but the man got it away from her and fled.

Police searched the area but didn’t find the suspect.

Mini-grants offered

WARREN

The Trumbull 100, a philanthropic organization, is offering mini-grants to promote neighborhood revitalization. The mini-grant program provides funding to organized Trumbull County neighborhood associations.

Groups are eligible if at least one of the following applies to each organization: incorporated under Ohio law, have elected officers, have by-laws, conduct meetings open to the public, granted or pending 501 (c) 3 status.

Mini-grant funding is restricted to the purchase of goods or services for projects that will bring about neighborhood improvements. Wages and organizational costs are not allowable expenses.

For an application, contact Trumbull 100, P.O. Box 1908, Warren, OH 44482, or email Trumbull100@yahoo.com.

Street closings

Youngstown

These streets will be closed for several hours to accommodate community block parties. They are:

South Maryland Avenue between Mahoning Avenue and Wehr Street on the West Side closed noon to 9 p.m. Saturday .

Hayman Street between Covington Avenue and Griffith Street on the North Side closed from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Margaret Street between Burlington Street and Glenmont Avenue on the North Side from noon to 9 p.m. Monday.

Weapon charge

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested Michael Porschien, 22, of Ohio Avenue at 10:50 p.m. Thursday at Madison and Michigan avenues on the North Side on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon for purportedly having a concealed knife.

Police were on patrol when they saw Porschien walking on the north side of Madison Avenue with a large handgun in a holster on his left hip.

An officer approached Porschien and asked him why he was carrying a firearm, and Porschien said he was “open carrying,” adding that the reason was because “this is a dangerous town.”

For safety, officers placed the loaded firearm in a police cruiser while they patted Porschien down and found a concealed knife clipped to his belt and covered by his T-shirt.