Fire spreads to home

Fire spreads to home

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A fire in a car at a 516 E. Avondale Ave. home on the South Side about 3:50 a.m. Tuesday spread to the home and caused about $5,000 in damage, fire reports said.

The flames managed to reach the second floor of the home before crews were able to put them out, reports state.

The car had damage to the trunk area, reports said.

A cause was not listed.

No one was injured.

Man runs from police; thought gun was in car

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A man was cited early Tuesday on the West Side after he tried to run from police because he thought there was a gun in his car.

Police saw a car parked near a building on Mahoning Avenue with a man inside and its lights out about 1:20 a.m. and decided to investigate because of recent break-ins in the area, reports said. Officers pulled the car over at Maryland and Mahoning avenues and the driver, Rodney Carter, 31, of Youngstown, acted like he was trying to hide something, reports said.

Police had Carter get out of the car so they could search it and he told officers if there was a gun inside, it was not his.

He ran, but was caught right away.

Officers searched the car and found nothing inside.

Reports said Carter told police he was nervous there was a gun inside.

Carter was cited for driving under suspension and failure to comply, reports said.

Officers present check to Someplace Safe Inc.

HUBBARD

Officers Dominic Pagano and Joseph Marando of the city police department, along with Sgt. Greg Tarr of the township police department, presented a $2,250 check to Bonnie Wilson, director of Someplace Safe Inc., on Monday.

The gift was funded by donations made during Hubbard’s National Night Out, at Harding Park in early August.

Based in Trumbull County, Someplace Safe Inc. works to prevent domestic violence, as well as improve the quality of life for victims of domestic violence.

The organization also provides 24-hour crisis intervention to victims through its hot line, which can be reached at 330-393-3005.

For more information, visit www.someplacesafe.org.

Man, woman from Pa. face drug charges

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A man and woman from Mercer County, Pa., were arrested on the charges of possession of drug abuse instruments and possession of drugs about 7:35 p.m. in the parking lot of a 2649 Glenwood Ave. store on the South Side.

Stephanie Orock, 24, of North Darby Road, Hermitage, Pa., was driving a car that was pulled over for an improper turn.

Her passenger, John Reardon, 24, of Haig Street, Sharon, Pa., had some heroin on the seat where he was sitting.

Police found five needles in a purse in the car, including one that appeared to be loaded, reports said.

ACS festival planned for Saturday at park

AUSTINTOWN

Doctor Gary K. Koski, Ph.D., an American Cancer Society research grantee in Kent State University’s Department of Biological Sciences, is the main speaker at the ACS Finish the Fight Festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Austintown Township Park, 6000 Kirk Road.

Admission is free to the event, which includes children’s games, food, live music, crafts and vendors.

Money raised benefit ACS research, education, advocacy and patient-service programs.

Koski will kick off the festival at 11 a.m. with an explanation of the research his team is doing, which focuses on development of a cancer vaccine for all cancers with an emphasis on breast cancer.

His research also is focused in the area of immunotherapy: the concept that the body’s own immune system can be brought into play to battle cancer.

For cancer information, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.

Joint meeting today

Lordstown

The Lordstown Board of Public Affairs and the Utility Committee have scheduled a joint meeting for 3:30 p.m. today at the administration building, 1455 Salt Springs Road.

The Eastside Sanitary Sewer Project will be reviewed.

Farmers’ market set for Thursday at church

NORTH LIMA

The Goodness Grows Farmers’ Market at Common Ground Church, 2310 W. South Range Road, North Lima, is open from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and other Thursdays during the growing season.

Available are fresh vegetables from Goodness Grows’ garden, including heirloom tomatoes; Whitestone Farm of Lisbon; Zaney Pearl Farm of Leetonia with organic dairy products; and the Ernie Rea Farm of Salem offering round red hybrid-variety tomatoes on pre-order for processing through Goodness Grows at 330-549-9408.

The bridge on state Route 165 near the church is open to traffic.

Goodness Grows, an outreach program of Common Ground Church, provides agricultural leadership and training to bring about social and economic change, said Greg Bowman, executive director.

Streets will be closed

Youngstown

West Federal Street will be closed between Phelps and Hazel streets from 6 a.m. to midnight Saturday, for the 2013 Arab American Community Festival.

Road to close for party

Youngstown

Crandall Avenue will be closed between Wirt Street and Griffith Street from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday for a block party.

Board of elections hires replacement

WARREN

The Trumbull County Board of Elections has hired Bob Davis of Cortland to replace another elections board staff member who retired.

Davis, who is executive director of the Trumbull County Republican Party and a former teacher, replaces Roselyn Carnahan, who was employed 25 years.

Davis taught in the Maplewood school district for 35 years and also served as assistant principal five of those years.

Davis, who has a master’s degree, taught American government, American history, world history and other social studies classes.

The open position was a Republican position, meaning the county Republican Party nominated Carhahan’s replacement, but the full elections board approved his nomination Monday.

The elections board received 22 letters or resumes for the position, which pays $9.62 per hour.

Family Fun Day

GIRARD

The Seventh Annual Free Family Fun Day and book bag giveaway will be from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Tod Park.

The event is operated by the Cindy Michael/Ken McPherson family, which gave away about 400 book bags filled with school supplies last year. The event is open to any family, whether it needs a book bag or not. It provides hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, free drinks and more.

Book bags will be given away after 3 p.m.