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2-year-old dies

WEATHERSFIELD

A 2-year-old child has died after being found in her family’s swimming pool Tuesday afternoon. A neighbor called 911 at 12:52 p.m. to get an ambulance for the child who got into the pool and was found unresponsive by her mother. The caller told Trumbull County 911 that the child had no pulse, and the mother was performing CPR. The child was transported to the hospital. Township trustees confirmed that the child died, and they observed a moment of silence at their Tuesday evening meeting. Vindicator broadcast partner 21 WFMJ- TV identified her as Marina Nicole Baugher.

The incident occurred at 1359 Emerson Ave., which is just south of Deforest Road near North Road.

Charges unikely

Struthers

Police are unlikely to file charges against the driver who backed into a 2-year-old boy on Euclid Avenue on Monday.

The boy died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The driver was backing up in the driveway, and it seems the toddler ran behind the moving vehicle, police said.

“It was just a horrible accident,” said Detective Jeff Lewis of Struthers Police Department. “We don’t expect any charges to be filed.”

Violence prevention

YOUNGSTOWN

The Tri-County Family Violence Prevention Coalition has received two grants totaling $10,500 to support the Coalition’s award-winning VIP Workplace Domestic Violence Training Program.

The Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Foundation, through Huntington National Bank Trustee, has awarded the coalition $3,000, and the Kennedy Family Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, has awarded $7,500 to help the program continue its efforts to engage and empower employers to acknowledge, address and take control of domestic violence, which affects the workplace.

The awards were received by Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc., fiscal agent for the Tri-County Family Violence Prevention Coalition.

Street closing

Youngstown

Kenmore Avenue between Edwards Street and Overland Avenue will be closed noon to 9 p.m. Sunday for a block party.

Jazz fest closings

Youngstown

Market Street and Wick Avenue from Commerce to Boardman Streets will be closed from 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday for the downtown Youngstown Jazz Festival.

Home total loss

YOUNGSTOWN

A 65 E. Delason Ave. home on the South Side was declared a total fire loss early Tuesday.

Crews arriving at the home about 1 a.m. found flames had engulfed the home, and crews instead protected surrounding buildings.

Damage is listed at $2,000. No one was injured.

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