Tree is chosen

Tree is chosen

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s of 2013 Christmas tree has been chosen. The 37-foot blue spruce is being donated by Lilian Johnson of 1240 N. Hazelwood Ave.

Diamond Steel Construction will donate the time and equipment to assist the city of Youngstown Department of Parks and Recreation staff in removing and transporting the tree to Central Square in downtown Youngstown. The tree is scheduled to arrive on the square about 11 a.m. today.

For information, call the park office at 330-742-8711.

Reminder: Don’t drink and drive

COLUMBUS

Seven of the 12 people who died in nine traffic crashes last year during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend died as a result of a drug-impaired or alcohol-impared driver, the Ohio State Highway Patrol says.

The patrol reminds drivers not to use alcohol and/or drugs this Thanksgiving and says troopers will be out in full force this weekend, removing dangerous drivers from the roads.

The patrol also urges motorists to report unsafe and aggressive drivers to law enforcement. To call the patrol on a cellphone, dial #677.

3 cited for underage alcohol sales

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Three people were cited Friday night for selling alcohol to someone under age 21 after a police investigation.

In each instance, an undercover informant under 21 was sent in and purchased alcohol before officers issued their citations.

Cited was Marty Ellington at the Hi C Market at 910 High St. about 9:30 p.m.; Hesham Lawanseh at the Petra Food Mart, 2402 South Ave., about 10:30 p.m.; and Terisa Tubbs of Boardman at the Knox Building, 110 W. Federal St., about 11:10 p.m. Friday.

Pleads guilty

WARREN

Scott Walker, 33, accused of killing 4-year-old Nicholas Partin in June, has pleaded guilty to a probation violation and been sentenced to one year in prison.

Walker admitted being arrested in relation to the child’s death Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. That arrest was a probation violation, prosecutors said.

Walker remains in Trumbull County Jail awaiting a Feb. 24 trial in the child’s death, which occurred at the home Walker, the boy and the boy’s mother shared on North Park Avenue Extension in Bazetta Township.

Prosecutors say Walker struck the boy in the stomach with his hand June 14, which caused the boy to die from internal injuries sometime that night or early the next day, when family members called 911.

Second fire at house

WARREN

A home at 1216 Buena Vista Ave. NE that caught fire early Friday, causing $10,000 in damage, caught on fire again early Monday, causing an additional $5,000 in damage.

The Friday fire was at 12:31; Monday’s fire was at 12:10. The second fire is deemed to be arson because of being almost exactly three days after the first fire, said Ken Nussle, Warren fire chief.

Monday’s fire caused additional damage to the first and second floors of the vacant home, Nussle said. No injuries were reported.

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