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Grant St. closing

YOUNGSTOWN

Grant Street will be closed between Belmont and Ford avenues from 10 a.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday for the Youngstown State University Homecoming bonfire.

Drug arrest

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested Kaylan Taylor, 19, of Youngstown on charges of controlled substance labeling (pill bottles), possession of drugs and failure to appear after they were called to the WRTA bus terminal downtown about 4 p.m. Tuesday. WRTA personnel told police it appeared Taylor was selling pills. Taylor told police the prescription was for a strep throat infection. A check of the medication showed it was a controlled substance. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Suspected overdose

YOUNGSTOWN

Andrea McFarland, 28, of New Waterford is in Mahoning County Sheriff’s Jail after police were called to a rear parking lot in the 1700 block of Market Street Tuesday afternoon. Police found Eric McFarland on the ground and medical personnel attending to him for an overdose. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. Andrea McFarland was in a nearby building with the couple’s three children. She was charged with permitting drug abuse, endangering children and possessing drug abuse instruments after police found a plastic bag with two needles and spoon with residue. Columbiana County Children’s Services released the children to their grandfather.

Stabbing arrest

WARREN

Zeboney S. Owens, 27, of Phillips Drive Southwest, is in Trumbull County jail in lieu of $75,000 bond after her arrest Monday night in the stabbing of her 41-year-old live-in boyfriend.

She appeared Tuesday on the felonious-assault charge in Warren Municipal Court.

The man told police Owens stabbed him with a kitchen knife, which police said was about 8 inches long. He was taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital for injuries suffered in the 9:30 p.m. incident.

Police were called to the Phillips Drive residence for a disturbance and talked to Owens, who said her boyfriend had gone to a friend’s house after an altercation with her.

Police arrested Owens after learning of the victim’s injuries. Police recovered a knife from the residence.

Beating suspect sought

WARREN

Police continue looking for a suspect or suspects that beat and robbed a 27-year-old Mineral Ridge man, who suffered a severe head cut and other injuries this weekend while riding his bicycle on the Warren bike trail.

The man called 911 at 5:11 p.m. Saturday from the area of Woodland and Railroad avenues Northeast, near the location of the assault. When police arrived, they found the man with a severe cut to his head, and a swollen cheek.

Police searched the area but did not find the bicycle or the suspects. The man was taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital for treatment.

The man said he was riding his 26-inch Schwinn Frontier mountain bike valued at $350 near Charles Street Northeast when two men threw rocks at him.

The next thing he remembers, he was lying on the ground.

His glasses were knocked off, so he didn’t get a good look at the assailants, he told police.

Fuel spill on U.S. 422

SOUTHINGTON

A one-vehicle tractor-trailer accident Tuesday morning on U.S. Route 422 injured the driver and a passenger, and closed the left lanes in each direction for 31/2 hours.

The accident occurred at 6:28 a.m. in the westbound lane near state Route 534 when the driver, Brian Edwards, 48, of Girard, drove off the left side of the road and into the median, hit a ditch and a signpost before the trailer overturned, spilling its load of rocks into the eastbound lanes of Route 422.

The truck’s fuel tank ruptured, spilling about 65 gallons of diesel fuel, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The Ohio Department of Transportation, Trumbull County HazMat team and Southington Fire Department responded for cleanup.

Edwards and a passenger, Tammy Guyette, 46, of Vienna, were taken to St. Joseph Health Center with minor injuries. Edwards was cited for failure to control and a seat-belt violation.

Cooking class

NORTH LIMA

The final “Kitchen Plus Garden” class on creative cooking of fresh and local seasonal fruits and vegetables will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Common Ground Church, 2310 W. South Range Road. The sessions are provided by Goodness Grows, the outreach ministry of the church.

Co-teachers Sophia Buggs of Youngstown and Ellen Bowman of Greenford will greet participants for an overview on cooking with fall crops. Featured will be brussels sprouts, kale, potatoes, leeks, sweet potatoes, winter squash and pumpkin. The class will end in the church’s commercial kitchen to make and taste food items from these crops. Fee is $25. Call 330-549-9408 before noon on weekdays to register, or call Greg Bowman of Goodness Grows at 610-413-3196 for more details.