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Cops block street

BOARDMAN

Two men were arrested at 3:36 p.m. Friday in the 50 block of Robinhood Drive after police noticed a stolen car in the driveway. Police tried to get someone to answer the door, but no one did, so they blocked off the street for a time, waiting for the home-owner to come home. When police got inside, they arrested Scott Schulte, 38, of the Robinhood address, with obstructing official business. Jerry Bohrer, 51, of North Bon Air Avenue in Youngstown, was charged with receiving stolen property and obstructing official business. He also was wanted on warrants. Boardman Sgt. Paul Grimes said officers noticed a stolen car in the area, then saw it parked at the Robinhood address.

Food giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., will have a food giveaway from 10 a.m. to noon today. Participants must bring identification and bags/containers.

Hubbard boil advisory

HUBBARD

Trumbull County water customers who live on state Route 7 south of Chestnut Ridge Road in Hubbard Township are advised to boil their tap water for drinking. as a result of a water main break Thursday night. It will be in effect until further notice.

Kidney walk

CANFIELD

The Eastern Regional Kidney Foundation, serving Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, will have its third annual Kidney Disease Awareness Walk Sunday at Canfield Fairgrounds, starting at 10 a.m., with registration at 9. Providing assistance with transportation, nutrition supplements and medications, the ERKF is a local, 100-percent volunteer organization not affiliated with the National Kidney Foundation or any other mainstream charity. All profits aid patients, many of whom depend on the grants for survival, said Jorine Stone, Awareness Walk coordinator. A picnic lunch will follow at The Colonial Inn on the fairgrounds. For information, visit www.erkidney.org or call Stone at 330-758-8102.

McDermott denied

WARREN

Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court has refused to allow former Niles funeral director Robert P. McDermott to regain his funeral director’s license, pending the outcome of an appeal.The Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors revoked McDermott’s license and that of his funeral home in July after it concluded the funeral home misappropriated more than $150,000 in prepaid funeral expenses for more than 50 customers. McDermott appealed. The Warren Avenue funeral homewas sold at sheriff’s sale in August, the result of a foreclosure filed in April 2010.