METRO DIGEST || MCCTC to host SkillsUSA event Sat.

MCCTC to host SkillsUSA event

CANFIELD

Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road, will host the 2014 SkillsUSA Northeast Regional Championship Competition on Saturday.

Career and technical students from more than 16 schools throughout the Northeast Region will showcase their skills in more than 26 competitions.

The competitive events will be from 8 to 11 a.m., and awards will be distributed at 12:30 p.m.

The students are competing for a chance to advance to the SkillsUSA Ohio Championships in Columbus on April 15-16. The top three medal winners in each category will represent the region at the state level competition, where they then will vie for the opportunity to represent Ohio at the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City in June.

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce.

For information, contact Jacqueline Kuffel, MCCTC career development supervisor, at 330-729-4120.

Youngstown man facing charges

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found 24 pills and a digital scale on a man pulled over at Hazel and Wood streets about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday for failing to yield the right of way.

The car’s driver, Keith Black, 25, of Youngstown, told police he did not have a driver’s license, and a records check revealed that Black has a suspended license.

Also found during a search of Black was $431. He was taken to Mahoning County jail. He faces charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension.

Handgun, pills found after chase

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found a .40-caliber handgun and 57 pills on a man after a foot chase on the South Side about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Police were called to the area of Southern Boulevard and East Avondale Avenue for a report of a man waving a gun. When officers tried to talk to a man matching the description of the person, that man, later identified as 20-year-old Kendall Jones of Youngstown, ran away with his hand on his waist as though he had a gun, reports said.

Jones was chased to a vacant East Avondale home, where he was caught. A police dog found the loaded gun in the hedges in front of the house, reports said.

Jones was taken to the Mahoning County jail. He faces charges of possession of drugs, carrying a concealed weapon, obstruction of official business and being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a gun.

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