Man pleads guilty

Man pleads guilty

WARREN

Donald L. Church, 73, of Chestnut Street in Andover has pleaded guilty to one count of gross sexual imposition for groping a developmentally disabled woman living in the Boyd’s Kinsman Home on state Route 5 in Kinsman.

Church worked at the facility, which is for adults with special needs and developmental disabilities. Prosecutors will seek a prison term, but he could get probation.

Church will be sentenced by Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court after the county’s Adult Probation Department conducts a pre-sentence investigation. He will be classified a Tier 1 sex offender, requiring him to report his whereabouts to law enforcement every year for 10 years.

School board meeting

HUBBARD

The school board meets at 5:30 p.m. today at the board conference room, 108 Orchard Ave., in an executive session to discuss and consider the applications received for the superintendent of schools position. No action will be taken, the board said.

Captured after chase

YOUNGSTOWN

A 55-year-old woman was taken to the Mahoning County jail after leading police on a vehicle and foot chase about 10:20 a.m. Sunday on the South Side.

Reports said an officer spotted a car being driven by Vivian Leigh Stanley of Youngstown traveling at high speed as she was driving south on Hillman Avenue. When the officer tried to pull the car over, it went even faster.

The officer followed the car to a driveway on East Florida Avenue, where the car stopped and Stanley ran away. Two people inside the car got out with their hands up and were ordered to stay by the car as officers chased the driver, but they both ran away, reports said.

Stanley was caught at the corner of East Florida and Trenton avenues. Of the passengers, a male ran away but later was caught and released. There was no sign of the other passenger, a woman, reports said.

Coat, blanket giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

The Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley provides gently used winter coats and blankets free to anyone in need from 10 a.m. to noon today at Restoration Ministries of Youngstown, 1729 Glenwood Ave., and Thursday at Spanish Evangelical Church, 369 Keystone Ave.

The coats and bedding will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis by volunteers from the mission’s trucks in the churches’ parking lots.

“With the continued cold weather and harsh winter we are experiencing, the mission wants to be a blessing in the community and share the items that have been donated with anyone who has a need,” Chuck Monroe, director of operations.

For information, call Monroe at 330-744-5486.

Firefighter sworn in

AUSTINTOWN

Township officials swore in Jon Racco as a part-time captain for the fire department at the trustees’ meeting Monday. He formerly was a part-time fire lieutenant for the department.

Nomination deadline

AUSTINTOWN

Saturday is the deadline to nominate and vote for candidates in the Salute to Senior Service program sponsored by Home Instead Inc., franchisor for the Home Instead Senior Care network. The program recognizes the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month to their favorite causes.

To complete and submit an online nomination and to view the contest’s official rules, visit SalutetoSeniorService.com. Completed nomination forms also can be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005. State winners will be determined by popular vote. A panel of senior-care experts then will select a national winner.

Home Instead will donate $500 to each state winner, and $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s designated and approved nonprofit charity.

Cooperative offers food

YOUNGSTOWN

Buying fresh, local foods recently got easier for Mahoning Valley residents when the Lake-to-River Food Cooperative, based in Youngstown, began offering local milk, eggs, cheese, meats, apples and more through its online e-commerce website, www.laketoriver.org, which consumers can browse for product selection, said Melissa Miller of the cooperative.

The online market is open from 7 a.m. to noon Thursday through Monday. Fruit, greens, cheese and other items ordered can be picked up at 907 Elm St. on the city’s North Side from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays.

For information, call 330-360-0648 or visit laketorivercoop@gmail.com.