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12 dogs removed

WARREN

City police and the dog warden removed 12 dogs from a home at Oak and Nevada streets Tuesday.

Vindicator news partner 21 WFMJ-TV reported that neighbors had called with concerns for the animals’ welfare. A small confrontation occurred at the door of the house, and the homeowner shut the door in the officials’ faces, the station reported.

A few moments later the dogs were released from the home.

All the dogs were impounded in the Trumbull County Dog Pound and some of them are now with the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County. The investigation is ongoing, and charges may be filed against the homeowner.

Soup kitchen to reopen

YOUNGSTOWN

The St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen on Front Street downtown will reopen today after having to close Tuesday morning because of a gas leak.

Skip Barone, dining-hall manager, said a work crew from Dominion East Ohio Gas will be at the facility early this morning to fix the problem.

“I’m going to go in and make coffee and prepare for a normal day,” Barone said Tuesday. “If we’re not able to use the stove, we’ll have sandwiches — bagged lunches.”

A client detected the odor and a hissing sound outside the soup kitchen Tuesday morning and notified Barone, who called the gas company.

Conneaut park meeting

MEADVILLE, PA.

A public meeting on Conneaut Lake Park is scheduled for 6 tonight at Conneaut Lake Volunteer Fire Department, 11965 State Highway 618.

It will be a joint informational meeting for the Crawford County commissioners, the Sadsbury Township Board of Supervisors, the Summit Township Board of Supervisors and the Conneaut school board. Those are the four authorities that levy property taxes on the park.

The meeting will include a presentation from the Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County on its proposal for development of the park and payment of back taxes, interest and penalties owed by the park.

Conneaut Lake Park is scheduled for a sheriff’s sale in late October.

Trail entrance closed Thursday for pipe work

YOUNGSTOWN

The Shields Road entrance to the East Golf Hike/Bike Trail in Mill Creek MetroParks will be closed Thursday for pipe replacement. A small portion of the trail itself also will be closed near the Shields Road entrance.

For information, visit www.millcreekmetroparks.org.

Community yard sale Fri, in North Jackson

NORTH JACKSON

The North Jackson Citizens’ Association’s Community-Wide Yard Sale days will start at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

Addresses for more than 200 participants throughout the township both days will be listed on a map. The maps will be available at a new and much larger field at 10748 Mahoning Ave., as well as at township businesses starting Friday.

Free parking will be offered. Entertainment will be provided by Steve Fazzini at the Mahoning Avenue location.

The association is raising funds to erect a digital sign to post its activities and township events for better communication in the community.

For information, contact H. Jeanne Sudimak, association secretary, by calling 330-559-4321.

Drug charges

CAMPBELL

A 28-year-old Struthers woman will answer to charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia in Campbell Municipal Court at 9 a.m. Friday.

Jami Lee Grace of Elm Street was a passenger in a car police pulled over at 6 p.m. Saturday for failing to stop at a McCartney Road stop sign.

The driver and his two passengers, including Grace, gave police permission to search the car; officers found a needle, cotton swabs and a bent spoon with residue in Grace’s purse. Grace admitted to police that all the items were hers.

Inner City Garden to host free cookout

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Inner City Garden, 3411 Idlewood Ave., will host a free community cookout from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

The event will feature 50-50 raffles, raffles of fresh produce baskets and a cornhole tournament with an entrance fee of $20 per team. Raffle tickets will be sold at these locations: Defend Youngstown-Youngstown Nation, 8 N. Phelps St., and Friends Roastery Specialty Coffee House, 101 W. Federal St., both downtown; Liberty Tax Service, 90 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman; and Kingly Wash and Wax, 5815 South Ave., Boardman.

For information, to donate to the garden or to get involved, contact Mason Carratt by calling 234-855-0259.