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Stewart tickets

YOUNGSTOWN

Tickets for the Rod Stewart greatest-hits concert Aug. 24 at the Covelli Centre go on sale at 10 a.m. today.

Prices are $175 (first 10 rows), $136.50, $76.50 and $46.50 (additional fees may apply). Tickets will be available at ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at 800-745-3000. A small number of tickets also will be sold at the Covelli box office.

About 5,700 seats will be available for the concert. The British rock legend is one of the top-selling musical artists of all time. His hits include “Maggie May,” “Forever Young,” “Tonight’s the Night,” “Hot Legs” and “Young Turks.”

Electricity savings

youngstown

If the demand for electricity gets too high because of hot weather, Youngstown State University will reduce consumption for eight hours as part of an agreement with the university’s power company.

Ron Cole, YSU spokesman, said those reduction periods have occurred in other years. The university ceases chilled water and air conditioning.

“We haven’t had to do that yet” this summer, he said. “But surely there will be a time in the summer when that will happen.” People on campus were notified this week of that potential.

Grants for KSU

KENT

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, announced that $1.43 million in National Science Foundation research grants have been awarded to Kent State University. The three grants Kent State received through the National Science Foundation which expire in 2017:

Structure of the Nucleon and Few-Body Nuclear Systems with Electron Scattering Project, $570,000.

Oxytocin and the Ontogeny of Aggressive Behavior Project, $400,000.

Structure and Properties of the Twist-Bend Nematic Phase Project, $460,000.

Road closings

YOUNGSTOWN

East Federal Street between Market, Wick and Walnut streets will be closed from 5 p.m. today to 2 a.m. Sunday to accommodate the 2014 Simply Slavic festival in downtown Youngstown.

Groundbreaking

BOARDMAN

The groundbreaking ceremony for the turf section of the new Spartan Stadium is scheduled for 10 a.m. today. The Boardman Booster Club has been in the process of raising funds for a new stadium on Nisonger Drive. The club now focuses on fundraising for the stadium portion.

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