Fire damages home

Fire damages home

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Fire reports say the occupants of a 736 Fairmont Ave. home that caught fire Sunday morning managed to escape before it burned down.

Firefighters arrived at 4:50 a.m. and found heavy fire on the first floor, reports said. Reports did not say how many people were inside at the time but a dog was found in the basement and was revived after treatment by paramedics, reports said.

The fire started in the kitchen, but the cause still is undetermined, reports said. Damage is listed at $8,500.

Man faces charges

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Reports say a man questioned by police Sunday morning at South and Cornell avenues told them he was a drug dealer.

Police were looking for three people who had run from them and had set up a perimeter when they spotted Jimmie Payne Jr., 21, of Youngstown walking up South Avenue. Officers stopped to ask him his age to see if he was in violation of the city’s curfew ordinance.

Reports said Payne was looking for his identification in his backpack but he smelled like marijuana. Police found five bags of suspected marijuana stuffed in empty pill bottles, along with a digital scale. Payne was arrested on charges of trafficking in drugs and marijuana. Reports said he told police he is a drug dealer when he was asked about the pill bottles.

Street closings

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Three of the four streets on Courthouse Square will be closed starting at 6 p.m. Thursday for Warren’s Relay For Life. The three are West Market Street from Park to Mahoning, Mahoning from West Market to High, and High from Park to Mahoning. Part of North Park Avenue between Market and High will remain open.

All of the roads will reopen Monday morning.

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