Hydrangea wreaths

Hydrangea wreaths

MERCER, PA.

Munnell Run Farm, 747 Greenville Road, in conjunction with guest artisan Cyndi Burk, will offer hydrangea wreath-making classes.

Two classes will be offered: 6 to 8 p.m. next Thursday and 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 28.

The cost is $20. The farm asks that participants register and pre-pay a week in advance, so reservations for the Thursday class are due today.

For information, visit www.munnellrunfarm.org or call 724-662-2242

Bar association makes endorsements

WARREN

The Trumbull County Bar Association has chosen two incumbent Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals judges in its Judicial Preference Poll.

The poll indicated preference for Judge Timothy P. Cannon and Judge Cynthia W. Rice. Both are Democrats running for re-election to six-year terms which begin in early February.

Preferred candidates must receive more than two-thirds of the votes cast, said Shibani Sheth Massucci, 11th District Court of Appeals magistrate and president of the bar association.

Cannon, of Painesville, is opposed by Atty. Ron Tamburrino of Rock Creek for the seat. Rice, of Brookfield, is opposed by Atty. Geoffrey W. Weaver of Kirtland.

There are five judges on the court, but only Judges Rice and Cannon are up for re-election this year. The court reviews common-pleas and municipal-court decisions from Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Portage counties.

Drug activity probed

YOUNGSTOWN

Members of the police department’s Vice Squad served search warrants investigating drug activity at two homes Tuesday.

At a South Side home on West Delason Avenue at about 5 p.m., officers found a small amount of suspected marijuana, two scales, a bag of pills and some loose pills.

Cited and then released on charges of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia was James Horne, 27, of Matta Avenue, reports said.

At a home on North Lakeview Avenue on the West Side at about 5:45 p.m., police found a syringe loaded with suspected heroin and two empty syringes. Jose Rodriguez III, 25, of North Lakeview, was arrested on charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments, drugs/heroin and drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Fire damages home

YOUNGSTOWN

A fire at a vacant house at 318 E. Ravenwood Ave. on the South Side at about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday caused about $3,000 in damage.

Reports said there was heavy smoke showing, and a large hole was burned in a side wall on the second floor. The blaze spread to the attic where it burned through the roof. Crews had to get inside to put it out.

One firefighter was slightly injured. The cause is under investigation.

Black Caucus event

GIRARD

State Sen. Nina Turner of Cleveland, the Democratic candidate for Ohio secretary of state, will be honored at the sixth annual Youngstown Warren Black Caucus dinner Friday at Mahoning Country Club, 710 Liberty St.

A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., and the dinner program will follow at 7.

Tickets are $40 per person, or $320 for a table of eight.

For questions or additional information, contact Mildred Pierce at 330-507-2154 or mildred.delgado769@gmail.com or Jaladah Aslam at 330-727-5758 or jaladah3895@aol.com.

Drug charges

BOARDMAN

Wesley Pierce, 34, of Lemans Drive was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and possession of cocaine, both felony offenses, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, on Friday.

Pierce appeared in Mahoning County Area Court in Boardman on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge. A court hearing related to the felony charges is scheduled for Oct. 21.

Pierce was arrested at his apartment, 118 Lemans Drive, after township police obtained a search warrant for his home, then found suspected heroin, cocaine, lottery paper, cut straws, plastic bags, a metal grinder containing suspected marijuana and a digital scale containing suspected drug residue in Pierce’s bedroom and kitchen.