METRO DIGEST || Pavlik hearing delayed again

Pavlik hearing delayed again

NILES

The criminal case against former boxing champion Kelly R. Pavlik is still pending through Niles Municipal Court after another hearing came and went Wednesday with no resolution. Pavlik is charged with assault and disorderly conduct in April after Weathersfield police said he was involved in a fight in the parking lot of Pine Tree Plaza during a concert by Foo Fighters and their Warren-born front man Dave Grohl. Court officials said Pavlik’s case has been continued for a third time. It is reset for 8:30 a.m. Oct 7. Pavlik, 33, of Sugarbush Drive, Canfield, and his lawyer, Damian Billak, also had to waive Pavlik’s right to a speedy trial three times.

Free back-to-school haircuts set Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN

Step It Up Cuts Barber Shop, 3131 South Ave., is offering free back-to-school haircuts from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday for students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

4 new officers

YOUNGSTOWN

The city police department will swear in four new officers at 10:30 a.m. today in city council chambers, sixth floor, city hall, 26 S. Phelps St. The new hires are Steven Gibson, 29, John Wess, 24, and John O’Neill, 21, all of Youngstown, and Darrick Ball, 25, of Boardman.

Boys accused in fire

WARREN

Police questioned two boys accused of setting a fire Wednesday in the street in the 200 block of Austin Avenue Northwest after threatening to burn down another child’s home. A girl, 11, said the boys came to her home Wednesday and threatened to burn her house down. She said she saw the boys lighting a fire in the street in front of her house at 9:37 p.m. and then ran away. Police found an empty bottle of lighter fluid on the sidewalk in front of the boys’ home, which was nearby on Austin. Police advised the victims to file charges.