Court gets grant for program

Court gets grant for program

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Domestic Relations Court has received a $60,000, one-year Violence Against Women Act grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Service for the hiring of a full-time licensed social worker.

Judge Beth A. Smith said she hopes to hire someone into the $43,680-a-year post within the next two weeks.

The social worker will connect domestic-violence victims with programs that can provide safety plans, safe housing, counseling, job training and support groups.

Exchange students need host families

YOUNGSTOWN

World Heritage Student Exchange Program is seeking local host families for high-school boys and girls from more than 40 countries worldwide.

Host families provide room, board and guidance for the students. Couples, single parents, and families with or without children in the home are encouraged to apply.

The program also is looking for area representatives to recruit and screen both potential host families and potential American students interested in studying abroad.

Representatives also are responsible for supervising the exchange students living in their community, organizing activities with the students throughout the year and providing support to host families, students and schools.

Area representatives receive a stipend for each student placed and supervised. To learn more, contact Kristi Habila at 330-858-6517, kristi@world-heritage.org, or visit the website at www.world-heritage.org.

Fundraiser set

AUSTINTOWN

A fundraiser to benefit Falcon Animal Rescue will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at California Palms Hotel and Suites, 1051 N. Canfield-Niles Road.

The rescue will offer pet pictures with Santa. The cost is $10 for a digital print and $15 for a postcard, and all proceeds will benefit the rescue.

Fill-a-Cruiser event

NEWTON FALLS

The Newton Falls Police Department is hosting a Fill-a-Cruiser event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parking lots of IGA, 140 Superior St., and Shop ’n Save, 37 Ridge Road.

Participants are asked to bring nonperishable foods and/or unwrapped gifts. All donations stay in Newton Falls to help families in need.

All monetary donations will benefit Kids-N-Cops.

Business robbed

YOUNGSTOWN

Police say two men got away with $300 cash from a 3600 Southern Blvd. business Tuesday.

Reports said police were called to the business at 8 p.m., where the owner and a woman he works with said they opened the door for a man they know, and behind him came another man holding a towel over his face and a revolver demanding their money.

Besides the cash, the men also took the victims’ cellphones then ran away, police said.

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