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Teacher resigns

CAMPBELL

The city school board approved at its Tuesday meeting the resignation of a teacher.

The resignation of Shannon Pavlansky-Wojtowicz is effective immediately. She was assigned to Memorial High School and began her employment with the district in 2009. She was placed on unpaid leave Monday, pending an investigation.

“As a public employer, Campbell City Schools must follow the appropriate procedures in the investigation of allegations of misconduct by a staff member,” Superintendent Matthew Bowen said in a news release. “We do not rush to judgment or cater to rumors.”

Life sentence

WARREN

Michael A. Hanick, 58, of Clearfield Avenue in Weathersfield Township, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with parole eligibility after 10 years for raping two girls in 2012, 2013 and 2014 at his home.

He pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to four rape counts, including two that carried a possible life prison sentence. He raped an 11-year-old girl twice in 2014 and a girl 12 to 13 years old in 2012 and 2013, said Diane Barber, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor.

Weathersfield police investigated after Trumbull County Children Services reported that one of the victims told agency personnel about them.

Hanick received his sentence from Judge Andrew Logan.

Seeks early release

YOUNGSTOWN

Former Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Michael Budd has asked a federal judge to release him from his probation six months early.

In a letter addressed to U.S. District Court Judge Lesley Brooks Wells, Budd said he has completed all programs required of him on probation and also has a job.

Budd was released from federal prison in 2012 after serving a 97-month sentence for his conviction in 2005 for ordering the beating of a county jail inmate. He already has completed 30 months of probation. He was sentenced to three years’ probation after his prison sentence ended.

Directors meeting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp. board of directors meeting will take place at noon today in the second floor conference room of the Mahoning County Children Services Board building, 222 W. Federal St. An executive session will take place first, from about noon to 12:30 p.m., and the regular public meeting will follow.

The YCACIC seeks to revitalize the downtown central business district through the pursuit and promotion of development activities.