Clinic groundbreaking

Clinic groundbreaking

YOUNGSTOWN

Tracy Plouck, director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, is the keynote speaker at a groundbreaking at 1 p.m. today for a new recovery-supportive housing unit for men at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 2151 Rush Blvd.

Also speaking will be Mike S. Senchak, president and chief executive officer of the Mahoning Valley Hospital Foundation, and Carolyn Givens, executive vice president of Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic.

The new recovery house is NKRC’s second temporary residential housing unit for men in the early stages of recovery from substance abuse. The Gelbman House was built in 2014.

‘Brain Food’ guests

YOUNGSTOWN

The guests on today’s Louie B. Free’s “Brain Food from the Heartland” radio show on Vindy Talk Radio are Vincent James, author of “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life”; Phil Haynes, a New York-based artist featured on more than 65 LPs, DVDs and CDs releases by numerous American and European record labels; and Kathy Hester, who will talk about her new book,“OATrageous Oatmeals: Delicious & Surprising Plant-Based Dishes From This Humble, Heart-Healthy Grain.”

The show begins at 8 a.m. and can be heard on Vindy.com.

Facing assault charges

YOUNGSTOWN

An East Boston Avenue woman, 36, faces assault charges after her arrest Saturday evening. Police said she is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend with a screwdriver.

Cheree Moore of East Boston Avenue is charged with felonious assault. She told police her ex-boyfriend came to her home to confront her about talking about him, and he punched her in the face.

She said the two fought and he slammed her head against a door and then hit her with a folding metal chair. She then stabbed him with a screwdriver in the armpit. Police observed no injuries to Moore, but she was covered in the victim’s blood, a police report said.

The man told police he went to see Moore, and they argued because he interrupted her while she was installing a new lock on the door. She shoved him, he shoved her back and she stabbed him with a screwdriver, the man told police.

Moore’s two children – 2 and 16 – left with relatives. The victim was listed in stable condition at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Seeking Ohio House seat

HUBBARD

Hubbard Councilman Ben Kyle, D-1st, will challenge state Rep. Sean O’Brien of Bazetta, D-63rd, in next year’s Democratic primary for the incumbent’s Ohio House seat. Kyle was to formally make the announcement today. O’Brien has served in the House since Jan. 1, 2011. If O’Brien wins next year, he cannot seek re-election in 2018 because of the state’s term-limits law.

Animal-rights rally set

YOUNGSTOWN

Animal-rights activists will be outside city hall, 26 S. Phelps St., at 8 a.m. Wednesday to draw attention to the sentencing of a Youngstown woman for animal cruelty.

Akesha Bowman, 37, was found guilty April 28 of the misdemeanor charge. She is to be sentenced in Youngstown Municipal Court by Judge Robert Milich. She didn’t appear in court June 3 for a sentencing. The dog, Hershey, was neglected and emaciated, said Jason Cooke, a local animal-rights activist who is organizing the rally.

Felony drug charges

BOARDMAN

A Lima man faces felony drug charges after a traffic stop in the township. Brian Cunningham, 27, is charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs and drug possession.

Cunningham was the passenger in a vehicle that was stopped early Sunday. Police reportedly found pills and marijuana on him and in the vehicle, which he reportedly admitted were his.

The driver was not arrested. Cunningham was taken to the Mahoning County jail and is scheduled to appear in court today.

Carried gun into mall

BOARDMAN

A New Waterford man faces charges after repeated incidents at Southern Park Mall, 7401 Market St.

Township police arrested Tyler Conkle, 24, Sunday after he reportedly took a pistol into the mall. Police discovered Conkle had theft, aggravated-menacing and aggravated-trespass warrants related to previous incidents at Buffalo Wild Wings in the mall.

The issues arose, according to employees, after Conkle was terminated from his job at Buffalo Wild Wings after a May 17 incident.

Conkle reportedly came back to the restaurant May 29 and threatened employees. He reportedly had a gun on him at the time. Conkle was freed on bond pending a court appearance today.

TV stolen in break-in

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating after a suspect reportedly broke a township business’s glass front door and then took a television from the store.

Police responded to Retro Vape, 4605 Market St., at 5:25 a.m. Sunday after an alarm sounded.

Video footage of the incident reportedly shows a male enter the store through the broken glass and quickly grab a television off the wall after the alarm sounds. The estimated loss to the business, including damages, is $1,200, according to a police report.

Stabbing reported

WARREN

Tamara M. Payne, 30, of Freeman Street Northwest, is charged with felonious assault after she purportedly stabbed her boyfriend, a Milton Street Southeast man, 43, in her home Sunday morning.

Bond was set at $5,000 Monday in Warren Municipal Court to the charge. A not-guilty plea was entered for her.

When police arrived, they found the man at the top of the stairs of the home with a small amount of blood coming from the right side of his neck.

He said Payne, his girlfriend, had stabbed him. Ambulance personnel treated him at the scene with an adhesive bandage.

Payne said she was defending herself when she stabbed the man because he had spit at her, yelled at her and acted like he was going to hit her.

Marriage event planned

YOUNGSTOWN

Show Your Love Marriage and Relationship Ministries is offering a region-wide marriage event, “Good Marriages Made Better,” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Metro Assembly of God, 2530 South Ave. Registration is from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

The event, free and open to all couples regardless of faith, denomination or church affiliation, is designed to provide enrichment and encouragement to married, engaged and dating couples for a more successful, long-term prospect for marriage.

The facilitators are Drs. M. Mike and Linda McNair, couples counselors and coaches, who operate the nonprofit National Association of Marriage Enhancement Center of Youngstown under the Show Your Love Marriage Ministry.

They have co-published the Buckeye Review since 1994, and M. Mike McNair is executive pastor of Metro Assembly of God. For information, contact him at 330-233-4383.

Citizens group to meet

NORTH JACKSON

The Jackson Township Citizens Association will meet 7 p.m. Monday in the township meeting room at 11613 Mahoning Ave. All are welcome. Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court will speak.

For information, contact Jeanne Sudimak, secretary, at 330 538-3490 or 330 559-4321.