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Candlelight vigil

HUBBARD

Friends of Cody Pitts plan a candlelight vigil for 8 p.m. Thursday at the corner of Orchard Avenue and North Main Street.

Trumbull County Coroner Dr. Humphrey D. Germaniuk ruled the death of 26-year-old Pitts a homicide Monday. His body was found in the street near the Downtown Coffee Cafe on North Main Street over the weekend. The coroner found he died from a single gunshot wound to the head and neck. A police investigation continues. Those who attend the vigil are asked to wear green and white as Pitts was a huge Michigan State fan.

Tressel honored

COLUMBUS

The Ohio House on Tuesday honored Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

State Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan of Youngstown, D-58th, and Sean J. O’Brien of Bazetta, D-63rd, presented a resolution to the former YSU and Ohio State University football coach during the floor session, spotlighting his successes on and off the field.

“With an overall record of 229 wins, 79 losses and two ties, Jim Tressel is the only coach in college football history to win a national title at both levels of Division I football,” Lepore-Hagan said. She also described a program under Tressel that places YSU students into local school classrooms, where they tutor second-graders.

Meeting planned

POLAND

The Western Reserve Joint Fire District board of trustees will have a regular meeting 7:30 p.m. today at Fire Station No. 92, 7619 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road. An annual records commission meeting will immediately follow.

Special meeting

LOWELLVILLE

The Lowellville school board will have a special meeting in executive session 7 p.m. Thursday in the library/media center at 52 Rocket Place to discuss personnel matters, appointment and/or employment, dismissal or discipline of an employee.

A high-school teacher is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the state education department into a suspected security breach involving the administration of a state college and career readiness test.

The board’s regular meeting for next Wednesday has been canceled. A special meeting has been scheduled for 7 p.m. March 25 to conduct regular board business.

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