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Probe continues into fatal accident

WARREN

Police are still investigating how a pickup truck rolled over about 5:30 p.m. Thursday at West Market Street near Penn Avenue Southwest, killing a 17-year-old front-seat passenger.

Reports said the truck, driven by Jody Weaver of Warren, was traveling west on West Market Street when it lost control and rolled over at least twice before striking a bar.

Weaver and her son, Jonathan Wynn, 10, who was in the back seat of the truck, were taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital to be treated for their injuries, and Jonathan later was transferred to Akron Children’s Hospital.

Alyssa Wynn, Weaver’s daughter and a front-seat passenger, was killed.

Reports said alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the accident.

Road closing

YOUNGSTOWN

North Hazel Street between Federal and Commerce Streets will be closed from about 7 a.m. to about 4 p.m. Monday to enable First Energy to replace a light pole, Charles T. Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works, announced Friday.

Remove decorations

CANFIELD

The city of Canfield requests that all Christmas decorations be retrieved from Canfield cemeteries by Friday. Any decorations left after that date will be removed.

Bake sales today

YOUNGSTOWN

Participating Home Savings and Loan Co. branch locations will host bake sales today to benefit local animal-assistance organizations.

All proceeds will go to the organizations selected by the branches. This effort is a way of saying thanks and to help give back to the community, a bank news release says.

More than $16,000 was raised last year, and the bank is anticipating profits to exceed $18,000 this year with even more offices participating.

Tree City USA

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown was named a 2014 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management.

Youngstown achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.

The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.

Meeting scheduled

YOUNGSTOWN

The Garden District Neighborhood Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Davis Center at Mill Creek MetroParks Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave.

President Jerry O’Hara will officiate the meeting, and Lori Mowad, horticulture educator with Mill Creek MetroParks, will discuss children’s programs planned for 2015. The event will also feature a presentation by Dennis O’Hara, Mahoning County Emergency Management Agency director.

The group also will discuss its previous meeting with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and review the details of YNDC’s Garden District Action Plan. The community is welcome.

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