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New dog legislation

WARREN

The Trumbull County commissioners, dog warden and Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County will have a news conference at 10 a.m. today at the county commissioners meeting room, 160 High St. NW, to discuss legislation they believe is necessary to protect companion dogs from neglect and/or cruelty as a result of being left outside during the cold weather.

The organizations will suggest changes that can be made to local ordinances, using one in Cleveland as a model. Among the key parts of the legislation are prohibitions against tethering companion dogs during extreme weather conditions or on unoccupied properties.

Jailed without bond

WARREN

Anthony Dukes Jr., 28, of Brier Street Southeast and Lancaster, Ohio, is in Trumbull County Jail without eligibility to make bond after his arraignment Thursday on a robbery charge.

Police arrested him Wednesday afternoon on a warrant.

A not-guilty plea was entered in Warren Municipal Court to a charge accusing Dukes of being one of three men who robbed and beat a man March 12 at the Pit Stop gas station, 1708 Youngstown Road.

When police arrived, a 34-year-old Niles man had a bloody nose and swollen eye. He said three men confronted him in the store, hitting him in the head and back and taking his wallet.

Thrift store reopens

BOARDMAN

The Salvation Army thrift store at 444 Boardman-Canfield Road reopened for business shortly after a car crashed into the store early Thursday.

Township police and fire officials responded to the store after call about the crash. The cause is under investigation.

Mission of Love

VIENNA

Airmen and contractors from the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station today were to load about 90,000 pounds of humanitarian goods headed for Guatemala onto a C-5 Galaxy, the Air Force’s largest airlift aircraft.

Personnel from the 910th’s 76th Aerial Port Squadron packaged the cargo, collected by Austintown-based charity Mission of Love, onto 33 Air Force pallets in recent weeks.

The humanitarian goods are being transported via the Denton Program, which allows private United States citizens and organizations to use space available on military cargo planes to transport humanitarian goods, such as clothing, food, medical and educational supplies, and agricultural equipment and vehicles, to countries in need.

Preschool dedication

AUSTINTOWN

Lumen Christi Catholic Schools hosted a dedication service and ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to celebrate its newest preschool, the Early Childhood Learning Center at St. Joseph.

Nearly 30 people gathered to mark the occasion. Monsignor Robert Siffrin and the Rev. Gregory Fedor shared acknowledgements and prayer for the school.

The center opened Sept. 8, with help from an anonymous donor. It offers preschool, prekindergarten and transitional kindergarten programs with a Mommy and Me class offered one day a week.

Unsung black heroes

YOUNGSTOWN

Oak Missionary Baptist Church, 320 Elk St., will sponsor its annual Black History program at 3:30 p.m. Sunday and pay tribute to many unsung heroes who stood up against oppression, racism and discrimination.

For information, contact Shirley Gilbert, program coordinator, 330-503-2209.

St. Patrick’s citations

CANFIELD

The Mahoning County OVI Task Force, in collaboration with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, conducted a coordinated saturation patrol blitz in Austintown on St. Patrick’s Day.

Patrol operations were conducted by eight officers from the Mahoning County OVI Task Force and three OSHP troopers from Austintown Township from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Officers conducted 58 traffic stops, which resulted in one arrest for OVI, five citations for no seat belt, two citations for speed, two summonses for driving under suspension and five other citations for drug abuse, open container, red light, expired operator’s license and window tint.

Dumped tires

WARREN

Police investigated a complaint Wednesday afternoon from an employee working for the owner of a vacant building at 2635 Youngstown Road reporting that 25 to 30 used tires were dumped behind a parked semi trailer in the back lot in the past 24 hours. The location used to be Carmelo’s restaurant.

Shooting indictment

WARREN

Aswad Fleming, 25, of West Avenue Northwest, was indicted Wednesday on four counts of felonious assault, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of tampering with evidence relating to an incident at Dollar General store on West Market Street in January. Fleming is accused of firing a gun several times.

The shots did not hit anyone, and Fleming was found about 30 minutes later hiding in an abandoned car on Front Street Southwest. If convicted, he could get more than 30 years in prison.

Warren man faces drug-sale indictment

WARREN

Tariq Bowers, 34, of Dana Street Northeast, was indicted Wednesday on charges of trafficking in cocaine and heroin. He could get more than 10 years in prison, if convicted.

Warren police accuse him of selling crack cocaine and heroin out of the Downtown Motor Inn, 777 Mahoning Ave. NW, while renting a room there for several weeks last April.

Bowers was sentenced to 61/2 years in prison in 2002 after pleading guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to crack-cocaine possession.