O’Brien to speak

O’Brien to speak

YOUNGSTOWN

Soledad O’Brien, award- winning journalist and television personality, is the featured speaker for the Centofanti Annual Symposium at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stambaugh Auditorium.

O’Brien’s lecture is free, but tickets are required and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are limited to four per person and can be picked up at the Stambaugh Auditorium box office between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. For information, call the Youngstown State University Office of University Events at 330-941-3497.

In June 2013, O’Brien launched Starfish Media Group, a multiplatform media production and distribution company, dedicated to uncovering and producing stories that look at often-divisive issues of race, class, wealth, poverty and opportunity through personal stories.

Teens face charges

BOARDMAN

Two teenagers face second-degree felony robbery charges for an incident at Macy’s at Southern Park Mall.

Charged are Sedric Johnson Jr., 18, of Youngstown, and Brandon Battle, 18, of Canfield.

Battle also is charged with breaking and entering and obstructing official business.

The robbery charges stem from an incident Tuesday in which the pair reportedly assaulted a store employee while attempting to flee with store merchandise.

The additional charges against Battle are because he reportedly led police on a chase. He reportedly broke into a Southern Boulevard business, where police found him hiding.

Battle and Johnson were taken to the Mahoning County jail. They are scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here today.

Patriots Day event

AUSTINTOWN

The annual Patriots Day celebration will take place tonight at Quaker Steak & Lube, 5800 Interstate Blvd.

The event starts at 6:45 p.m. with music, and Jim Drummond will jump out of a plane at 6:54 p.m. and land with the American flag at 7 p.m.

A number of veterans will be honored as well as Drummond, a Youngstown Fire Department battalion chief. It will end with a 21-gun salute and a performance of taps.

Park Vista launches telemedicine care

YOUNGSTOWN

Park Vista of Youngstown announces the launch of TripleCare’s telemedicine solution to enable the delivery of scalable, high-quality care to patients in need after hours.

TripleCare is a telemedicine-based physician group that uses video communication and digital diagnostic equipment to bring board-certified physicians to patients’ bedsides working closely with their nurses and facility doctors to deliver thorough and seamless treatment.

TripleCare’s direct-to-bedside approach keeps patients and reimbursement within nursing facilities and helps support innovative centers of care.

TripleCare co-founder Dr. David Chess will be at Park Vista today to educate local physicians, social workers and other health care professionals about the program.

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