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Police dog celebration

EAST PALESTINE

Dogs on the Run, 15 S. Market St., will celebrate East Palestine police dog Toney’s third anniversary. The eatery will donate $1 from every hot dog sold today to Toney’s care fund. Toney, accompanied by officers, will make an appearance at the eatery from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to thank supporters.

New citizens

YOUNGSTOWN

These people became U.S. citizens in a Thursday naturalization ceremony before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Their names, hometowns and countries of origin are as follows: Maria Olimpia Klacik, Canfield, El Salvador; Galantiani Galouzis, Campbell, Greece; David Sukutayi Zindi, Boardman, Zimbabwe; Khalil Gebreal Dibo, Boardman, Lebanon; Mahmoud Mohamad Jafar, Hubbard, Lebanon; Rnad Sameer Ramahi, Poland, Jordan; Mahbuba Khatun, Canfield, Bangladesh; Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, Canfield, Bangladesh; Natthaphon Banchong, Canfield, Thailand; Farzana Kausar Riaz, Youngstown, Pakistan; and Amro Ali Abdel Salam Omran, Youngstown, Jordan.

Hubbard man hit

HUBBARD

A car struck an elderly Hubbard resident at West Liberty Street shortly after 8 a.m. Friday. The 87-year-old man, who was trying to cross the street, is recovering from his injuries at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, said an official with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the cause of the accident.

Intimidation charge

BOARDMAN

A township man is charged with intimidation, a third-degree felony, accused of repeatedly threatening a police officer who cited him for disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

Charged with the two offenses is Norman Hageman, 61, of Meadowbrook Avenue.

The charges stem from an incident Thursday in which police were called to South Avenue near Lowe’s in reference to a man who was walking in the road and yelling at passing vehicles.

When the officer tried to write Hageman a citation and offered him a courtesy ride to his home, according to a police report, Hageman reportedly threatened the officer multiple times.

Hageman was taken to an area hospital, where blood work determined that his blood-alcohol concentration was 0.302, nearly four times the legal intoxication limit.

He was taken to the Mahoning County jail and is scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court here Tuesday.

Local man appointed

COLUMBUS

Gov. John Kasich has appointed Juan M. Rivera of Campbell to the Commission on Hispanic-Latino Affairs to fill an unexpired term that began Friday and ends Oct. 7. Rivera will then be in line to be appointed to serve a full three-year term.

Healthy Kids Running

YOUNGSTOWN

The Healthy Kids Running Series kicks off at 4 p.m. Sunday at Bears Den Meadow on New Creek Drive.

Healthy Kids is a five-week program that aims to get kids “outside, unplugged and moving,” said organizer Stephanie Yon.

The one-hour program is at the same time and place every Sunday through Oct. 18. Participants race in divisions separated by grade level, starting with pre-kindergarten and ending with a middle school division.

The cost is $10 per race, or $35 for the series.

For more information, contact Yon at 330-536-6350 or at lowellvillerunner@gmail.com.

Drug trafficking

CAMPBELL

A city man was arraigned Friday in Campbell Municipal Court on two felony counts of drug trafficking.

Police arrested Jarvis Sanders, 35, on a warrant Thursday night after a search of a home at 450 Neoka Drive. The police department’s vice squad executed the raid on a search warrant and found suspected marijuana, prescription pills and $1,560 in cash, police said.

Woman sentenced

LISBON (AP)

A Youngstown woman was sentenced in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court on Thursday to spend nine months at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville for two counts of trafficking in cocaine in the Salem area.

Arkisha Pearce, 36, has an “extensive criminal history,” said Assistant County Prosecutor Ryan Weikart, adding that most of those are drug-related. Her past convictions include two for drug trafficking.

The current charges were from two separate crimes. First in Sept. 16, 2013, Pearce sold or offered to sell about 0.5 grams of cocaine, then again on April 3, 2014, Pearce sold or offered to sell about 1.05 grams of cocaine.

Both sales were to a confidential informant and happened at an address on South Howard Avenue in the vicinity of the Quaker Daycare in Salem.

Boil alert lifted

GIRARD

A boil alert was lifted Friday for city residents living along West Liberty Street from Marshall Road to Salt Springs Road.

Officials issued the alert Tuesday after a water-main break. The city said it is now safe for residents to drink water without boiling it.