Chamber event

Chamber event

farmdale

Mary L. Jefferson-Williams, Badger Elementary School principal and special-education coordinator, will speak on behalf of Joseph Badger Local Schools at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s “Good Morning, Northeast Trumbull” event Friday.

Also giving updates about their communities are Timothy Woofter, chairman, Kinsman Township trustees, and Dan Galbincea, chairman, Mecca Township trustees.

The event begins at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast and registration at the Community Hall, 4424 Greenville Road. The program follows at 8 a.m.

Reservations are required by Monday. The cost is $20. For information, contact April Stanislaw at 330-744-2131, ext. 21. To register, visit the Calendar of Events section at regionalchamber.com or contact Amy Young at 330-744-2131, ext. 12, or amy@regionalchamber.com.

New Ohio businesses

COLUMBUS

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Friday announced 7,512 new entities filed to do business in the state during August 2015. This number is in line with the same month in 2014 when 7,545 entities filed.

So far in 2015, 67,374 new businesses have been formed in Ohio, maintaining a course for 2015 to be another record-breaking year for the state. At the same point in 2014, 63,721 new businesses were filed with the secretary of state.

Japan enhances role of military

TOKYO

Japan’s parliament has approved contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country’s military by loosening post-World War II constraints, as the ruling bloc defeated opposition parties’ last-ditch effort to block a vote.

The upper house’s approval early today puts the legislation into law, reinterpreting Japan’s constitution and fundamentally changing the way it uses its military. Opponents say it violates Japan’s constitution and puts the country at risk of becoming embroiled in U.S.-led wars.

Suspect arrested in freeway shootings

phoenix

Officials say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a string of shootings along Phoenix-area freeways that have kept drivers on edge for weeks.

A spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey says a man was taken into custody about 7 p.m. Friday at a Walmart in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix.

No other details were immediately released.

Since Aug. 29, there have been 11 confirmed shootings of vehicles in the Phoenix area involving bullets or other projectiles.

Most occurred along Interstate 10, a major route through the city.

There have been no serious injuries, though a 13-year-old girl’s ear was cut by glass after a bullet shattered a window of a vehicle she was riding in.

Staff/wire reports