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Peace Celebration

CHAMPION

The seventh annual Warren-area Peace Celebration will begin with a peace walk at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Kent State University at Trumbull.

A program on peacemakers in our community will begin at 7 p.m. in the newly remodeled campus auditorium. Vince Peterson, a pastor, hostage negotiator and officer with the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department, will speak.

Double assault charges

GIRARD

Joseph P. Warren Jr., 35, of Deer Creek Trail in Cortland and Atlantic Street Northwest in Warren; and Elizabeth M. Albanna, 36, of Warren Sharon Road in Vienna, were arraigned Thursday in Girard Municipal Court, each charged with felonious assault.

No plea was entered for either, and bond was set at $25,000 for Warren and $15,000 for Albanna.

Police said they were called to Albanna’s house at an unspecified time Wednesday night on a domestic matter, but police were told everything was fine when they got there.

They were called a second time at 12:05 a.m. Thursday with Albanna telling police Warren knocked her down, choked her, bit her and threatened to kill her. She had a broken nose, and went to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment.

Warren refused treatment for injuries he suffered when Albanna hit him in the head with a bottle, scratched his back and injured his finger, police said.

Restaurant break-ins

AUSTINTOWN

Township police are investigating break-ins discovered Thursday morning at two restaurants.

Officers observed a front window had been smashed out at Main Moon on South Raccoon Road early Thursday. A jar for donations was reported missing from the business.

About the same time, police observed the broken window there, an alarm sounded at Hana Japanese Restaurant on Mahoning Avenue.

There, police found that glass doors had been broken with a rock.

Video surveillance shows a man entering the business, taking the cash drawer and fleeing.

Fire destroys house

WARREN

A house on Stewart Street Northwest was destroyed by fire Thursday night while the family was away delivering food to a relative.

Antila Daniels returned home just after firefighters arrived at the house at 2052 Stewart. The blaze started in the back of the house, possibly in the area of a grill, and spread up an awning and into the roof, Fire Chief Ken Nussle said.

The home was a complete loss, valued at $48,000.

Daniels said she had been cooking on the grill, which was near an outdoor patio, before leaving the house, she said. The fire was reported by a neighbor at 10:57 p.m. Firefighters spent about three hours working on the fire.

The cause has not been determined.

Theft at Tobacco City

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating a break-in at a business on U.S. Route 224.

Police responded to Tobacco City, 110 Boardman-Poland Road, early Thursday when an alarm sounded, according to a report.

Video footage shows two people fleeing the scene after one smashes out the front window, the report states.

Footage from an hour later shows a man entering the store through the broken window, and taking merchandise valued at $60.

Lincoln Knolls watch

YOUNGSTOWN

Lincoln Knolls Community Watch will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at East Branch Library, 430 Early Road. The guest speaker will be a representative from the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.

Election forum

BOARDMAN

Boardman Civic Association will host its annual Candidates and Issue Night at 7 p.m. Monday at Lariccia Family Community Center in Boardman Park.

The event, at which candidates and representatives of issues in the November election will give three-minute, nonpartisan presentations, is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Attendees will hear from candidates for township trustees and school board and representatives of various township and Mahoning County levies that voters will see on the ballot. A presentation also will address the ballot issue regarding legalization of marijuana.

The event aims to provide voters with information needed to make decisions on election day.

Leadership course

LIBERTY

Unity Centre for Spiritual Living, 1226 Naylor Lloyd Road, will sponsor a group study on “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell with sessions planned from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays from Wednesday to Nov. 4.

Maxwell is an American author, speaker and pastor who has written many books on leadership.

Stephanie Platt, a graduate of Kent State University with a degree in finance and economics, will facilitate the course. She has spent the last 23 years in various positions in the financial-services industry, most recently starting her own company in 2007.

There is no fixed fee; donations will be accepted. To register, call Unity Centre at 330-539-0122.