Donate wheelchairs

Donate wheelchairs

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Donations of used wheelchairs are being sought by Wheels for the World, a global wheelchair distribution outreach program operated by Joni and Friends, a nonprofit organization.

Contributions will be received from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Saturday in the parking lot at Victory Christian Church, 350 state Route 7.

All donations are 100 percent tax-deductible; receipts will be available. No walkers, canes, crutches or electric wheelchairs will be accepted.

Wheelchairs will be restored to like-new condition by inmates at correctional facilities. Wheelchairs will be donated to children and adults worldwide who are affected by disabilities. For information, contact Marilyn Emerick at 330-518-2380 or by email m.emerick@att.net.

Routes to close

KINSMAN

Two state routes in Trumbull County will close Aug. 15 for culvert replacements, the Ohio Department of Transportation has announced.

In Kinsman, state Route 7 just north of state Route 5 will be closed through mid-September. The detour will be state Route 87 to state Route 193 to U.S. Route 322.

State Route 193 in Johnston Township between state Routes 87 and 88 will be closed through Aug. 18. The detour will be state Route 88 to state Route 11 to state Route 87.

Disorderly conduct

BOARDMAN

A Poland man faces charges for shouting profanities at Valley Market Place on Thursday.

The owner of the South Avenue store reported a man, later identified as Robert Tinney, 26, of Edgewater Drive, kicking boxes and swearing at customers in the parking lot. When officers approached, he became aggressive and refused to calm down, police said.

Police placed him under arrest and charged him with disorderly conduct and obstructing official business.

Temporary tax hike

WARREN

Warren Council Finance Committee Chairman Eddie Colbert says the vote Monday on whether to increase the Warren income tax by a half-percent will be for a temporary increase, not a permanent one.

Legislation was added to the agenda Monday for council to vote on legislation that would make the tax last five years.

Colbert said Councilwoman Helen Rucker suggested that after Thursday’s finance committee meeting, and he agreed after thinking it over for part of a day.

Jailed in hit-skip case

WARREN

Daniel J. Waggoner Jr., 29, of James Lane in Liberty Township will remain in the Trumbull County Jail pending his next hearing in Warren Municipal Court on charges that he hit a pedestrian on Youngstown Road last weekend, causing fatal injuries and then fleeing the scene.

He returns to court at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Waggoner appeared by video arraignment Friday on felony charges of failure to stop after an accident and tampering with evidence and misdemeanor falsification.

Not-guilty pleas were entered, and Judge Thomas Gysegem ordered him held in the jail without eligibility to make bond.

He also has a pending probation violation and a 2016 drunken-driving charge. He will have a hearing at 10:15 a.m. Monday on the drunken-driving charge.

Michelle A. Smith, 27, of the James Lane address, also has been charged with misdemeanor falsification in the Youngstown Road case and is due for arraignment Friday.

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