Conversations on racism to continue

Conversations on racism to continue

YOUNGSTOWN

“Sacred Conversations on Racism” will continue for clergy in ACTION at a breakfast planned from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Congregtion Rodef Shalom, 1119 Elm St., where Rabbi Franklin Muller will host.

John Norton of St. Paul, Minn., is director of training for Gamaliel, based in Chicago. The Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing our Neighborhoods is affiliated with Gamaliel.

Reservations are required by Monday. Send email to taulen@aol.com.

ACTION’s open dialogue on racism began Jan. 14 with a presentation by Norton.

I-680 restrictions

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio Department of Transportation announced that Interstate 680 northbound between U.S. Route 224 and Shirley Road will have various lane restrictions between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. today for pavement repairs.

Austintown man faces assault charge

AUSTINTOWN

A man arrested on an assault charge entered a not-guilty plea at his arraignment in Mahoning County Court Area here.

Police arrested Stanislaw Labedz, 43, of Bexley Drive, on the assault charge Jan. 31. According to a police report, Labedz was involved in a fight at California Palms and Suites, 1051 N. Canfield- Niles Road. Labedz injured the victim’s nose and eye the night before and fled the scene, police said. Labedz has a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. March 16.

Hearing in shooting of dog postponed

GIRARD

The hearing scheduled for today in Girard Municipal Court to determine damages owed by Pastor David Murphy of Vienna in the Oct. 24 shooting of his neighbor’s dog has been postponed to 1:30 p.m. March 30.

Court documents say the lawyer for the dog’s owner, Kimberly Ellis, requested a continuance of the hearing, and Judge Jeff Adler approved it last week.

Murphy admitted shooting near the dog but said he wasn’t aiming at it and that the dog was acting menacingly toward his caged chickens.

Ellis said she took the dog, named Tucker, to the veterinarian, who said the dog’s spine had been severed by the gunfire, so she had it euthanized.

A misdemeanor charge was filed against Murphy, but it later was dropped.

Boardman police investigate burglary

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating a burglary at a Shadyside Drive home in which nearly $14,000 worth of property reportedly was stolen or damaged.

The victim reported to police Wednesday that his home had been burglarized while he was away on vacation.

Someone apparently kicked out a window air-conditioning unit to gain entry, then stole televisions, a gaming system, 200 DVDs, “hand-painted ceramic Russian stacking dolls,” tomahawks, knives, a crossbow, a safe, cash, jewelry, clothing, radios, a vase and the victim’s birth certificate and Social Security card.

Road closed for pipe replacement

BRACEVILLE

Braceville-Robinson Road between state Route 5 and Oviatt-Windham Road is closed today for emergency cross-pipe replacement.

The recommended detour route is north on Braceville- Robinson Road, west on state Route 82, south on state Route 534 and northeast on state Route 5.

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