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Crash kills 1, injures 3

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said a person was killed and three others injured after a two-car accident at about 12:05 a.m. Tuesday.

Officer Brian Booksing of the department’s accident investigation unit said a car driving south on Market Street with three people inside tried to turn left onto West LaClede Avenue and collided with another car that was traveling north on Market Street.

A front-seat passenger in the southbound car was killed, Booksing said.

The other three people involved in the accident were all taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

Booksing said the department was waiting for the Mahoning County Coroner’s office to release the name of the person who died.

Former prisoners asked to share stories

YOUNGSTOWN

United Returning Citizens welcomes the Hope Channel to film stories from formerly incarcerated people and their families from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Oak Hill Collaborative, 507 Oak Hill Ave.

The Hope Channel is a 24-hour television channel produced by an inmate-run crew from Grafton Correctional Institution and Northeast Pre-release Center.

The channel airs throughout Ohio’s prisons, providing information regarding re-integration opportunities and resources.

URC is a nonprofit organization offering mentoring and support for those returning from incarceration and the friends and family of those who have been impacted by their imprisonment. It offers training, connection to resources and positive peer support for those re-entering the community.

This event is free and open to anyone willing share their experiences. Light refreshments will be provided.

For those interested in attending, contact Dionne Dowdy, URC executive director, at 330-809-4710 or dionnedowdy@aol.com.

PTA past presidents

AUSTINTOWN

The Austintown PTA Council is looking for past presidents of all PTA units in Austintown.

If you are a past president, or know someone who is, and have not been contacted by the council in the past couple of years, contact Lori Schafer at lorilea@aeroext.com or 330-506-6926.

Newton Falls council forum at McDonald’s

NEWTON FALLS

Newton Falls Mayor Lyle Waddell and village Councilmen Tarry Alberini and David Wilson will meet with village residents for coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McDonald’s restaurant here.

The lawmakers will discuss community issues in an open forum.

Coffee will be provided.

Robbers get $25K in home invasion

WARREN

A Dana Street Northeast woman, 51, said three men in their 20s or 30s robbed her at gunpoint at her house at 10:30 a.m. Monday, forcing her to open her safe, where they took $25,000 in cash and two prescriptions.

The woman said the men knocked on her front door and said they were from Ohio Edison. When she opened the door, they knocked her to the ground and one of them held a gun to her head.

The two others went upstairs looking for the safe and made her open it. They took the items and fled out the front door, she said.

Council meeting today

LOWELLVILLE

Lowellville Village council will meet at 6:45 p.m. today at 140 E. Liberty St.

Alliance for Mentally Ill meets this morning

YOUNGSTOWN

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Mahoning Valley Steering Committee will meet at 11 a.m. today at Help Hotline Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave.

Semi slides off I-80

AUSTINTOWN

A semi-truck slid off Interstate 80 early Tuesday morning due to the area’s snowy and icy conditions.

Ohio State Highway Patrol officials said the truck slid off the right side between state Route 46 and Meander Reservoir.

The truck was moved off the road so traffic was not blocked, but kept off to the side because roads weren’t in good condition to move it.

There were no injuries reported.