ACTION gets grant

ACTION gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has approved a grant of $35,000 to ACTION.

The Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods will receive the grant in the 2016-17 CCHD funding cycle.

CCHD is rooted in Jesus’ mission, according to Luke 4:18-10, to “bring good news to the poor, release to the captives, sight to the blind and let the oppressed go free.” CCHD carries out its mission by funding hundreds of organizations to fight poverty each year.

CCHD has approved a grant for ACTION pending compliance with start-up procedures, signing of a grant agreement and fulfillment of any grant conditions.

3 teens arrested

AUSTINTOWN

Authorities arrested three Youngstown teenagers early Tuesday who are accused of using a pellet gun to shoot at car windows as well as the mobile home of a police officer.

About 4 a.m., township officers responded to a report of three teenage males shooting at parked vehicles with pellet guns at a Birch Trace Drive address.

Upon arrival, officers found two vehicles in a high-speed chase.

The three suspects, driving in a small four-door vehicle, were pursued by an off-duty Brookfield Township police officer, according to a police report.

Both vehicles pulled over, and Dominic Fusillo, Devin White and Edward Ragan, all 18, and all of Youngstown, were arrested for criminal damaging. Police said they admitted shooting vehicles with pellet guns.

The police officer said the teens damaged his mobile home by shooting it at least three times, and that he followed the vehicle until APD officers arrived.

The teens were taken to the Mahoning County jail. They are scheduled to appear in Mahoning County Area Court at 9 a.m. today.

Rabies clinic

NEW MIDDLETOWN

A rabies-vaccination clinic for dogs, cats and ferrets will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the fire department, 10711 Main St.

The charge is $6 per shot (cash only), and no appointment is necessary.

The clinic is sponsored by the Mahoning County District Board of Health, which requires rabies vaccination for all dogs, cats and ferrets older than 3 months of age.

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