Clinton campaigner

Clinton campaigner

WARREN

Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, will campaign at 3 p.m. today for Hillary Clinton, a Democrat running for president, at the Sunrise Inn, 510 E. Market St.

Hogue will discuss Clinton’s positions on women and family issues and why she is backing her presidential bid. Also expected to attend are state Sen. Capri Cafaro of Liberty, D-32nd; Kathy DiCristofaro, Trumbull County Democratic Party vice chairwoman and chairwoman of the Ohio Women’s Democratic Caucus; and Janet Carson, president of the Ohio Democratic County Chairs Association.

Source of spill

WARREN

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency says hydraulic oil that leaked into a stream in the Golden Triangle area of Warren and Howland on Monday and then migrated into the Mahoning River came from a piece of equipment called a side loader at Wheatland Tube.

Dina Pierce, an OEPA spokeswoman, said Wednesday that oil leaked from Wheatland Tube on Dietz Road in Howland because of a malfunction in the equipment.

The company Wheatland Tube hired has nearly completed the cleanup of the oil, she said. One job left is to clean out the storm-sewer pipe that carried the fluid to the river in Packard Park to make sure none of the oil remains, Pierce said.

The OEPA has issued a notice of violation to the company for an unauthorized discharge into the waters of the state. The violation is not likely to result in a fine as long as Wheatland Tube completes the cleanup, she said.

Gun found in purse

YOUNGSTOWN

Police reports said officers found a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol inside a woman’s purse Tuesday evening during a traffic stop.

Fredericka Winlock, 23, is in the Mahoning County jail on $30,000 bond after her arraignment Wednesday in municipal court before visiting Judge Barbara Watson on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Reports said Winlock, of Youngstown, was driving a car that was pulled over at Erie Street and East Ravenwood Avenue for failing to stop at a stop sign. Winlock has a suspended license, and when police searched the car, they found the gun in a purse in the back seat. She is prohibited from having a gun because of a pending felonious-assault case in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Items for homeless

YOUNGSTOWN

More than 15 organizations and several concerned citizens with the Multi-Organization Homeless Outreach will provide lunch, clothing, and hygiene products to those in need from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Front and Hazel streets in downtown across from St. Vincent de Paul dining hall.

Caseworkers and volunteers have been working with shelters in Warren and Youngstown.

The Big Green Better Food Truck also will be on hand.

Artists to speak

YOUNGSTOWN

Three photographers whose work is on display at M Gallery will give a talk at 6 p.m. today. Admission is free. Carl Henneman, DeShawn Scott and Adam Gregory each have work displayed in the “Visions of Potential: Urban Opportunities in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties” exhibition at the gallery, 112 W. Commerce St., downtown.

The photographers will discuss their creative process in creating images for the project.

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