Veterans benefits

Veterans benefits

YOUNGSTOWN

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, D-Ohio, and Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel on Tuesday discussed the Veterans Priority Enrollment Act of 2017 and the Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation, which will ensure veterans and their families receive full education benefits.

Tressel credited Harry Meshel, a former member of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, for the start of many veterans’ programs.

“As a veteran himself, Harry Meshel was a catalyst person that kind of held our feet to the fire to make sure we established things on our campus to ensure our veterans have everything they need to be successful to show our appreciation for their service,” he said.

Pinwheels for Prevention event

WARREN

In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Trumbull County Children Services is hosting a Pinwheels for Prevention event at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

The pinwheels display is part of a monthlong campaign by Prevent Child Abuse Ohio to enhance community awareness about child abuse and neglect. Each pinwheel represents one report of child maltreatment in the county in 2016.

A total of 1,637 pinwheels will be planted at Warren City Hall. State Rep. Glenn Holmes of McDonald, D-63rd, Mayor Doug Franklin and other officials will speak.

4 accused in theft

AUSTINTOWN

At least four people are suspected of stealing $850 worth of merchandise from the Walmart at 6001 Mahoning Ave. on Tuesday.

A loss-prevention officer said two cars pulled into Walmart at 3:20 p.m. A man and woman left one car and loaded a shopping cart with $850 worth of goods including a crib set, 15 sets of curtains, an electric breast pump and a humidifier. The suspects left the cart at the front of the store near the self checkout, got into their car and left.

A third suspect left the second car, walked directly to the shopping cart and pushed it out of the store, purportedly without paying for the merchandise. He placed the stolen items in the back seat of the second car, which was driven by a fourth suspect.

Film at NAACP event

YOUNGSTOWN

Christina Streety-Napier, a descendant of William Lambert’s, an African-American activist from the Detroit area, will show a short film at the Youngstown Chapter of the NAACP’s meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the chapter’s office at the Cobbin Building, 1350 Fifth Ave., Suite 202. All members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are invited to attend.

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