Benefit dinner

Benefit dinner

AUSTINTOWN

The Dale Perry spaghetti dinner benefit will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Austintown Middle School, 900 S. Raccoon Road. All proceeds will help defray the costs associated with Perry’s lung transplant surgery and recovery process. The event will feature a basket auction and a 50/50 raffle. Winners need not be present. Gifts will be delivered. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.

Charged in shooting

BROOKFIELD

A Masury man told police he pointed a gun at a boy, 14, in a Nellie Street apartment Thursday afternoon but didn’t think it was loaded.

Samual Sanford, 25, of Syme Street, fired, hitting the teen, police said. Sanford is charged with felonious assault in the shooting, which occurred at 3:50 p.m. He is also charged with receiving stolen property because the gun had been stolen in Sharon, Pa., in 1995, Brookfield police said.

Sanford is in the Trumbull County jail and will be arraigned on both charges Thursday in Eastern District Court.

21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, reported the boy was in stable condition Thursday night at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital after surgery. Police said Sanford, the boy and another teen, 18, were in the home at the time of the shooting.

Fun fest canceled

YOUNGSTOWN

The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley on Friday announced the 12th Game of Hope Family Fun Fest, originally scheduled for today, has been canceled.

This will allow the foundation to put more resources and volunteer hours toward its mission of supporting chronically and terminally ill children in the Valley, according to a foundation news release. To learn about upcoming events or to donate, visit www.hopemv.org.

Executions postponed

COLUMBUS

Gov. John Kasich has postponed eight scheduled executions as the state continues to work through legal challenges and attempt to locate supplies of the drugs it uses to put inmates to death.

The move Friday came a couple of weeks after a federal magistrate judge blocked three executions that were scheduled through April, ruling that the new lethal-injection process adopted by the state was unconstitutional.

The postponements continue a yearslong legal challenge over Ohio’s lethal injection protocols after the execution of Dennis McGuire in January 2014.

Open house

EAST PALESTINE

Locally owned Studio 25, 25 N. Market St., announces its open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. The public is encouraged to stop in to meet the instructors, view the space and enjoy light refreshments.

Studio 25 provides an environment in which yoga, dance, fitness, and creative arts come together to inspire individual growth and collective wellness, according to a news release. Classes are available for all ages and all fitness levels.