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Woman missing

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for a missing Connecticut Avenue woman who reports said was last seen on Christmas.

A sister of Shannon Graves, 29, reported her missing to police June 22. Reports said the sister told police Graves has been known to abuse drugs in the past and has gone long periods of time before with no contact with family or friends.

The sister said in a police report her sister has never been out of touch for this long.

A complete description was not available.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Youngstown police at 330-742-8950, 330-742-8911 or 911.

Mount Carmel fest

LOWELLVILLE

The 122nd annual Mount Carmel Festival in the village will run five days this year, beginning today.

The celebration, which takes place each year on Washington Street in the village’s downtown, includes food and games.

Today through Saturday, the festival will run from 6 p.m. to midnight.

On Sunday, a 10:30 a.m. procession outside the Mount Carmel Club, 102 Washington St,, will lead to an 11:30 a.m. Mass in celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 131 E. Wood St.

Festivities will resume Sunday at 4 p.m. downtown and conclude with fireworks at 10 p.m.

Man sentenced

YOUNGSTOWN

A man who was arrested by Boardman police in November after a search warrant at his home was sentenced Monday in federal court to almost four years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Judge Solomon Oliver in the U.S. Northern District Court Of Ohio handed down a 46-month sentence in Cleveland to Newell Spann, 40, and also placed him on three years’ probation.

Spann was arrested Nov. 7 after township police served a warrant at his Shields Road home and found a .45-caliber pistol and a .22-caliber pistol. Spann has a 2010 conviction for felonious assault in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that bars him from having a firearm.

An affidavit accompanying Spann’s federal court case said Spann told arresting officers he had gotten the guns the day before the warrant was served from some kids who had found them, and he planned on selling them.

Gunfire on West Side

YOUNGSTOWN

Police say three apartments and two cars were damaged by gunfire early Tuesday at a West Side apartment complex, but no one was injured.

Officers were called about 3:40 a.m. to the 2500 block of Tyrell Avenue for a report of two groups of people exchanging gunfire and when they got there, they found the damage, reports said.

Police collected 11 spent shell casings, four from a 9 mm handgun and seven from a .40-caliber handgun, reports said.

Reports said this is the second time in three weeks that the apartment building has been damaged by gunfire. It also was damaged by gunfire in January.

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Agenda Thursday

Jackson Milton school board, 6:30 p.m., high school building, 13910 Mahoning Ave., North Jackson.

Lisbon school board, 5 p.m., board room, board of education office, 317 N. Market St.

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