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Boyfriend stabbed

WARREN

Latasha M. Scott, 42, of Parkman Road was arraigned Thursday in Warren Municipal Court on felonious assault charges, accused of stabbing her boyfriend, 30, of Niles. A judge entered a not-guilty plea for her, and bond was set at $10,000.

Police were called to Trumbull Memorial Hospital at 3:47 a.m. Thursday for a man of Woodland Avenue in Niles, who had a deep stab wound in the front of his shoulder.

The victim said Scott stabbed him at her home. He called his mother, who drove him to the hospital, he said.

Scott told police she was hanging out with the victim, her three daughters and another man, but the victim got upset.

She said she was sitting with her legs uncrossed so he pulled her into the bedroom and assaulted her. She said she grabbed a knife that was on the floor and stabbed him.

Korean War Vets

YOUNGSTOWN

Korean War Veterans Association of Mahoning Valley, Chapter 137, is conducting a Laying of the Roses ceremony at 1 p.m. June 25 at the Mahoning Valley Korean War Veterans Memorial, 4125 Mahoning Ave., at Wickliffe Circle, which honors those who sacrificed during the three-year Korean War.

The main speaker is state Sen. Joseph L. Schiavoni of Boardman, D-33rd, former Senate minority leader.

Child-sex sentence

PITTSBURGH

A former Ellwood City, Pa., resident was sentenced in federal court to 11 years and 3 months in prison, followed by 20 years’ supervised release, and ordered to make $1,000 in restitution, on a charge of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, a U.S. Attorney said.

U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the sentence on Lucas Avery Klobetanz. On or about Oct. 8, 2015, Klobetanz, 40, distributed videos and images containing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, according to information presented to the court.

The case was investigated by the FBI and Pennsylvania State Police

Help Network grant

YOUNGSTOWN

Help Network of Northeast Ohio is the recipient of a $23,000 grant from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation. Programs offered by Help Network that the grant will support include: Suicide Hotline, Recovery Services, WarmLine and East Liverpool Peer Resource and Recovery Center. The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation supports the nourishment of the human mind through the promotion of mental wellness, the arts and education, according to its news release. Its mission is to improve the lives of people with serious mental illness by investing in innovative projects in Northeast Ohio.

Garden District neighbors

YOUNGSTOWN

The Garden District Neighborhood Association will have its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Colonial Hall of St. John Lutheran Church, 1420 Mahoning Ave. President Jerry O’Hara will officiate. Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th, will give an update of activities on the West Side specifically and the city in general. Community police officer Melvin Johnson will attend.

Mooney grant for upgrades

YOUNGSTOWN

Cardinal Mooney High School received a $10,000 grant from the Home Savings Charitable Foundation. CMHS will utilize the grant for facilities and technological improvements to the school’s infrastructure, specifically as part of the Cardinal Mooney Auditorium Enhancement and Programming Campaign. These improvements will enhance programming opportunities and student life as the auditorium is a central activity arena for the school’s forensics program, theater productions, music education and productions and Link Crew & YES Fest activities, as well as future Distance Learning opportunities.

YWCA early ed grant

YOUNGSTOWN

The YWCA of Youngstown, 25 W. Rayen Ave., received a $5,311 grant from the PNC Foundation for the Y’s Early Education programs. The grant will assist in paying for staff salaries, field trips to OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology and upgrading technology for preschool classrooms.

PNC provided the funding in support of Grow Up Great, its bilingual program in early-childhood education. The foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence.

YWCA’s Discovery Place, a preschool for children 3 to 5, includes age-appropriate curriculum designed for kindergarten-readiness and enrichment classes with a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics focus.