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Chalk on Walk today

WARREN

Trumbull Art Gallery and the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County are presenting the annual Chalk on the Walk and Summerfest Parade, with live music by the Dixie Dandies, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on Courthouse Square in downtown Warren.

TAG’s Summerfest Parade, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15, takes place at the conclusion of TAG’s two week Summerfest Celebration. It consists of two weeks of art classes for children and young adults. At the conclusion of the parade, children and adults of all ages can pick up free chalk from the FACT chalk table, choose a sidewalk square and create works of art on the sidewalks throughout the park.

Women’s art show

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown YWCA’s 35th annual “Women Artists: A Celebration!” art show will open at noon today at 25 W. Rayen Ave.

The show is open from noon to 4 p.m. through July 28, except on July 7, 20 and 27, when it will be open until 7 p.m. It is closed July 1-4 and all Mondays.

The show juror is Margo Miller, chairwoman of the art department at the University of Mount Union. The show features 130 works by 82 artists.

The “Women Artists: A Celebration!” showcases works by local, regional and national women artists 18 and older. The juried show features all media, including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry and metal work. The major sponsor for the exhibit is Home Savings Charitable Foundation.

Closed for block party

WARREN

From 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Forest Street Northeast will be closed for a block party. The closing will be at Olive Street and extend to Vine Street.

Warren drug raid

WARREN

A drug task force investigation resulted in a raid on a Forest Street Northwest home where a known drug dealer was suspected of selling crystal meth. Evidence taken from the house will be sent to a lab for testing, but authorities say the house was not being used to produce meth.

The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV reported that members of the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Task Force and Trumbull County Sheriff’s deputies converged on the home Thursday.

Task force leaders say they’ve been seeing more drug dealing in both heroin and crystal meth, but the Trumbull County coroner says toxicology tests show no evidence so far that meth is contributing to overdose deaths.