METRO DIGEST || Bartender attacked after ‘last call’

Bartender attacked

YOUNGSTOWN

Charges are expected to be filed after reports said a woman jumped over the bar at a South Avenue bar early Thursday and attacked the female bartender after she announced she was closing.

Reports said police were called to the Last Call, 2929 South Ave., about 1:55 a.m. for a fight, and when they arrived, the bartender told them she had broken up an argument among three people when a woman who was in the argument became upset.

When the bartender said it was last call, the woman jumped over the bar, punched her, then ran away. Police tracked the attacker down to a home on West Delason Avenue and issued her a trespass warning. Reports said the incident was captured on video, and the bartender wants to press assault charges.

Mentors needed

YOUNGSTOWN

A grant from Youngstown State University’s Student Nonprofit Leadership Organization will help launch a new Promising Men Mentorship Program.

The program’s goals are to change the way boys think about themselves and their future and to help them develop a strong relationship with their mentor, whom they can identify with culturally.

The program, provided by the Pay It Forward: Strengthening Communities Student-Led Philanthropy Initiative, will launch at Youngstown Community School and expand to Taft Elementary School.

Anyone interested in becoming a mentor for the program should contact Trina Benson at tbenson@ymvunitedway.org.

Closed for block party

WARREN

Parkman Road Southwest at Oak and Pearl streets will be closed from 2 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday for a block party.

2nd evacuation after threat at MCCTC

CANFIELD

Students at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center were evacuated from classes for a short time Thursday after a threat was found written on the wall of a welding lab.

Jessica Cene, community engagement specialist, said the school did not believe it was a credible threat, but students were removed from the building about 12:25 p.m.

The Canfield Police Department is investigating the threat, and Cene said the school followed orders from the police.

Last Tuesday, students were evacuated for about 30 minutes while police investigated a bomb threat written on a bathroom wall. Police quickly determined the school was not at risk and students were returned to classes.