Opioid summit set

Opioid summit set

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County Juvenile Court Advisory and Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery boards are sponsoring a community opioid summit moderated by 21 WFMJ-TV from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St.

The event will feature video messages from U.S. Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown, as well as several guests speakers. An hour for public comment will be set aside from noon to 1 p.m. Mona Alexander and Derek Styer from WFMJ will moderate the event. Refreshments will be available.

Ex-water official’s trial

SEBRING

The trial of former Sebring water-department operator James V. Bates previously set for Monday has been continued, but a new date has not been set.

The continuance was sought by both the prosecution and defense, court officials said.

Bates, 62, of Carey Road in Salem, faces three unclassified misdemeanor criminal charges alleging he failed to comply with Ohio drinking-water notifications in late 2015 and early 2016 by not timely notifying the Sebring district’s customers of excessive amounts of lead in their drinking water. Each charge carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.

The public learned of the excess lead in January 2016 after high lead levels were detected in August and September 2015. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case.

Actor plans workshop

WARREN

Seth Stewart, an actor in the original cast of the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” will teach a musical theater and dance workshop for local students and give an interview at 1 p.m. Nov. 19 at the W.D. Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. Stewart attended a local dance studio in Howland and from there attained success as a performer, starring in musicals such as “Hamilton” and working with artists such as Madonna and Mariah Carey.

Tickets to see the interview are $25, and tickets to take the workshop after the interview is $50. Proceeds benefit the James Dance PAC Foundation.

Tickets can be bought in person or over the phone at the Packard Music Hall box office or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.

Man: 3 robbed me

YOUNGSTOWN

A 63-year-old North Side man told police he was robbed of $1,400 about 8 p.m. Tuesday by three men, one of them wearing a mask, as he was putting groceries away in the back of his home in the 2400 block of Elm Street.

The victim told police two men held him down and a third person punched and kicked him until they took his wallet and ran away. The victim searched for the robbers before police were called. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital to be treated for facial injuries.

Workshop at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University is among only 24 sites nationwide that will offer a free workshop from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday presented by the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.

The workshop on OpenACC GPU programming is in Meshel Hall and is open to all YSU students, faculty and staff. The workshop is also open to individuals outside YSU, but they will need to bring their own laptops. Only 20 spots are available.

Registration deadline is Friday. To register, visit portal.xsede.org/course-calendar or contact Feng “George” Yu, YSU assistant professor of Computer Science and Information Services, at fyu@ysu.edu.

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