Elderly man treated

Elderly man treated

YOUNGSTOWN

Paramedics treated an elderly man at Covington Street and Broadway on the city’s North Side who told police he was jumped and beaten by people he could not identify.

The victim was beaten after three individuals who had agreed to give him a ride to the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley stopped the car at the intersection and demanded his money.

According to police reports, he was then punched in the side and the stomach before being thrown to the ground, after which the men assaulting him, took his $500 and his cellphone.

Officers were called about 4:45 p.m. for the man, who was initially treated in the back of a cruiser for a cut on his finger. Police also questioned him for several minutes before he was taken to Northside Regional Medical Center for further observation.

Fire ruled accidental

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said a fire about 4:30 p.m. Sunday at a 1536 Manhattan Ave. home on the West Side has been ruled accidental.

When crews arrived they found police helping a neighbor who dragged a man out of the home as they encountered a heavy fire on the first floor. Reports said the fire started in the kitchen.

The man taken out of the home was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment.

Damage is listed at $10,000.

School food drive

BELOIT

West Branch Middle School’s student council will once again host a food drive through Nov. 17. Donations can be dropped off with students or at the middle school.

Any and all nonperishable food items are welcome. The following items are encouraged on the themed dates listed below:

Friday: First Aid Friday

Nov. 13 : Macaroni Monday (i.e. macaroni & cheese, pasta, Spaghetti O’s, etc.)

Nov. 14 : Tag team Tuesday (i.e. spaghetti and sauce, taco meal kits, etc.)

Nov. 15 : Breakfast Food Wednesday

Nov. 16 : Thanksgiving Thursday

Nov. 17 : Free For All Friday

Last year, the school collected about 2,800 pounds of items. The collection goal for this year is to donate more than 3,000 pounds of food items.

When donating items, be sure they have not expired and do not donate any items in glass jars.

Election night party

WARREN

Trumbull County Commissioner Dan Polivka, who is also the county’s Democratic Party chairman, said the party is inviting people to Enzo’s Restaurant lounge area, 2918 Elm Road NE, at 7 p.m. today for an election night watch party.

Pizza will be provided. There will be a cash bar vote for the party’s city council, at-large council and auditor candidates.

World Records Day

CAMPBELL

Campbell Memorial High Schoolstudents are hoping to make it into Guinness World Records.

About 240 Campbell students will participate in Guinness World Records Day at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

CMHS has teamed up with the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA), along with thousands of other people around the globe, to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day.” The yearly event is called Stack Up.

To Sport Stack students stack and unstack 12-specially designed cups. Students will stack and unstack various pyramids in prescribed patterns for a minimum of 30 minutes. The goal for 2017 is to have 635,000 stackers worldwide, in order to break the 2016 world record of 622,809 stackers.

Campbell is one of 65 schools from Ohio participating in the worldwide challenge.

Free meeting

BOARDMAN

The Federations of Families For Children’s Mental Health will host a free meeting titled “Community Programs and Support for Children” at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Pam Petras, special navigator of the Help Network of North East Ohio, will be the guest speaker.

The meeting will take place at 955 Windham Court, Suite 2.

JA receives $5K grant

YOUNGSTOWN

Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley recently received a $5,000 grant from Chemical Bank to cover “Get Smart About Credit Day” financial education programming in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

This program helped students to develop a stronger understanding of credit and how to use it responsibly.

Lessons included not only how to manage a credit card, but also how to protect personal financial information and recognize the signs of overspending.

Improvement project

GOSHEN

The Ohio Department of Transportation will improve five structures along state Route 534 in a $640,000 project scheduled to begin in spring 2018. Crews will perform maintenance on the structures between the Columbiana County line and U.S. Route 224.

At least one lane of traffic will be maintained except for a maximum of 60 days for the replacement of a concrete bridge deck near West Calla Road.

ODOT will accept comments on the project through Nov. 29.