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Toys-for-tickets plan

YOUNGSTOWN

Disney On Ice is partnering with Making Kids Count to help area children’s holiday dreams come true. A ticket voucher redeemable for tickets to see Disney On Ice presents Dream Big at the Covelli Centre Dec. 7-10 will be given in exchange for the donation of a new, unwrapped toy.

The toys will be given to Making Kids Count’s Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program.

The toys-for-tickets exchange will take place Friday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Covelli Centre, outside the box office.

Families will receive one ticket voucher per donation, and are allowed up to two vouchers per family.

Vouchers can be redeemed for tickets at the box office, which is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A limit of 200 ticket vouchers is available.

Disney on Ice show times at the Covelli Centre are Dec. 7, 7 p.m.; Dec. 8, 7 p.m.; Dec. 9, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Dec. 10, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets start at $15 and are available at the box office, online at ticketmaster.com, and by phone at 800-745-3000.

Man pleads guilty

youngstown

JeShawn Elliott, 37, of Outlook Avenue, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend in Youngstown and driving her body to Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty Tuesday to menacing charges in New York. The charges arose when Elliott threatened Niagara Falls police officers with a knife as they arrested him in the August death of Anvia Mickens, 28, of Bradley Lane.

In September, Lt. Doug Bobovnyik told The Vindicator that Elliott told a Youngstown detective he killed Mickens in Youngstown, and Mahoning County will prosecute Elliott for the skaying.

Resolution passes

COLUMBUS

A resolution co-sponsored by state Sen. Sean O’Brien of Bazetta Township, D-32nd, that brings awareness to Ohio’s nonmotorized trail system, has passed the Ohio Senate.

The resolution designates 2018 as “Ohio’s Year of the Trails” and encourages Ohioans to take advantage of the state’s 3,500 miles of trails. The resolution was supported by the Ohio Legislative Trails Caucus, a group of legislators from both parties.

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