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Canfield police blotter

Canfield Police activity reported July 28-Aug. 11: Aug. 11 — Ja’Tavion Powell, 31, 3331 Lodwick Drive NW, Warren, self-surrendered on a Canfield warrant for sexual imposition regarding a July 21 report of a sexual assault at 7055 Herbert Road. Aug. 9 — Carmen Razo, 27, 351 Lincoln Ave., Youngstown, was arrested during a traffic stop on East Main Street on charges of OVI and open container, and was cited for a marked lanes violation. Aug. 8 — Heather Shiftlett, 36, 917 Franklin Ave., Youngstown, was arrested at 20 S. Broad Street on a Youngstown Municipal Court warrant for ...

Mahoning Courts | Marriage licenses

Marriage licenses Marriage licenses granted Aug. 3-7 in Mahoning County: Derek Patrick John Day, 35, New Waterford, and India Lee Reiss, 32, New Wilmington, Pa. Matthew Campbell Brady, 28, Washington, D.C., and Chloe Rae Batsch, 28, Chevy Chase, Maryland David John Mannion Jr., 36, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, and Tyler Larry Twining, 26, Cassville, Wisconsin Daryl Rodney Williams, 64, Youngstown, and Dorinda Denise Hicks, 67, Youngstown James Robert Gadd, 38, Struthers, and Teresa Marie Isenberg, 40, Struthers Peyton Dale Piver, 24, Youngstown, and Hannah Elizabeth Wall, ...

A taste of each other’s cultures

YOUNGSTOWN — Perhaps as satisfying to many people’s palates as the wide choice of ethnic foods was their representation. “This is a way for us to also share our food, our music and our culture with the community,” Angelica Diaz, the Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana ...

Water issues flood Canfield council agenda

CANFIELD — City Council spent a good deal of its Wednesday meeting talking about water issues, including an EPA violation at the plant in Weathersfield where the city gets its water treated. “We are required to post a notice to residents of an Ohio EPA violation,” Public Works Superintendent John Rapp said. “We will be including it with the next three water bills.” Rapp said the violation came at the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District’s water treatment plant in Weathersfield. He said for a 15-minute period, the chlorine injection equipment stopped placing chlorine in the ...

Skatepark Association cleans up Lincoln Park

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Skatepark Association organized its annual city park cleanup Saturday at Lincoln Park on the East Side. YSA’s park cleanups are part of its overall goal of establishing a permanent public skate park in Youngstown. According to Zack Felger, chairman of YSA’s ...

Grand jury indicts 17

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The following people were indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury: • Jay’Onne A. Price, 22, West Maryland Avenue, Sebring, child endangering and misdemeanor domestic violence. • William M. Robinson, 33, Samuel Avenue, cocaine possession with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case. • Melvin Howell, 49, East Philadelphia Avenue, kidnapping with a firearm specification, being a felon in possession of a firearm and cocaine possession. • Nelfonda D. Lynch, 34, Southern Boulevard, failure to comply with an order or signal ...