An OVI checkpoint will take place Saturday night in Youngstown.

The checkpoint will be from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on South Avenue near E. Dewey Avenue.

Saturation patrols will also take place in various parts of Mahoning County all weekend long.

The Mahoning County OVI Task Force teams with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for these checkpoints to try and reduce the number of alcohol-related injuries and deaths on the roadways.