Heavy rains flood buildings at YSU

Heavy rains floodbuildings at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN -- Heavy rains Friday and Saturday flooded several buildings at Youngstown State University. Beeghly Center was hit worst, said Vince Sacco, YSU associate director of facilities. The lower level was flooded because drains could not handle rainwater channeled from the roof and landscaped areas surrounding the building.
Water was confined to the lower levels of Maag Library, Meshel and Fedor halls. "It didn't appear that any books were damaged; there was just a little water on the floor in Maag," Sacco said. In Meshel Hall, water was confined to the janitorial and mechanical offices. Cleanup is nearly complete and will have no impact on operations.
In Boardman, St. Charles School is closed today for cleanup of lower-level classrooms. The loss is set at about $20,000 after water damaged six classrooms and a hallway, and several lockers full of pupils' belongings and books. Classes will resume Tuesday.
MVSD trial dates
YOUNGSTOWN -- Visiting Judge Richard M. Markus has set the civil trial dates for the former directors of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District.
Judge Markus set the case filed by Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery against Edward A. Flask for Sept. 24 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The judge set the attorney general's case against Frank DeJute for Oct. 22 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
Woman shot in head
YOUNGSTOWN -- Betty Carnahan, 41, of Belmont Avenue was in critical condition today at St. Elizabeth Health Center with a bullet wound of the head. She was injured Sunday night while dropping off a man at a store in the 1300 block of Wick Avenue.
Witnesses told police that shots were fired at Carnahan's car from a blue Chevrolet. Police collected eight 9mm casings at the scene.
Attack by dog pack
YOUNGSTOWN -- A pack of five mixed-breed wild dogs attacked a man walking at the dead end of Knox Street Saturday afternoon, police said.
The 54-year-old man told police that he ran for safety and said the dogs are always in his neighborhood in the same area. He said the dogs attacked his neighbor's dog Friday.
Police and Dave Nelson, Animal Charity humane investigator, were unable to capture the animals.
Children threatened
AUSTINTOWN -- A mother told police that her two sons, ages 7 and 12, were riding their bikes near their apartment building, in the 400 block of South Raccoon Road, when a car pulled up and the passenger threatened to shoot them.
He brandished a black semiautomatic pistol, the woman told police.
Car burglary
AUSTINTOWN -- A $2,000 laptop computer was stolen from a Michigan motorist who left it in his car as he slept in the Canfield-Niles Road Hampton Inn, reports say. The thief broke a window to get the computer.
Possible gunfire
AUSTINTOWN -- A woman from the 3300 block of West Webb Road was sitting in her living room at 11 p.m. Saturday when a nearby window suddenly broke, reports say.
A small hole in the screen led police to suspect the window could have been shot by a firearm.
Lightning sparks fire
AUSTINTOWN -- A lightning strike ignited the roof of a large garage at 5535 Silica Road Saturday morning. The fire caused $35,000 worth of damage to the wooden-framed structure and the cars inside, including a 1966 Ford, reports say.
The blaze, which took firefighters two hours to extinguish, also melted vinyl siding of the home on the property.
Hit-and-run crash
CAMPBELL -- A 79-year-old Moore Avenue woman escaped a hit-and-run accident without any apparent injuries Sunday around 8:10 a.m. Her vehicle was struck on the driver's side while heading south on 12th Street near Blossom Avenue.
She described the driver as a white man, about 30 years old, driving an older-model gray vehicle.