Window theft reported

Window theft reported
SHARON, Pa. -- Police reported the theft of a pair of stained-glass windows from a house in the 300 block of Prindle Street on Wednesday. The house was vacant and the windows were taken from the dining room sometime during the course of the day, police said.
2 appointed to panel
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Neshannock Township supervisors appointed Robert Delsignore and William Stroia on Wednesday to the township park commission, which oversees activities at the township park and Hess Ice Arena. Both are to serve five-year terms, and are replacing Beverly Lombardi and Justine Kearney, who chose not to seek reappointment for personal reasons.
Seeking more officers
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawrence County Prison officials want to add more corrections officers to the staff to guard its expanded female section. An indoor recreation center was recently renovated to house female inmates. It opened a few weeks ago, but there aren't enough corrections officers to work in the area, said Warden William Hall. It is being staffed by part-time corrections officers and full-time officers working overtime, he said. Prison board officials agreed Wednesday to ask the county salary board to create four full-time corrections officer positions for the women's section. No salary was discussed. Hall said there were 31 women housed in the female section of the prison Wednesday, which included six from Mercer County. Before completing the new women's section, most of Lawrence County's female prisoners were housed in Cambria County.
Funds for firetruck
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has given Springfield Township (Pa.) Volunteer Fire Department $10,000 to help buy a new firetruck. The pumper unit has a total cost of $217,000. The department will meet that expense with $49,571 from its own funds, $57,590 from the township's truck fund and a $100,000 loan from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, said state Sen. Robert Robbins of Greenville, R-50th, who announced the grant award. The department's old pumper is in such bad shape it won't pass inspection, Robbins said. The department serves Springfield and a portion of Liberty Township in Mercer County and Plain Grove Township in Lawrence County.
Cleanup drive planned
HANOVERTON -- The village will sponsor a cleanup drive May 11-12. A large trash receptacle will be available at village hall for residents to dispose of unwanted items. No branches, tires, large appliances, or toxic materials will be accepted. The village will be participating in the recycling effort April 20-21, sponsored by the Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison Joint Solid Waste District. Up to four tires (de-rimmed) per household will be accepted. Large appliances or electronic equipment can be taken to Solomon's Scrap on state Route 14, east of Salem, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Spring cleanup day
LISBON -- The village will hold a spring cleanup day for Cedar Street park and residents beginning at 9 a.m. April 28. All volunteers are welcome and should bring tools and rakes, if possible. A village-wide spruce up will be conducted May 5. The village has contracted with Waste Management for a special curbside collection of unwanted items. Council President Roger Gallo said no batteries, tires, or refrigerators will be accepted and the disposal company may have other restrictions. Council authorized a letter to be sent at the end of the month detailing what items will be accepted.
Credit cards stolen
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said a thief who stole credit cards from a car on Snyder Road on Wednesday wasted no time in running up some charges on one of those cards. The victim told police that by the time he reported the theft to his credit-card companies, the thief had already charged $2,146 at the Staples store on South Hermitage Road, $2,968 at King's Jewelry in the Shenango Valley Mall and $724 at Software Etc. on East State Street. Police said the car was left unlocked in the 100 block of Snyder Road between 9:15 and 11 a.m. Wednesday and that, in addition to the credit cards, $300 in cash was taken from the vehicle.