Suspension expected

Suspension expected
AUSTINTOWN -- A school bus driver who was involved in a two-vehicle accident with her bus March 9 at St. Joseph School is expected to be suspended for three days without pay.
The driver, Terri Wolfe, is slated to be suspended during tonight's Austintown school board meeting, said Superintendent Richard Denamen. The suspension will take place between May 1 and May 3.
Denamen said no pupils were in the bus and nobody was injured when the accident occurred.
The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. in the school parking lot on New Road after Wolfe had dropped off pupils. A police report says Wolfe turned the wrong way from a turning lane on New Road into the parking lot, striking the front of a car driven by Patrick Tonti of Austintown. Tonti's front bumper was taken off in the collision.
Wolfe then drove off. Wolfe later returned to the parking lot and called police.
The school board's policy is to suspend drivers for three days without pay, when they have been in accidents. Denamen said the accident will not affect the district's bus service.
East Side shooting
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Wychwood Lane man was shot over the weekend while he sat in the parking lot of the McGuffey Plaza on the East Side, police said. Dawon Maddox, 18, told police he was sitting in his car in the parking lot with his girlfriend when a man approached the car and shot him in the knee with a semiautomatic handgun. Maddox told officers that he knows the man, but he would give police no additional information. The woman was not injured and police found no bullet holes in the car.
South Side shooting
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police are investigating a shooting on the South Side Sunday night that sent one man to the hospital. Levon Haywood, 24, of Hilton Avenue told police he was walking in the Delason and Erie Street area at about 9 p.m. when he heard several gunshots. He ran a short distance before realizing he had been shot in the left leg. He walked to a friend's house and was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Block Watch speaker
YOUNGSTOWN -- Councilman John Swierz, D-7th, is the speaker at the Buckeye Eyes and Ears Block Watch at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Word of Grace Church, 2724 Mount Vernon Ave. Swierz will discuss the city trash ordinance for homeowners and rental properties.
Volunteer recognition
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown Area Community Action Council's Head Start program will have its annual parent volunteer recognition dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. May 11 in Youngstown State University's DeBartolo Stadium Club.
Crime Watch meeting
NORTH LIMA -- The Beaver Township Crime Watch meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the activity center at Shepherd of the Valley, 9111 Sharrott Road. Peg Kratofil, a registered nurse at Shepherd of the Valley, will give a humorous presentation on the "myths of aging."