Authorities seek 2 men

Authorities seek 2 men
WARREN -- The Trumbull County Sheriff's Department is looking for two men who have failed to register as sexual offenders.
Detective Rick Tackett says Jerry J. Merten, 33, of Freeman Street Northwest and Daniel T. Hillier, 32, of Poplar Street, Girard, have failed to register with the department.
Failing to register as a sexual offender is a felony.
Detectives said they need to contact the men and find out why that have not registered.
Merten was found guilty in March 1999 of one count of gross sexual imposition. He served 18 months in prison and was to register as a sexual offender by Jan. 13.
Hillier was convicted of a count of gross sexual imposition in June 1996. He was released from prison late last year and was to register by Jan. 11, officials said.
Threat reported
BOARDMAN -- A township woman told police her son's life was threatened by another pupil while riding a school bus home from Boardman Center Middle School.
The woman, of Wildwood Drive, told police the pupil said Wednesday that he was going to either slit her son's wrist or throat. The woman's son said the boy is known to carry or frequently display a switchblade, police reports said.
The boy had been threatening or harrassing her son and her daughter while at school, and was ultimately suspended for those actions, the woman said. He has returned to classes, however.
Board resignation
NESHANNOCK, Pa. -- Russell "Hank" Forney has resigned from the school board.
Forney, whose term expires in December 2003, said during a regular school board meeting Thursday that he could no longer serve as a school director because of time constraints. His resignation is effective immediately. School board president Harry Flannery announced earlier this week he will not seek re-election in May. Board member Gary Clobus also will not seek re-election.
Boys get probation
LISBON -- Four Calcutta boys are to serve probation for their role in a Jan. 16 vandalism spree that resulted in thousands of dollars' worth of damage.
The boys, ages 6, 8, 9 and 12, were sentenced Thursday in Columbiana County Juvenile Court after admitting their crimes.
Authorities say the boys used BB guns to shoot out windows in six cars stored outside a Calcutta-area residence. At another home in the same area, they shot out windows, broke in and did damage inside the residence.
The length of the probation they must serve is indefinite.
Touring Ohio Northern
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University trustees and staff visited Ohio Northern University in Ada today to tour the school's privately financed student housing complex. Trustees and staff will visit similar sites at the University of Buffalo and Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., over the next four weeks. University officials are making the visits before choosing a development company to build a student apartment complex adjacent to the YSU campus. YSU hopes the complex, which could house as many as 400 students, can be finished and open by the start of fall semester 2002.
Truck overturns
GREEN -- A tractor-trailer carrying construction debris overturned at the intersection of state Route 165 and U.S. Route 62 on its way to the Carbon Limestone Sanitary Landfill around 7:16 a.m. today. Police were still on the scene at 8:45 a.m. but had not set up a detour. No injuries were reported.
Writers group to meet
WARREN -- The second monthly meeting of Write On -- The Writer's Group will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the community room of Cortland Bank, Elm Road.
Participants are asked to bring a lunch and a sample writing.
For more information, call Sue Motzer at (330) 394-3924 or Marianne Nethers at (330) 394-1815.
Deadline for campaign
WARREN -- Area nonprofit organizations that want to participate in Trumbull County's Combined Federal Campaign must submit applications by March 30.
Nonprofit organizations promoting human health and welfare, and which are recognized by the IRS, are eligible to apply for listing in the campaign, which is the annual fund-raising appeal among the area's federal employees.
Organizations must demonstrate a substantial presence in the county and must submit an IRS Form 990 and copies of the most recent audit and annual report. Applications are available at the United Way of Trumbull County, 3601 Youngstown Road S.E.