Campuses get money

Campuses get money
SALEM -- The state's capital improvements bill contains money for Kent State University's Salem and East Liverpool campuses.
The Salem campus will get about $1.5 million, and the East Liverpool campus will get $171,174, said state Sen. Greg DiDonato of Dennison, D-30th, in a news release issued Wednesday.
The release did not state what the money will be used for, and KSU spokesmen were unavailable this morning.
Generally, capital improvement funds are spent on renovations, the release stated.
Sale of building
LEETONIA -- Village council wants the Columbiana County Port Authority to handle the sale of the former Sky Bank building.
Village Administrator Gary Phillips said that in selling real estate, the port authority has fewer legal restrictions than the village.
He said the port authority could sell the building to people who make offers, similar to the way real estate agents work.
The village however, must take bids for the sale.
Phillips said the fair market value of the building has been estimated at $65,000 to $75,000.
Sky Bank officials sold the building to the village for $1 in 2001 after closing the company's branch office there. Village officials had hoped to use the building as a community center or move some village hall offices there -- ideas that proved to be cost prohibitive.
Stadium renovations
COLUMBIANA -- Crestview school officials plan to accept bids for stadium renovations in January.
The school board hired Hanahan-Strollo & amp; Associates Inc. of Youngstown on Wednesday to draw up the plans. The renovations will include new bleachers, restrooms and a rubberized, all-weather track, Superintendent John Dilling said.
He said the district can fund the project without any increase in taxes by earmarking 2 mills of a 5.43-mill levy. The two mills would generate about $160,000 annually for the project.
Dilling said he does not have a cost estimate yet for the work.
The board wants to replace the wooden bleachers of the stadium with aluminum ones set in concrete, Dilling said. The bleachers are about 40 years old, and the board has been concerned that they are a safety hazard.
Wreck injures woman
LISBON -- A Carrollton woman was in serious condition this morning at Akron City Hospital after a two-car crash in Perry Township.
The Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Lititia Gray, 54, was driving northeast on state Route 9 on Tuesday and stopped at the intersection with the state Route 45 bypass. Gray then pulled into the into the path of a cruiser driven by Perry Township Patrolman Michael S. Emigh, 41, the patrol said. The patrol said Emigh was driving southeast on Route 45 and struck Gray's car broadside. Gray's car then went off the right side of the road and over an embankment.
The report is incomplete and the crash remains under investigation, the patrol said.
New Castle schools
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lynn Padice was re-elected as the president of the New Castle Area School Board at Wednesday's reorganization meeting. Peter Yerage was named vice president.
Board members agreed to continue their monthly meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday after the first Monday.
Car break-ins
SHARON, Pa. -- City police are investigating a series of car break-ins overnight in the West Hill area. Car stereos and other items were taken.
Police said this morning that there were at least seven cars involved and some of the stolen items had been recovered.
No other details were available.
Armed robbery
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 43-year-old Austintown man was robbed of $300 by a ski-masked gunman who emerged from a garage in the 600 block of Clearmount Drive on Wednesday.
The victim gave the gunman, who is listed as being 18 or 19, his wallet containing the cash, credit cards, checks and an identification card at 5:20 p.m.
Store damaged, robbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Someone drove into the front of Ally's Food Market on South Avenue, leaving parts of a taillight, possibly from a 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88, at the scene early Wednesday.
Inside the store, the owner discovered that the cash register had been smashed
Lottery tickets, cigarettes and a CD player were stolen.