Indictment handed up

Indictment handed up
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury has handed up an indictment in U.S. District Court here charging Earl Sidney May III, 45 of Lisbon Street, Canfield, with failure to pay past due child support.
The indictment says May failed to pay past due child support for his children who live in Columbiana County during three pay periods from August 1998 to June 2000. Emily M. Sweeney, United States attorney, said May is ordered to pay $884.95 monthly, and is more than $10,000 in arrears.
The case was investigated by the Office of Health and Human Services, the Office of the Inspector General and Columbiana County Child Support Enforcement Agency.
Public meeting set
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A public meeting about Lawrence County's reassessment is set for 7 tonight at the Shenango Township Building, 1000 Willowbrook Road.
Commissioner Ed Fosnaught will answer questions about the work done by Sabre Systems, the Miamisburg, Ohio, company hired to conduct the reassessment.
Raising funds for trail
LISBON -- A fund-raising event for the Little Beaver Greenway Trail will be at 1 p.m. Sunday on the trail, beginning at state Route 164 in Lisbon and ending at state Route 558 in Franklin Square.
Tiffany Kaiser, program director of Columbiana County Park District, said a $5 donation from walkers or bike riders during the day will help defray the cost of maintaining the trail.
T-shirts will be available for $10. Participants determine the length of their walk or ride, she said. Pledge sheets will be available for those who wish to collect money for future trail development.
Man's body identified
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- Police have identified a body found in a carwash last month as an Ohio man reported missing more than two weeks ago and say the man last seen driving his minivan has committed suicide.
State Police identified the body as that of James P. Silver, 56, of Jefferson, Ohio. Police are investigating the death as a homicide. Silver was strangled, an autopsy shows.
Silver's body was found May 12 in a self-serve carwash near Harmony, Butler County. His ex-wife, Betty Silver, reported him missing May 16.
Police say Edward Kerr, 37, of McKeesport, was last seen in Silver's 1989 Dodge Caravan. Kerr was seen driving the van around the Pittsburgh area and it was found within a block of UPMC McKeesport Hospital.
Kerr checked in to the hospital May 14 and hanged himself with a bedsheet May 25, the Allegheny County Coroner's Office says. Police have not identified a suspect.
Peacock on the loose
NEW GARDEN -- Motorists traveling on state Route 9 north of here better keep an eye out for a surprising "guest" walking along or crossing the highway -- a large peacock.
Monday night the peacock was spotted crossing the highway. It then stopped by to peep in at a nearby residence.
Funds for KSU campus
EAST LIVERPOOL -- The State Controlling Board has released about $370,000 to assist in renovations at the Kent State East Liverpool campus and $200,000 for a St. Clair Township Road project, State Sen. Greg DiDonato of Dennison, D-30th, has announced.
The KSU project includes cleaning and repair of the masonry, terra cotta and limestone of the building exterior, improved lighting and safety railings, new steps to the faculty parking area, new doors on the commons area and general landscaping, DiDonato said.
The $200,000 to St. Clair Township will assist in construction of a new two-lane, 5,000-linear-foot road connecting St. Clair Avenue and Dresden Avenue, including turn lanes and traffic lights at the intersection of the new road and St. Clair Ave.