Prostate screenings

Prostate screenings
LISBON -- Columbiana County Health Department will offer prostate cancer screenings Thursday and June 27 at the health department, 7360 state Route 45. The free screening includes a blood test and digital rectal exam said Barbara Knee, health department nursing director. She said early detection is key to prostate cancer survival, and men 50 and older should have the test annually. Black men and those with a family history of prostate cancer among fathers, brothers or sons are considered high-risk and should begin testing at 45, she said. Knee said the American Cancer Society statistics show prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Men interested in the test should call the health department at (330) 424-0272 for an appointment.
Accident kills girl, 16
HADLEY, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said a 16-year-old Beatty School Road girl was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Smith Road in Perry Township. Mellissa A. Yeager was a passenger in a Jeep driven by Ben L. Loutzenhiser, 16, of Eich Road, Greenville, that ran off the road and struck a tree around 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said. Loutzenhiser was westbound on Smith Road and failed to negotiate a bend to the left on a downhill grade. His Jeep ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree, throwing Yeager out, police said, adding they don't know if she was wearing a seat belt. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Cris Loutzenhiser, a Mercer County deputy coroner who is a distant relative of the driver. He said Yeager died of a fractured skull. Ben Loutzenhiser was admitted to UPMC Horizon's Greenville hospital where he was in stable condition this morning.
Victim's identity
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Shaker Heights, Ohio, man killed in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 Friday has been identified as Jeffrey E. Siss, 44. Mercer County Deputy Coroner Scott Black initially identified him as Jeffrey E. Siff while state police said his last name was Siss. The police had the correct spelling.
Radio field day
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. -- The Ellwood City Amateur Radio Association Inc. is sponsoring a field day at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Franklin Township Municipal Building, Pa. Route 288. Amateur radio operators will simulate working under an emergency situation and practice setting up a sufficient emergency communication network quickly and easily. The public is invited.
Break-in reported
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Someone cut padlocks and knocked down a fence at CBS Builders on Moravia Street. Police said this morning that two blow torches and oxygen tanks are missing. They are valued at about $500. The items were taken between Friday and Monday, police said.
Ham license tests
NORTH JACKSON -- The Twenty Over Nine Amateur Radio Club will be testing for amateur radio licenses Saturday. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and testing begins at 9.
Participants must have two forms of identification (driver's license and Social Security card or some other form if there is no driver's license).
Elements 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be given. Any upgrades must have original license and CSCEs and a copy of each.
Testing will be at 13308 Mahoning Ave., North Jackson. Contact Bob Meikle, WA8HQQ, at (330) 793-5423 or rom1@zoominternet.net.
Motorcycle event
NEWTON FALLS -- Motorcycle Madness 2 is Sunday.
Seventy-five trophies are up for grabs. A poker run heads out of town with a police escort at 10 a.m. on a one-stop 175-mile run to the Motorcycle Memorial in the Harrison County community of Hopedale.
There also will be a bike show, with judging from 4 to 5 p.m. and field events beginning at 5 on downtown streets.