Home burglarized

Home burglarized
SALEM -- More than $2,000 in cash was taken from a home on the 800 block of Cunningham Road, Perry Township Police report. Thieves broke into the home through a rear door and took the cash. The theft was reported earlier this week.
School board vacancy
COLUMBIANA -- Columbiana Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the high school. Superintendent Patricia Hura said the board will start the meeting with an executive session to interview board member candidates. There is a board vacancy due to the resignation of the Rev. David Dale, who accepted a pastorate in another city.
Executive session
LEETONIA -- Leetonia Board of Education will meet in executive session at 6 p.m. Monday at Orchard Hill School. Superintendent Thomas Inchak said the board will discuss an employee issue and no action will be taken.
Building to be razed
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A building on East Washington Street will be razed to make room for a new city park. City council agreed to buy the one-story building at 220 and 222 East Washington St. from Nicholas DeRosa and Patricia Moosally for $274,500. City solicitor James Manolis said the building is a key piece of property in the city's downtown revitalization plans, which include a river walk park along the Neshannock Creek. City officials must now wait for a bankruptcy court to approve Moosally's end of the deal, he said. DeRosa has already approved the sale of his ownership of the building. The money to buy the building will come from the $5 million state grant the city received for the revitalization project. The project is being done in conjunction with a private developer's plan to put a Warner Bros. theme park downtown.
Thefts from cars
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police are investigating a string of overnight thefts from cars. Police said someone ransacked three parked cars on East Hazelcroft Avenue and took $4. There were numerous reports of other cars' being entered in that same area. Police said someone also took a compact disc player and an amplifier from a car parked in an East Lutton Street garage sometime overnight.
Liquor-law charges
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Investigative Unit -- the division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety responsible for liquor law enforcement -- has announced results of enforcement actions in Austintown and Masury.
Richard J. Pesa, 29, of Matta Avenue, Youngstown, was arrested Saturday at the Austintown Police New Road Substation and charged with illegally selling beer at Kirkmere Pizza, 4218 Mahoning Ave., which is listed as having no liquor permits.
Two Masury license holders were convicted of selling beer to someone under age 21 on Oct. 18. The sites are Standard Market, 8171 Warren-Sharon Road, N.E., whose license holder is Mary Helen Defrank, and Penn-Ohio Citgo and Drive Thru, 868 S. Irvine Ave.
Armed robbery at mall
NILES -- Police are investigation the robbery of a West Farmington woman Thursday evening in the parking lot outside Ruby Tuesday at the Eastwood Mall. The woman and two other women were walking to their cars about 9:45 p.m. when a man wearing a ski mask walked up to them, brandished a gun and demanded their purses. Two of the women, of Warren and Kinsman, ran for help. The man stuck the gun into the side of the West Farmington woman and said, "I will kill you. Please give me your purse." She complied and he fled, getting into a car that was parked by Kaufmann's.
$7,000 given to Tod
YOUNGSTOWN -- Rural Metro Ambulance employees donated $7,000 to Forum Health Tod Children's Hospital raised through an annual employee-driven golf outing and raffle. The $7,000 total represents the largest amount donated to Tod Hospital as a result of the event, said Rich Sobnosky, Youngstown supervisor and event chairman.