Liberty man gets jail for beating son, 6

Liberty man gets jailfor beating son, 6
GIRARD -- A Liberty father accused of severely beating his 6-year-old son will spend 10 days in the county jail.
Jerry E. Malcomson Jr., 28, of Naylor-Lloyd Road, pleaded no contest and was found guilty Wednesday by visiting municipal Judge Daniel P. Thomas of a charge of child endangering.
Malcomson will begin serving his time Monday. He was fined $100, placed on one year's probation and ordered to undergo anger-management counseling.
Charges of permitting child abuse and domestic violence were dismissed.
Malcomson was accused of beating his son, who lives in Niles. The boy has bipolar disorder and is a special-needs student.
Liberty police said employees at Washington Elementary School in Niles notified police when they saw the boy's bruised back Sept. 23.
His mother, Nanette McMahan of St. John Street, Niles, said she had given the boy to his father because she could no longer handle him.
Falls school unionwill take strike vote
NEWTON FALLS -- The union representing school district support staff says it will take a strike vote Sunday night if contract talks that day do not produce an agreement.
Negotiations between the Newton Falls Association of Classified Employees and the school board will resume at 1 p.m. Sunday and the strike vote will be four hours later, the union said.
The two sides met for five hours Wednesday, but the union said the session was unproductive.
The administration says the district must have concessions on insurance costs. Other issues also remain.
The association represents bus drivers and mechanics, secretaries, custodians, maintenance personnel, cafeteria workers and aides.
Sports Hall plans'The Game' dinner
WARREN -- The Warren Sports Hall of Fame's annual "The Game" dinner featuring past Ohio State and Michigan football players is at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 in Enzo's Restaurant, Elm Road.
Tickets are $35.
Former OSU players Aaron Brown, Ray Griffin and Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, and former Michigan players Elvis Grbac, Tim Davis and John Kolesar, are scheduled to attend.
There will be a sports memorabilia auction.
Call Bob Reich at (330) 847-0749 for tickets.
Hire-a-Vet-Monthwill begin Friday
WARREN -- The Ohio and Trumbull County Departments of Job and Family Services will kick off their annual Hire-A-Vet Month with a Veterans Day observance at 10 a.m. Friday in front of the Trumbull County One-Stop office, 684 N. Park Ave.
Activities will include a fly-by and flag-raising by the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing, a display of military equipment by the Army National Guard, a 21-gun salute by American Legion Post 540, various armed services recruiters and a blood drive.
Candace Mason will sing the national anthem, and Lisa Taylor and Josh France, members of the Howland Marching Band, will play taps.
Veterans Day is Monday.
Trash compactorstolen in daylight
HERMITAGE, Pa.-- A 500-pound hydraulic trash compactor was stolen Wednesday from behind the Shenango Valley Mall between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Police say they think the $3,000 unit was taken to Youngstown.
Deliberations beginin stillbirth lawsuit
YOUNGSTOWN -- Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, where a Columbiana couple is suing a doctor they say contributed to the stillbirth of their first son in July 1999.
Matthew and Sunny Barger are seeking unspecified damages from Dr. Robert McCluskey, saying he should not have used the drug Cytotec to induce labor.
They say the drug caused the woman to have repeated contractions that cut off the flow of blood and oxygen to the baby through the umbilical cord, causing his death.
McCluskey testified earlier this week the drug was prescribed by another doctor and he went along with it because the other doctor said it would be fine.