Explosion at house

Explosion at house
WEATHERSFIELD -- A faulty gas line is being listed as the cause of a house explosion.
Firefighters were called to a Woodlawn Avenue home around 10 p.m. Saturday and fought for more than four hours to contain the blaze, which destroyed the structure.
Fire department reports say two people were inside when the explosion occurred but escaped without injury. Damage was estimated at more than $40,000.
Motel TVs stolen
LIBERTY -- Police are investigating the theft of televisions from a local motel.
According to reports, an employee of Belmont Inn & amp; Suites, Belmont Avenue, told police someone entered through a window sometime overnight Thursday and took seven 19-inch RCA televisions.
The TVs were valued at $1,400.
Teen takes scorpion
LIBERTY -- An employee of TW Pet Center, Belmont Avenue, told police a teenager who said he was a Liberty High School basketball player took a poisonous scorpion.
Police took as evidence the store's security tape, which reportedly shows the black male, age 16-18 and about 6 feet tall with black hair, taking the animal without paying for it. The episode occurred at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
Man's rifle stolen
LIBERTY -- A Logangate man told police someone entered his apartment and took a rifle.
The 23-year-old man told police the .30-.30 Winchester rifle was stolen from his home between 10:30 a.m. and 6:50 p.m. Sunday. Nothing else was reported missing.
A story of childhood
CORTLAND --At a SCOPE Lake Vista satellite meeting, Lillian Kahl of Cortland will tell the story of her childhood. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Lake Vista Club House. Attendees are encouraged to bring a finger food to share.
Fire at vacant house
YOUNGSTOWN -- The fire department has listed as suspicious a pre-dawn fire today at 41 E. Delason Ave., a vacant house on the South Side. The fire, which started in a lounge area, was reported at 3:38 a.m. Damage to the two-story wooden house was estimated at $15,000. County records show the value of the property as $11,900.
Flu shots to be offered
POLAND -- Flu shots will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 McKinley Way West. The shots will be given by Senior Independence Home Health Care. Medicare will be billed for shots for people age 65 and older.
An $18 fee will be collected from people under 65, and they will receive receipts enabling them to seek reimbursement from their health insurance plans.
Woman's death probed
YOUNGSTOWN -- The death Sunday afternoon of a 54-year-old woman at her East Ravenwood Avenue home has been listed as suspicious. Detectives, the crime lab and a coroner's investigator were sent to the home after a report of an overdose. Police found Sandra D. Walsh dead on a bed. Walsh had been drinking with friends the night before and was given a prescription sleeping pill, reports show.
Boy fires gun into air
YOUNGSTOWN -- Four shots fired into the air about 8 p.m. Sunday outside Bennett Elementary School came from a .38-caliber handgun taken by a 13-year-old boy from under his mother's bed at their Cameron Street home, police said. The boy admitted to police that he took the gun and fired it to impress his friends. The boy was taken to the juvenile justice center.
School vandalized
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two buildings at Legacy School Academy for the Arts at Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church on Oak Hill Avenue were broken into and vandalized Sunday, police said.