Teachers OK agreement

Teachers OK agreement
EAST PALESTINE -- Members of the East Palestine Education Association, which represents 91 teachers, have ratified a tentative agreement reached last week with the board of education.
After Friday afternoon's ratification vote, Don Carson, EPEA spokesman, said the union hopes the school board also will ratify the agreement when it meets next week.
Library dedication
AUSTINTOWN -- The dedication ceremony for the new Austintown library, 600 S. Raccoon Road, will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
The festivities will include remarks by local dignitaries, performances by the Austintown Concert Choir and Adagio String Quartet, a student art exhibit, and children's crafts and face painting.
The event is free. The library opened Oct. 11.
Man, 42, burned
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A 42-year-old man was flown by helicopter in critical but stable condition to the burn unit at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh after he was burned over 50 percent of his body in a Friday morning fire that destroyed his Mahoning Township trailer home.
The victim, John Dean, returned to his trailer to rescue his dog after trying unsuccessfully to get a fire extinguisher from a neighbor, said Fire Chief Francis Exposito. When Dean opened his trailer door, an explosion threw him and the neighbor off the steps and inflicted severe cuts on Dean's legs. The dog already had escaped.
The neighbor, who was not injured, pulled Dean away from the trailer and covered him with blankets until emergency personnel arrived. The fire was reported at 10:05 a.m. in the Zoccoli Trailer Park off U.S. Route 422. The blaze was ruled accidental and was likely caused by an electrical short circuit in the furnace area, Exposito said. Pulaski and Union firefighters assisted.
Woman injured in crash
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. -- A 43-year-old New Brighton woman remained in critical condition with head injuries Friday evening after being flown by helicopter to Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh after a one-vehicle accident on Hickernell Road, Perry Township.
Kim Gentile was southbound at 1:30 p.m. Friday and went off the road for an unknown reason, striking a tree and coming to rest against a telephone pole, Pennsylvania State Police said. Firefighters from Wurternburg and Ellwood City had to extricate Gentile from the heavily damaged 2001 Jeep she was driving. She was not wearing a seat belt.
Man arraigned in rape
NILES -- A North Arlington Avenue man remains in jail on a $100,000 bond and must surrender his passport before he can post bond.
Glenwyn A. Warner, 40, appeared Friday in Niles Municipal Court for arraignment on a rape charge. He is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl Wednesday night in the basement of his home.
Warner is in the Trumbull County jail. A preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Concert in Boardman
BOARDMAN -- A Boardman community rally/concert will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Boardman High School Performing Arts Center. Performers will be Todd Hancock and Maureen Collins, Easy Street Productions, along with performers from the Boardman schools fine arts department. The concert is free.
New U.S. citizens
YOUNGSTOWN -- Eighteen men and women from around the world became American citizens during a ceremony late this week in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Probate Judge Timothy P. Maloney presided.
The new citizens are from Yugoslavia, India, Canada, Liberia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian territory, France, Italy, Korea, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China. One woman said she was "stateless" before becoming an American.
Each new citizen is required to undergo fingerprinting and an FBI background check and to pass a 100-question test at the Cleveland office of the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service.