Investigating fatal crash

Investigating fatal crash
LIBERTY -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-car crash that killed an unidentified man.
Officials say the car caught fire shortly after it hit a tree at the intersection of Loganway and Ravine around 4:43 a.m. Thursday.
The body was badly burned, troopers said. The vehicle was traveling at high speed when it hit the tree, reports state.
Trustees fill vacancy
VIENNA -- Township trustees have appointed William Bunkley, 4410 King Graves Road, to fill the remaining few months in the term of former Trustee Jack Hinely.
Hinely left the board of trustees a month ago, after the Trumbull County Board of Elections determined he was no longer a township resident. His term was to have expired at the end of the year.
Bunkley, a retired Ohio Department of Transportation engineer, has served two terms on the township's zoning board of appeals and is a 35-year township resident, Trustee Mark Finamore said.
He told trustees that he will not run to keep the seat in November, Finamore said.
Nine other township residents applied for the $8,000-a-year job.
Police probe robbery
BROOKFIELD -- Police are investigating an armed robbery of a state Route 7 video store.
Police Chief Dan Faustino said a man walked into the Movie Zone about 6:20 p.m. Thursday. The man, whose face was covered, walked up to the store clerk with a shotgun or rifle, demanded money and produced a shopping bag for the cash, Faustino said.
The clerk complied and the gunman ordered her to get on the floor and remain there for five minutes. He fled the store in an unknown direction.
The chief said the amount of money was less than $100.
Flood-relief applications
LORDSTOWN -- Any resident who has received flood damage can pick up a Federal Emergency Management Agency application for possible financial assistance at the police department.
Dunk the Doc event
WARREN -- Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital will conduct its third annual Dunk the Doc event to raise money for the American Heart Association's 2003 Heart Walk.
To kick off the event, Mayor Hank Angelo will pitch the first ball at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the physicians' parking lot at the hospital. The event is open to the general public and will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The cost for a chance to dunk a doctor is $1 for one baseball and $5 for six. Last year's event raised more than $2,000 for the Heart Walk.
This year's Heart Walk will be Sept. 13 at Youngstown State University. It marks the first year that teams from Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties will walk together at one location.
For more information, call Deborah Wojnarksi, educational services, at (330) 841-9857.