Despite strike at school, water will get through

Despite strike at school,water will get through
SOUTHINGTON -- School employees are making sure bottled water gets delivered to the buildings despite a picket line outside.
The district was advised this week by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency not to use the water supply to the buildings after samples tested positive for E. coli bacteria.
Additional tests have come back negative for the bacteria, but final test results are expected by the end of the week, school officials said.
Howland Springs Water Co. is providing water to the district, but school officials made arrangements to have the supply picked up rather than delivered so drivers would not be forced to cross the picket line.
Ohio Association of Public School Employees Local 673, representing 15 bus drivers, secretaries and cafeteria workers, who have been without a contract for more than two years, went on strike Monday, the first day of classes.
Firefighters await wordon handling fire in silo
HARTFORD -- Fire officials here were waiting for approval today before spraying carbon dioxide onto a smoldering fire in a silo.
Assistant Fire Chief Mark Mennor said crews wanted to hear from representatives of the company that makes the chemical.
Fire crews responded Tuesday morning to a call of smoke coming from the silo, Mennor said, but were unable to use water on the fire for fear of explosion.
In the meantime, more families were evacuated from their homes as a safety measure, Mennor said.
Residents between Hartford-Five Points Road and 2727 state Route 7 are not allowed in the area yet, while those between 2727 state Route 7 and Drake State Line Road are allowed in the area only if escorted.
Families are able to find shelter at the township fire station.
State Route 7 was closed to general traffic between state Routes 82 and 305.
Manslaughter sentence
WARREN -- A Mercer Avenue man pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 66-year-old man and was sentenced by Judge Andrew Logan to 10 years in prison.
Police said Dwight Steele, no age available, and a co-defendant, Chad Karpenko, went to Harvey Hill's Hillsdale Northeast home Sept. 3, 2002, to rob him.
Karpenko was brought in by police the day after Hill was found shot to death. Police said Karpenko's fingerprints were found on a window frame of the house and Karpenko told them he visited the house the week before to look at firearms.
Karpenko pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of murder and robbery. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 27 years.
Citizens group to meet
McDONALD -- Weathersfield Township Responsible Citizens Association resumes its regular meeting schedule at 7 p.m. Thursday in Summit Assembly of God Church, 2615 Salt Springs Road.
The group meets the last Thursday of the month. The public is invited.
Police plan 3 programson traffic enforcement
NILES -- City police are launching three traffic enforcement programs.
With the start of school, extra patrols will focus on the areas around public and parochial schools. Officers will target speeders, reckless drivers and seat-belt violators.
The department is asking motorists to take added care in school zones and residential areas where children are walking to and from school.
Police also will have extra officers on patrol Thursdays through Sundays through September, targeting impaired drivers, as well as the other violations.
The programs are being funded through the Trumbull County DUI Task Force and the state department of public safety.
Man: Woman had a gun
AUSTINTOWN -- A Kentucky man told police a woman pointed a gun at him Tuesday on the on-ramp to Interstate 680 north from North Meridian Road.
The 47-year-old Paducah man said he was hitchhiking about 7:40 p.m. when a woman pulled up, accused him of cursing at her and pointed a gun.
The man said that when he ran, the woman put her car in reverse and chased him before eventually driving off.