Shooting death

Shooting death
EAST PALESTINE -- City police and the Columbiana County coroner's office are investigating the apparent accidental shooting death Friday evening of 18-year-old Brenton G. McCurdy of 4201 Adams Road. Police were called to a West Clark Street home around 7:45 p.m. and found McCurdy lying on the kitchen floor, the victim of an apparent gunshot wound. A 12-gauge shotgun that may have been involved in the shooting was removed from the house by police, who released no other information Saturday night.
Springfield Twp. meeting
NEW SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield Township trustees will conduct a special meeting at 3 p.m. Monday in the township hall to discuss the proposed host community agreement between the township and Waste Management American Landfill Inc., which operates a landfill on Garfield Road. Atty. David Shepherd, who was hired to represent the township in working out the agreement, will attend. In exchange for the agreement, Waste Management has agreed to donate $600,000 toward the $2.7 million Petersburg sanitary sewer construction project, which is expected to begin in July and take 18 months.
Hotel workers mixer
BOARDMAN -- The Mahoning County Lodging Council, a chapter of the Ohio Hotel & amp; Lodging Association, will have a holiday mixer for local hotel employees from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Boardman Holiday Inn. In place of an entrance charge, attendees will provide gifts that will be donated to Forum Health Tod Children's Hospital in Youngstown.
House OKs measure
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio House approved a bill, sponsored by state Rep. Sandra Stabile Harwood of Niles, that removes terms such as negroes and colored persons from the Ohio Revised Code and replaces them with the term African-American. The bill received unanimous approval from the House, and was previously approved by the state Senate. It goes to Gov. Bob Taft for his signature.