Health agency to discuss results of odor probe

Health agency to discussresults of odor probe
LEAVITTSBURG -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will discuss results of its hydrogen sulfide investigation at a public meeting from 7:30-9:30 tonight in Johnson Community Center, 800 Gillmer Road.
For more than two years, residents of Warren Township and surrounding areas have been complaining of a hydrogen sulfide odor they say is making them sick.
ATSDR also will provide its findings at a health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Packard Music Hall, Mahoning Avenue, Warren.
Teen, juvenile arrested
HOWLAND -- Police have arrested an 18-year-old and a juvenile on charges of breaking and entering.
Police Chief Paul Monroe said Jonathan Ellis and the juvenile were caught on foot about 11:30 a.m. Thursday after being accused of breaking into a home on Redwood Northeast about an hour before.
Chain-reaction crashleads to injuries for 2
CORTLAND -- A Cortland woman and a North Royalton man were treated for injuries after a chain-reaction crash just after 5 p.m. Thursday on state Route 305 near Southdale Street. Stella Coletti, of Deer Creek Trail, whose age was not available, told police she fell asleep at the wheel of her SUV which rear-ended a car driven by Randolph Esser, 49, of North Royalton and pushed it into a pickup truck driven by Arthur E. Hawes, 70, of McCleary-Jacoby Road.
Child rescued from pool
CHAMPION -- A 28-month-old boy was treated at a Warren hospital after being rescued from a swimming pool at Willow Lake Campground off Mahoning Avenue in Champion Township about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. A nurse gave him CPR at the campground, and firefighters took the boy to the hospital. The fire department would not release the boy's name.
Boy pulled from pool
BROOKFIELD -- A 5-year-old Campbell boy was taken to a Youngstown hospital for observation after being pulled from a backyard pool during a house party about 9 p.m. Wednesday at 7012 Warren-Sharon Road.
Jacob Sebest, had stopped breathing, but was alert and crying by the time he arrived at the hospital, the fire department said.
School district has chanceat getting federal grant
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Local Schools can still take advantage of a federal grant of up to $80,000 to make district buildings handicap-accessible.
Treasurer Angela Lewis and Superintendent Rocco Adduci said the district lost out on a grant through the American Disabilities Act because the previous superintendent did not sign the original application and the previous treasurer failed to submit vouchers for grant reimbursement after a ramp and automatic doors were installed.
Lewis said the district found out about the error because the ADA mailed a letter asking if it still wanted to take advantage of the grant.
The previous projects have been denied for reimbursement, but administrators are looking for other ideas for projects which may be covered by the ADA grant.
Application for the reimbursement grant must be submitted by Sept. 30.
Utilities panel to meet
LORDSTOWN -- Council's utilities committee will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers.
Food bank's new members
YOUNGSTOWN -- Second Harvest Foodbank has several new member agencies, including the following in Trumbull County: Vienna Ecumenical Food Pantry, Vienna; Grace AME Church, Our Way Home Ministries, North Mar Church and Warren SDA Church, all in Warren.
Man shot in the thigh
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 20-year-old Evergreen Avenue man was treated at a local hospital after being shot twice in the thigh at 9:10 p.m. Thursday. Ronald Raine of West Evergreen Avenue told police he intervened at Evergreen and Rosedale avenues, where about 10 boys in their early teens were trying to assault a 7-year-old girl. The boys punched Raine, who told police he heard about three gunshots as he ran home, where he discovered he'd been shot.