Ungaro remains in Liberty

Ungaro remains in Liberty
LIBERTY -- Patrick J. Ungaro will be staying on as township administrator, at least for now.
The former Youngstown mayor has bought a house on Oriole Drive in the township, just north of Henry Stambaugh Municipal Golf Course.
As part of his taking over the post in June 2002, Ungaro agreed to move into the township.
Ungaro said Wednesday his 5,000-square-foot Fifth Avenue home in Youngstown is too large for him and his wife. The two homes are only blocks apart.
Ungaro said it's a "transition move" and he will move again if other career opportunities develop.
Warren honors residents
WARREN -- City council passed resolutions honoring several residents at a meeting Wednesday. Uriah Karkow and Melanie Stearns were honored as valedictorian and salutatorian of Warren G. Harding High School's graduating class.
Nakkita Brown, a fourth-grader at McGuffey Elementary School, was recognized for winning Challenge 24 math competitions. She earned first place in the Trumbull County competition, the Youngstown State University competition and the Greater Cleveland Area Championship.
Girl Scout Troop 324 also was commended for receiving a Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.
The troop prepared a video demonstrating proper hair and skin care for blacks and including their portrayal of historical black women. It donated a copy of the video to Northeast Ohio Adoption Services as a resource for nonblack foster and adoptive parents in rearing black children.
Students will wash cars
GIRARD -- Girard and Warren Washington Center students in the Jobs for Ohio's Graduates program will wash cars Saturday at the Burger King on U.S. Route 422 near Interstate 80 and at Creekside Golf Dome on the north end of the city, near McKinley Heights, also on 422.
Cars will be washed in both Girard locations from 10:45 a.m. to about 3 p.m.
Proceeds will go toward a trip to Six Flags amusement park in Aurora, which the students earned by meeting JOG academic and performance benchmarks.
Man shot in buttocks
WARREN -- A 23-year-old Commerce St. N.W. man told police he was shot in the buttocks after two men came to his door asking to buy guns.
Anthony Lee Williamson said the men came to his house around 12:15 a.m. today and when he told them he did not sell guns, they beat him and shot him.
Held in student's death
BOARDMAN -- Township police have arrested a 16-year-old in the February death of a 17-year-old Boardman High School student.
Walter R. Phibbs, 16, of Oregon Trail, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, trafficking in drugs, corrupting another with drugs and theft in the drug overdose of Paul Graham, found dead in his Glenwood Avenue home.
Phibbs turned himself over to Boardman police Wednesday morning. He is being held in the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center in Youngstown.
Graham died in his home Feb. 5 and was found by his father. In early April, the Mahoning County coroner ruled death by drug toxicity.
Police found evidence of drugs at Graham's home after his death. Police said they later determined Phibbs gave Graham morphine pills he had stolen from his mother.
97-year-old in court
STRUTHERS -- A 97-year-old woman pleaded innocent Wednesday in municipal court to charges that she unlawfully stored tires outside her Wilson Street home.
Judge James R. Lanzo, who ordered Verona C. Meehan taken into custody last Friday, set a trial date of June 24.
Meehan was arrested on a warrant from 1999 when she appeared in municipal court last week to testify on behalf of her son, Robert, 50.
Safety-Service Director John Sveda said Robert Meehan was charged with storing several unlicensed and inoperable vehicles titled to Mrs. Meehan on the property or on the street in front of their house.
Because she does not have driving privileges, Sveda said authorities believe her son is actually in control of the vehicles.
Judge Lanzo dismissed the charges against Robert Meehan when he appeared for his trial Wednesday morning.