Leetonia school board to interview finalists

Leetonia school boardto interview finalists
LEETONIA -- The board of education will meet in executive session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to interview finalists for the position of high school principal.
Superintendent Thomas Inchak said there are now three finalists from a field of about 20 people who applied for the position. He said the board hopes to be ready to hire a principal at the June 25 board meeting.
The board voted in March not to renew the contract of John Rydarowicz, who has nearly 30 years' experience as an educator. Rydarowicz has been high school principal for two years. His contract expires July 31.
The board offered Rydarowicz a high school teaching position, but he will retire, Inchak said.
Abandoned mines
SALEM -- Abandoned mine projects under consideration in nine area counties, including Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull, will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
Public input on abandoned mines will be sought during the session, which is set for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Kent State University Salem branch, 2491 state Route 45, south of Salem.
The state expects to receive about $4.3 million in federal grants to fund abandoned-mine cleanups throughout the state.
Nurses' strike
EAST LIVERPOOL -- No new bargaining talks are set in a nurses strike that began Sunday at East Liverpool City Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Tina Smith said.
Pickets appeared at the hospital about 7 a.m. Sunday and remain today, Smith said this morning.
The nurse's three-year contract expired at midnight Saturday after members of the East Liverpool Nurses Association decidedly rejected a proposed agreement.
Issues separating the sides include wages, health insurance costs and mandatory overtime.
The hospital remains open with limited operations. Nurse managers are staffing the emergency room.
2 men charged
AUSTINTOWN -- Township police charged two men who were fleeing Liberty police about 7 p.m. Saturday.
Dwayne E. Scott, 37, of Unity Road, New Springfield, is charged with possession of cocaine, drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. Anthony J. DeAngelis, 33, of Grimm Heights Road, Struthers, is charged with resisting arrest.
The men were in a pickup truck that went off New Road and got stuck. An Austintown police dog helped find the men, who were turned over to Liberty police.
Information on charges from Liberty police wasn't available.
Man stabbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Alberto Valentin, 19, of Byron Street remained in critical condition today in St. Elizabeth Health Center with multiple stab wounds to the chest he suffered about 11:30 p.m. Saturday at his home.
Police said Valentin was intoxicated and quarreled with a relative who stabbed him with an 8-inch knife. The suspect then fled in a car.
Police said they had received a report of shots being fired at the house and found a revolver under a sofa seat cushion in the living room. Valentin was found on the floor between the living and dining rooms.
Blood bank site to move
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Central Blood Bank site in Greenville at UPMC Horizon is moving.
Beginning July 2, Central Blood Bank will collect blood next to National City Bank in the Greenville Plaza on Pa. Route 58, behind Perkins restaurant, Horizon officials announced.
The change will provide better services for donors, and the increased space will expedite the donation process, they said.
Donation hours are still 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays.
To schedule a donation, call (800) 310-9551.
3 die in fire
HOMESTEAD, Pa. (AP) -- Two children and their grandmother died in a house fire despite neighbors' efforts to rescue them, officials said.
Neighbors identified the victims as Ricki Haynes, 7, Isaiah Haynes, 3, and their 77-year-old grandmother. The children's parents, Kenny and Kathleen Haynes, also lived in the three-story, brick home.