Prostate cancer screening

Prostate cancer screening
LISBON -- The Columbiana County Health Department is providing free prostate cancer screening tests, which are recommended for men 50 or older.
To schedule an appointment, call the health department between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at (330) 424-0272.
Low-fat grilling seminar
SALEM -- The Salem Community Center is hosting a one-hour seminar on low-fat grilling.
A chef from Wallaby's Grill on Penn Street will teach the course, which will cost $5 per person and be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the community center, 1098 N. Ellsworth Ave.
Those interested are advised to come to the center ahead of time to reserve a spot.
Interim police chief
SHARPSVILLE, Pa. -- Patrolman Keith Falasco has been named interim chief of the borough's police department.
Falasco, a 12-year veteran of the department, replaces Bruce Rosa, who resigned effective May 31 to begin studying for the ministry.
The department has five full-time and three part-time officers.
Mayor Kenneth Robertson, who made the appointment, said Falasco will serve until borough council makes a permanent appointment to the chief's post.
Man dies of injuries
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police said that William Shannon, 72, of Buhl Farm Drive, injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highland Road May 31, has died of his injuries. He died Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.
He was hurt when his vehicle was struck head-on by a vehicle driven by a 23-year-old city man.
911 cell-phone calls
WARREN -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol has agreed to continue handling cellular 911 phone calls in Trumbull County, at least for now.
The patrol will answer 911 calls picked up by several cell phone towers under construction. Where to route these calls had been a matter of dispute between Trumbull County 911 and the patrol.
The two agencies have agreed that the issue should be discussed again if 911 is able to recall employees in the future, said 911 director Tim Gladis.
OSHP answers more than 20,000 emergency cell phone calls from Trumbull County each year, only a few of which are for the traffic and accident investigation services the agency provides. Most callers are transferred to Trumbull County 911.
Police probe fight
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police are investigating a fight that sent three people to the hospital, two with knife wounds.
Police were called to a fight on Carolyn Street around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
They said today they don't know what caused the fight, but that Edward Dungee, 18, of Spruce Avenue, Sharon, and Edward Price, 18, of Parke Drive were taken to UPMC Horizon in Farrell for treatment of knife wounds. Dungee had a stab wound to his back and was kept overnight, and Price was treated for cuts on the leg and a finger.
Road closing
HOWLAND -- Lanes will be closed on state Route 82 between Howland-Wilson Road and East Market Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday as Ohio Department of Maintenance crews repair the pavement.
The road also was closed today. Traffic will be maintained during repairs.
Donation to agency
LIBERTY -- Liberty High School's Student Government Association and its adviser, Louise Mason, have donated $2,500 to Northeast Ohio Adoption Services of Warren. The students raised the money through a variety of events.
They voted to donate the money to support NOAS, an agency that finds adoptive homes for school-aged kids. There are more than 6,000 children waiting for homes in Ohio, NOAS says.
Stolen-check arrest
YOUNGSTOWN -- When Donald J. Pratt tried to cash one of several checks stolen Wednesday from a 79-year-old East Boston Avenue woman, National City Bank on North Garland Avenue turned him over to police.
Pratt, 34, of Zedaker Street, was arrested on a charge of receiving stolen property.