Autopsy set

Autopsy set
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An autopsy was to be performed today on a man hit by a train in Taylor Township, Lawrence County. Coroner Russell S. Noga said Robert Nicholas Carangie, 52, of Ninth Street, West Pittsburg, died Thursday on railroad tracks near his home. Pennsylvania State Police said he was walking his dog in a field near the tracks when he was hit by a westbound CSX train. He was found by a passer-by at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, police said. Carangie had severe trauma to his head and neck. Police said there were no signs of foul play.
Festival seeks volunteers
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Summer Festival of the Arts, co-presented by Youngstown State University and the Arts Council of Youngstown and Mahoning County on July 12-13, is seeking volunteers.
Volunteers are needed for the information booths, in the children's craft area, for technical assistance at performance sites and at the Festival of Nations international area, among others. Various shifts are available. Each volunteer receives a festival T-shirt, reserved free parking and a ticket to Forte on the Fifty, the annual music and fireworks celebration that begins at 7:30 p.m. July 12 in Stambaugh Stadium. Call (330) 941-2752 or contact cacala@ysu.edu.
Mayor is honored
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Mayor Timothy Fulkerson is getting an award for distinguished service from the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities. The annual award is given by the league's directors at the convention this year in Monroeville, Pa. Fulkerson will receive the honor Thursday. The award is for his service to New Castle, for serving as the league president from 2001 to 2002 and his long-standing membership on the PLCM board of directors.
Facing federal charge
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Wickie William Tutt Jr. of West Princeton Avenue, Youngstown, has been indicted in federal court here on a charge of conspiracy. According to the indictment by a grand jury Wednesday, Tutt produced bogus company paychecks and recruited people to cash them, splitting the proceeds with those people. Tutt is also accused of cashing some of the checks himself at various Mellon Bank branches in western Pennsylvania. He could face up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 if convicted.
Elected to board
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Cappy has been elected to the University of Pittsburgh's board of trustees.
Cappy, whose unanimous appointment was widely expected, praised Chancellor Mark Nordenberg as a leader and met the other trustees Thursday.
"I am excited about this institution," said Cappy, a graduate of the university and its law school.
Nordenberg said the school is approaching the $600 million mark in trying to raise $1 billion for a series of campus improvements.
Since Nordenberg took the job in 1995, freshmen application has gone from 7,825 to 17,440 for the fall. Of those, 44 percent of incoming students were in the top 10 percent of their high-school classes, compared with 21 percent in 1995.
Federal grant awarded
BOARDMAN -- The township fire department was awarded a $41,575 federal grant for fire prevention, U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine announced. The department can use the money to increase the effectiveness of firefighting operations, fund firefighter health and safety programs, acquire new equipment, improve emergency medical service programs, or conduct fire prevention and safety programs.
Contract awarded
COITSVILLE -- Township trustees awarded a contract for work at the government center to Brock Builders Inc. of Youngstown.
Brock bid $25,564, the lowest among seven bids on the project, which consists of a 28-by-30-foot addition, interior renovations and new roof.
The addition will be a windowless room for the storage of confiscated weapons, evidence and records. Funding for the project comes from county sales taxes.
Trustee Walter Avdey said he expects construction to begin about the first week of July and take a month. The highest bid submitted for the project was $71,500; the second lowest was $34,950.