711 expressway closed

711 expressway closed
YOUNGSTOWN -- State Route 711 (the Division Street Expressway) between Interstate 680 and U.S. Route 422 (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) has been closed indefinitely.
The entire crossing was closed Friday. The eastbound lanes were closed Thursday after inspectors discovered structural problems.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is to do a detailed inspection in the next few days to determine what repairs are needed and when the crossing will reopen.
Message boards and detour signs direct drivers to use state Route 193, or the Madison Avenue Expressway, as an alternative route.
Man is shot in the leg
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 21-year-old Youngstown man told police he was shot in the left leg as he was entering his Delaware Avenue home.
Police said Gary Hopson was at his front door around 11:30 a.m. Friday when he heard a shot and felt a pain in his left leg. He was treated for the wound at St. Elizabeth Health Center. The victim could not give a description of the suspect.
Convenience store robber sought by Girard police
GIRARD -- Police continue looking for a man who robbed a convenience store.
The owner of the Sami Quik Mart on North State Street told police a man entered the store at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, grabbed a six-pack of beer and then fled after flashing what appeared to be a 9 mm handgun.
Reports say the black male is between 20 and 25 years old, is 5 feet 10 inches tall and was wearing a blue shirt, red jacket and black skull cap with a ball on top. The store owner and a witness from the neighboring coin laundry said the man got into a gold full-sized Buick and fled the area.
Mathews schools
VIENNA -- The Mathews school board will conduct a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to do year-end budget business at the board office, 4434-B Warren-Sharon Road.
Homeless after fire
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A weekend fire left a family of five homeless. A blaze started at 1:08 a.m. Saturday in a third-floor closet of 225 E. Boyles Ave., said Fire Chief James Donston. There was smoke and water damage through the entire house, Donston said. Owner Tina Mason and four others got out safely, he said. Donston said they don't believe the fire was suspicious, but they were still investigating its cause this morning. The chief said the family planned to stay with relatives.
Arraignment scheduled
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 30-year-old Youngstown man was to be arraigned today in municipal court on charges of felonious assault, child endangerment and resisting arrest. Police said George E. Wright III of Almyra Avenue shot twice at a Campbell woman outside his home around 9:30 p.m. Friday, then held officers at bay with a rifle on the porch of a West Boston Avenue home with his 2-year-old daughter at his side. Wright surrendered after several minutes, then refused to cooperate with officers as they handcuffed him, police said.
Accidental shooting
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 15-year-old Brookline Avenue boy accidentally shot himself in the right ankle on Norwood Avenue, police said. The boy said he found the gun Friday with two friends in a wooded area near Hayes Middle School, police said. But the two friends said the boy brought the gun with him and was showing it off when it fired around 6 p.m. The gun wasn't recovered. The boys said they got rid of it after the accidental shooting, police said.