Flash fire at local store burns two employees

Flash fire at local storeburns two employees
CANFIELD -- Two Do-Cut True Value store employees were listed in stable condition this morning in the Akron Burn Center.
Chief Bob Tieche of the Cardinal Joint Fire Department said Stanley Kosocowski, 42, and David Scott Crinsic, 23, were burned about 12:50 p.m. Thursday at the South Raccoon Road store in a flash fire.
Kosocowski was burned over 18 percent of his body, and Crinsic suffered burns to 25 percent of his body, Tieche said.
The fire was extinguished by other Do-Cut employees.
The cause probably will not be determined for a few weeks, Tieche said.
The fire didn't cause any damage to the business.
Partners' Day at academy
YOUNGSTOWN -- New Hope Academy will have its final Partners' Day from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the school, 1400 Oak Hill Ave.
Because of financial difficulties, the school will close its doors June 6. Factors in the decision to close were declining enrollments, declining Youngstown population, surrounding nontuition community/charter schools, increased expenses and less contributions, school officials said.
Though tuition once accounted for 35 percent of income, last year it was 16 percent.
Partners are community members who made donations to the school to "partner" with a child.
Tuesday's event begins with refreshments and socializing in the school's lunch room and moves to classrooms for interactive projects. Call (330) 743-HOPE(4673).
Arrested on theft charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- A two-pound bag of shrimp worth $14.99 was found Thursday under Frank L. Dent Jr.'s coat at Sav-A-Lot on South Avenue, police said.
The store security officer told police that Dent, 48, of West Evergreen Avenue, tried to leave without paying. Dent was arrested on a theft charge.
Demonstrating equipment
BOARDMAN -- Township trustees and the clerk came together for a hands-on demonstration of firefighting equipment Thursday. The elected officials donned full fire gear, crawled through a controlled-burning building, worked fire hoses and received instruction on using thermal imaging equipment. Trustees said the experience will give them a greater appreciation for what firefighters are expected to do and the need to keep equipment updated.
Damage from house fire
YOUNGSTOWN -- A fire at 634 E. Boston Ave. did roughly $15,000 damage to the two-story frame house at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the fire department said.
The fire, listed as suspicious, started in a second-floor bedroom, likely near a mattress.
The fire was contained to one room but smoke damage carried to adjoining rooms.
The occupants, a mother and four children, were outside when they noticed the fire, reports show.
No injuries were reported.
Girl hurt in crash dies
YOUNGSTOWN -- Amanda Radman, the 16-year-old Columbiana County girl who was critically injured in a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon near Columbiana, died Thursday in St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Radman, of Kelly Park Road, Fairfield Township, was westbound on that road around 5:40 p.m. when she failed to stop at the intersection of Middleton Road, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The car Radman was driving collided with a minivan, which was being driven south on Middleton Road by Deborah Landers, 41, of Kirk Road, Columbiana, the patrol said.
Landers was treated at Salem Community Hospital.
Education vacancy
BOARDMAN -- The governing board of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center announces a vacancy on the board because of the death of Pat Vivo, who served continuously since January 1986.
In a news release announcing the vacancy, the MCESC board and staff extend sympathy to Vivo's family.
To serve on the board, representatives must reside in a Mahoning County school district. Mail a letter of interest and r & eacute;sum & eacute; to: Marie Dockry, President, MCESC Governing Board, 100 DeBartolo Place, Suite 105, Youngstown, Ohio 44512-7019. Materials may be faxed to (330) 965-7902. Deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday.
For information, call Superintendent William Hyde at (330) 965-7828.
DUI checkpoint planned
NILES -- The Trumbull County DUI Task Force will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 10 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday in the Niles-Weathersfield area.
Zoning meeting canceled
MINERAL RIDGE -- The regular monthly meeting for the Weathersfield Board of Zoning Appeals scheduled for Thursday has been canceled for lack of an agenda.
The zoning commission's regular meeting is Wednesday at 6 p.m.