Howland marketing class packs, ships 300 boxes of supplies for troops

Howland marketing class packs, ships 300 boxesof supplies for troops
HOWLAND -- Howland High School marketing students have put together and shipped 300 boxes of supplies to American troops in the Middle East.
With the support of township firefighters, who donated $250 toward shipping costs, the USO in Cleveland and St. Patrick School pupils in Hubbard, who also donated toward shipping costs, the Howland group sent sunscreen, lotion, baby wipes, toilet tissue, detergent and other needed items.
Closing for RR repairs
BRACEVILLE -- Center World South Road will be closed a quarter-mile south of state Route 5 from Tuesday through May 30 while CSX performs repairs to railroad tracks.
Hubbard man getsa year of probation
WARREN -- A 23-year-old Hubbard man who pleaded guilty last month to a charge of menacing has been placed on a one year probation.
Judge John Stuard sentenced Raymond Dunn on Thursday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
Dunn, of Elmwood Drive, was accused of trying to arrange the murder of a woman's estranged husband.
Meeting schedule modified
McDONALD -- Village council will have a modified meeting schedule for the summer months.
Meetings are set for 7 p.m. June 25, July 23 and Aug. 13.
The regular schedule of meeting on the first and third Wednesdays of the month will resume in September.
2 schools to close early
NILES -- Because of the planned closings of Edison Junior High School and Garfield Elementary at the end of the year, pupils in those buildings will finish classes June 4.
Other pupils will finish June 5.
The early closings are to allow employees to move materials to new classrooms.
Court backs Niles chiefon duty assignment
NILES -- A judge in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court has thrown out an arbitrator's decision involving Niles police work assignments.
Judge Andrew D. Logan has ruled invalid an argument by the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the union representing officers.
An arbitrator ruled in July 2001 that Chief Bruce Simeone was not allowed to assign detective duties to a supervisor but instead should have followed past practice of giving the assignment to a patrolman.
In his ruling, Judge Logan wrote the chief of a police department has a "basic fundamental right ... to operate his department and assign his officers therein."
The ruling can be appealed to a higher court.
Ryan's bill would helpfamilies of reservists
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has introduced a bill to ensure families of reservists and National Guard personnel called to active duty have health insurance coverage.
Ryan, of Niles, D-17th, said guardsmen and reservists can lose their employer health insurance when they are called up for active duty.
Under Ryan's proposal, the families would have the option to continue their private health insurance coverage during the period of active duty.
The same bill was introduced in March in the Senate by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
YSU gets $234,624 grant
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University has received a $234,624 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Upward Bound program.
The program for high school and college students is to build and strengthen skills by blending classroom learning with nontraditional educational opportunities such as cultural enrichment and outdoor experiences.
Kent State and the University of Akron also got funds for the program.
Chaney student heldin 2 arsons at school
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 15-year-old Chaney High School student, already on probation in juvenile court, set two fires at the school Thursday, first in a locker, then a girl's hair, police said.
The West Warren Avenue boy was arrested on charges of arson and aggravated arson Thursday and taken to the juvenile justice center.
Aside from some hair missing, the girl is OK.