Sunday, November 23, 2003
South Range districtdisplays excellent rating
NORTH LIMA -- There's a new banner flying high at South Range School District. Issued to the school district by the Ohio Department of Education, the banner serves as an emblem of the school district's continuing success.
South Range is among 85 school districts across the state to achieve an excellent rating on the 2002-03 local report card. This year marks the fourth year the school district has received a banner to display.
"This year, we're one of 85 schools out of more than 600 in the state to be recognized," said Jim Hall, schools superintendent.
According to numbers provided by the state education board, pupils' scores on proficiency tests increased from 73.7 points to 83.1 points over the past three years.
Culvert replacement
BERLIN CENTER -- Ellsworth Road at South Newton Falls Road, Berlin Township, will close Tuesday while the Mahoning County Engineer's Office replaces a culvert.
Traffic will be detoured along Ellsworth Road, state Route 534 (Pricetown Road), Palmyra Road and North Newton Falls Road. The project is expected to be completed Wednesday.
Drug-trafficking charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- A South Side resident was charged with trafficking in cocaine and marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after a police raid Thursday afternoon.
Arrested in the 2:55 p.m. raid at 507 Willis Ave. was Robert Bell, 24, of West Hylda Avenue. Police said they found a bag containing 19 rocks of suspected crack cocaine, nine small bags of suspected marijuana and a fully loaded 9 mm handgun, all in a living room couch's footrest cushion.
Two electronic scales were also found in the living room, police said.
Man injured in wreck
ELLSWORTH -- A 25-year-old Salem man was in critical condition this morning in St. Elizabeth Health Center, where he was flown after a one-vehicle accident in which the car he was driving hit a tree Thursday morning.
Matthew C. Krohn of Prospect Street was westbound on Western Reserve Road at 10:55 a.m., when he went off the right side of the road, overcorrected, drove back onto the road, lost control, slid back off the right side of the road and hit a tree just east of state Route 45, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Man shot in leg
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 26-year-old Campbell man was shot in the left leg while walking on McGuffey Road.
Jamiel Hill of Jackson Drive told police he was walking with a friend at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when he heard a gunshot and then noticed he was hit in the leg. Hill said he didn't know who shot him.
He was treated at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.
Holiday gathering
LIBERTY -- Township trustees will host a holiday gathering -- complete with pictures with Santa and an open house -- at the police department. The event is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the administration building.
Pictures with Santa are available for $3, and carriage rides are $1 per person or $3 per family.
Music will be performed by students from the Villa Marie Teresa-Oblate Sisters.
Man enters woman's home
AUSTINTOWN -- A Crum Road woman called police Thursday afternoon and said that a man she did not know was sitting in her home drinking wine.
The man, 41, of Lake Milton, was taken to the police station and later released to one of his friends.
The woman said she noticed the man trying to open her car door in her driveway about 4:30 p.m. The man later walked to the woman's front door. When her 17-year-old son opened the door, the man mumbled, walked into the home and poured a glass of wine. He then sat down on the couch and began to drink.
Police later learned that the man recently had been treated for mental problems.
Gasoline poured on door
CANFIELD -- Police are investigating a report that someone poured gasoline on the door of a Janet Drive home Friday.
The homeowners noticed at about 8 p.m. that the gas had been poured on their door and in their driveway and yard.
Fire investigators were called to the home, but the gas did not ignite.