Monday, November 24, 2003
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. The project is expected to be completed Wednesday.
After raid, man chargedwith drug trafficking
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.
Carjacking reported
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 35-year-old New Castle, Pa., woman told police she and her two children were the victims of a carjacking.
The woman told police she was at a red light on McCartney Road and Fincastle Lane at 12:40 a.m. today when she was approached by two men, one with a semi-automatic handgun, who ordered her and her two children out of their vehicle, a 1989 Toyota Camry.
Police said she was offered a ride home by officers, but she became irate and demanded to walk.
Locating veterans' graves
MERCER, Pa. -- Mercer County veterans groups are trying to locate forgotten veterans' graves. Jim Campbell, a veteran, said there are many old family burial plots and small cemeteries that have been forgotten.
He said the groups want to locate and determine if veterans are buried there so they can map them and place markers and flags on them each year. He said that it is especially difficult to find graves of veterans who had funerals in Ohio but were buried in Pennsylvania.
He said that anyone knowing of the location of any such graves should call the courthouse at (724) 662-3800 and ask for the veterans office.
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.
Christmas Eve early close
MERCER, Pa. -- Mercer County commissioners have agreed to close the courthouse at noon Christmas Eve. To make up for the hours, employees will take a half-hour off of their lunch break from Dec. 15-19.