Board to hire inspector

Board to hire inspector
LISBON -- The Columbiana County Health Board has agreed to hire a full-time inspector to scrutinize the county's four licensed landfills.
The panel took the action at its meeting Wednesday, noting that given the number of the facilities and the volume of material received, the county would be better served by having someone specifically assigned to oversee them.
The job is done by health department sanitary inspectors.
A landfill inspector probably will be hired in about 30 days, Shawn Apple, board vice president, said. A salary has yet to be determined.
Detained at airport
PITTSBURGH -- A 75-year-old New Castle man was detained at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Pittsburgh International Airport after a small knife was found in his boot.
Lt. Ken Robinson of Allegheny County Police said the man was stopped after setting off a metal detector. Workers discovered a dull utility blade inside his boot. The man, a roofer, was unaware the blade was in his boot, Robinson said.
The New Castle man spoke to FBI agents and was released. The man and his wife took a later flight to Florida, Robinson said. Robinson would not name the man since he was not charged.
Prison: Inmate has died
MERCER, Pa. -- State prison officials said an inmate at the State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer died in the facility's infirmary Friday. Russell J. Hertzler, 50, died of natural causes, said Superintendent Joseph F. Desuta.
The Mercer County coroner's office will determine the official cause of death, he said.
Hertzler was serving a sentence of five years to life on a 1998 conviction in Perry County on charges of sexual abuse of children, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, rape and corruption of minors.
Request about alley
SALEM -- The city planning commission will consider a request to vacate a nameless alley when the panel meets at 4:30 p.m. Monday at city hall, 231 S. Broadway Ave.
The alley is off Prospect Street between the 970 and 982 addresses.
Westminster speaker
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Ted Spickler, manager of advanced performance in Bayer Corp.'s department of quality and business excellence, will speak at 8:10 a.m. Friday in Beeghly Theater at Westminster College.
Spickler will present a program on "Six Sigma -- Fad or Fallacy?" to Dr. Kent Carter's (associate professor of business administration) American Workplace class. The presentation is on the controversial comprehensive approach to dramatically improving the quality and consistency of products and services in American business.
The event is free. For more information, contact Jackie Meade, Career Center director, at (724) 946-7343.
Highway Oil Co. robbed
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A man with a handgun robbed the Highway Oil Co. on Wilmington Road, Neshannock police said.
A white man standing 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds came into the business at 10:07 p.m. Monday and demanded money. He was holding a black gun with a wooden handle, they said. Police said he was wearing dark blue jeans, a gray hooded sweat shirt and a white ball cap with black lettering.
Anyone in the area during the robbery is asked to call Neshannock Township police.
Trick-or-treat event
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Jameson Care Center at 3349 Wilmington Road will host a trick-or-treat event from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Children of all ages are invited to attend dressed in Halloween costumes. Residents will be sitting in front of their doors to hand out candy to all ghosts and goblins.
Helping out food bank
HUBBARD -- People who bring a nonperishable food item for Second Harvest Foodbank when they visit the Hubbard Kiwanis Haunted Mansion from 7-10 p.m. Sunday and from 7-11 p.m. Nov. 1 will receive $1 off the admission price.
The haunted mansion is at 32 S. Main St.
Second Harvest provides food to 200 hunger relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.