Threatened with knife

Threatened with knife
NILES -- Three friends told police they locked themselves in a car when a woman threatened them with a knife.
A 26-year-old Belmont Avenue woman told police she and her friends were outside her home at 6:15 p.m. Saturday when a female neighbor came after them with a large knife and threatened to kill them.
The three got into a car and locked the doors, as the neighbor began pounding on the window with the knife, according to reports.
No charges have been filed.
Food giveaway
HARTFORD -- The monthly food giveaway here will be from 9 a.m. to noon Friday.
The date was moved up a week from Sept. 19 so as not to conflict with the community's annual Apple Festival, scheduled for Sept. 19, 20 and 21. Call (330) 772-2171.
British Car Show
WARREN -- The National Packard Museum's 12th annual British Car Show and Swap Meet will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
This is the second year the North Coast Triumph Association has brought its European Marc to the museum grounds.
The show features the MG Midget, MGB, Spitfire, Austin Healy, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Rolls Royce and others.
Some 200 cars are anticipated. Activities will include car-related games, awards and food.
General admission is $6 for the day and includes admission to the museum. Children younger than 16 get in free.
Registration forms are available at the museum for owners of British cars who want to participate.
Regular museum hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Regular admission is $5 for adults and $3 for age 65 and older and children 7 to 12.
Spray-painting graffiti
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two boys and two girls -- from Hubbard, Austintown and Youngstown -- seen spray-painting graffiti Sunday evening on the Interstate 680 footbridge over Elberen Street were identified to police by a witness, issued citations and released to their parents.
The two boys, 13 and 12, are from Austintown. The girls, both 12, are from Hubbard and Youngstown.
Civil War Roundtable
MERCER, Pa. -- The Mercer County Historical Society's Civil War Roundtable, the first of the season, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the society's headquarters, 119 S. Pitt Street, Mercer.
Discussion topics for the next nine months and meeting formats will be decided. There will also be a discussion about Stonewall Jackson and his connection to Mercer County.
The Civil War discussion group is part of the society's ongoing efforts to provide programming related to local history. Participation is free.
Call (724) 662-3490.
Barn owl program
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. -- Members of the Moraine Preservation Fund are offering to provide presentations to civic groups, organizations and schools with Annie the Barn Owl.
The cost of a presentation is a $50 donation or a commitment to raise mice for the fund's Barn Owl Reintroduction Program.
Call (724) 368-9185.
Passenger dies in crash
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A Pittsburgh man died after being thrown from a car on Pa. Route 551.
State police said David Kandzar, 41, was a passenger in a car traveling east on Pa. Route 108 that entered the intersection of Pa. Route 551 without stopping at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The car went into a private driveway and began to slide sideways before turning over.
The driver, Guy Panza, 37, of Pittsburgh, was treated for moderate injuries at Jameson Hospital, police said.
Neither man was wearing a seat belt.
Pile of railroad ties burns
HILLSVILLE, Pa. -- The CSX Railroad in Mahoning Township was closed to rail traffic for about two hours Sunday as firefighters battled a fire.
About 300 railroad ties burned in a suspicious fire near Robinson's Crossing in Lawrence County, said Fire Chief Poncho Exposito.
The fire started around 5:45 a.m., and Union and Pulaski firefighters were called to assist.
Exposito said there are about 3,000 railroad ties piled in the area because railroad officials recently replaced ties along the tracks.