Paroled after 25 years

Paroled after 25 years
COLUMBUS -- Alonzo McCoy, convicted in the 1972 gangland-style murders of three Warren residents, is getting paroled.
On Tuesday the Ohio Parole Board voted to release McCoy, 58, on or about Nov. 17, after serving 25 years of a life sentence in state prison. McCoy is being held in the London Correctional Institution in central Ohio.
According to Vindicator files, McCoy was convicted in the Dec. 29, 1972, triple murders of Janet Kilgore and Joyce Hughley, both 19, and Clarence Williamson, 25. The shootings were connected to drug sales, and all three were found bound and gagged in Kilgore's basement on Second Street S.W., all shot in the head at least twice.
McCoy went to prison in September 1978; a more culpable co-defendant was released from prison in 1985, state records say.
Remembering Sept. 11
LIBERTY -- The township will conduct a Patriot Day Remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the township administration building.
Fire Chief Michael Durkin and police Sgt. Toby Meloro are in charge of the program.
Girard recycling bin
GIRARD -- The city's recycling bin is now located at the entrance to the water pollution control facility, 945 S. State St.
Niles council sessions
NILES -- City council will meet in special session at 3:30 p.m. today and Thursday to give second and third readings to a tax abatement request from Jet Stream Manufacturing.
The meetings will take place in the conference room of the administration building, 34 W. State St.
Craft class at library
NILES -- The McKinley Memorial Library will sponsor a free adult craft class at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Carol Wise will demonstrate how to create a seasonal centerpiece of either a scarecrow or a snowman.
Call (330) 652-1704, Ext. 212.
MVSD special session
MINERAL RIDGE -- Mahoning Valley Sanitary District directors will meet in special session at noon Friday in the district offices off Salt Springs Road.
An executive session will be used to discuss a labor agreement with AFSCME Ohio Council 8, Local 1649, and the board is expected to appoint a project manager for renovation projects.
Zoning appeals board seat
HARTFORD -- Township trustees are accepting applications for a position on the board of zoning appeals until the end of the month.
Those interested can contact the township clerk at (330) 772-9206.
Money for flood cleanup
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township will be receiving $27,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repay 75 percent of the township's financial losses for flooding cleanup this summer.
Administrator David Pugh said the township will receive the funds for flood damage costs, which included $5,000 in work that was contracted out; emergency overtime for police, road crews and fire department; and an estimated $11,000 in road and ditch cleaning and repairing.
Pugh said the township will also restock materials needed for flood repairs.
Leak disrupts Route 11
LISBON -- The northbound lanes of state Route 11 between the state Route 154 Lisbon exit and the state Route 344 Leetonia exit were closed for about five hours Tuesday when a tanker leaked about a gallon of flammable solvent.
A spokesman at the Lisbon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the road was closed as a precaution. The patrol stopped the truck for an inspection around 9 a.m. Tuesday in Elkrun Township and found the leak; Lisbon Fire Department contained it.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is investigating.