Route 46 segment closed

Route 46 segment closed
MINERAL RIDGE -- State Route 46, between Salt Springs Road and McKees Lane, is closed through Friday from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily and again Sept. 22-26 for repairs to the CSX Railroad underpass.
Flea-market case
NILES -- A Trumbull County grand jury will hear the case of a Warren man arrested last month at a local flea market.
Vincent Maggio, 48, Hollywood Street N.E., appeared in Niles Municipal Court on Monday on four charges of drug abuse and one count of disorderly conduct.
Judge Thomas W. Townley bound the case over to the county court.
Maggio was arrested at the Super Flea-Mor, the former Phar-Mor store just off U.S. Route 422 in the Eastwood Mall complex after witnesses told police he tried to sell them drugs.
Police reports say officers found a bag of suspected marijuana and several pills when Maggio was arrested.
Lordstown, Trumbullsettle sewer lawsuit
LORDSTOWN -- Village leaders have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit against the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's office and county commissioners.
Council passed legislation Monday to settle the suit, filed in May. Details of the agreement are not being released pending approval by the commissioners and a federal judge overseeing the case.
Lordstown officials had asked for more than $1.2 million, contending village taxpayers paid for a sanitary sewer system for the past 11 years, then the sanitary engineer and commissioners charged tap-in fees to village residents to use it.
The suit said the tap-in fees were used to extend sewer lines to other areas of the county.
St. Rose day care sign-up
GIRARD -- The St. Rose Sunny Days Child Care Center is taking registration for all-day preschool child care, school-age children and nursery school for fall sessions.
Contact Mary Ellen Monroe at the center, (330) 545-1490.
Car stolen in Boardman
CANFIELD -- The car of a man cleaning a business office on Boardman-Canfield Road was stolen and driven to Girard where it was set on fire, police reports show.
The man, of the West Side of Youngstown, told Mahoning County deputy sheriffs he was in the office from about 5:10 to 5:18 p.m. Sunday and left his 1990 blue Chevy Lumina unlocked with the keys on a seat.
About 7:40 p.m., Girard police found the vehicle flipped over and burning near Interstate 80 at state Route 11.
Girard police reports indicate it appeared as if a driver had accelerated the vehicle in an attempt to get it over a hill.
Girard Fire Department extinguished the flames.
Computer workshop
WARREN -- The Trumbull County Educational Service Center will conduct a computer basics workshop from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday.
Topics include startup and shutdown procedures, operating system basics, using accessory programs, adjusting settings and file management.
Preregistration is required. Call Joann McGuiness at (330) 675-2800 ext. 136 or e-mail joann.mcguiness@neomin.org.
School meeting reset
SOUTHINGTON -- The school board meeting scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in the high school cafeteria.
Managing-business class
LORDSTOWN -- The Trumbull Career and Technical Center's adult training program is offering a 16-hour class on how to manage a small business.
Sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Sept. 23 through Oct. 16 in the former Gordon D. James Career Center.
Training includes how to create invoices, print checks, manage accounts and other techniques. Call (330) 824-2588.
State senator selected
YOUNGSTOWN -- State Sen. Marc Dann of Liberty, D-32nd, will be named Wednesday the Democratic ranking member of both the Civil and Criminal Judiciary committees. He has been one of three Democratic members of both committees since January.
Dann will step down from the State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee.
The Democratic Senate Caucus made the change with the resignation of Leigh Herington of Ravenna.