Trucker charged in woman's death

Trucker chargedin woman's death
WARREN -- A truck driver, who Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers say caused a six-vehicle pileup, has been charged with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter.
Jagdeep Singh of New York was charged Wednesday and will appear in municipal court in the next few weeks, court officials said.
The patrol said Singh collided with several vehicles Aug. 26 on state Route 82 at Howland-Wilson Road in Howland.
The crash killed Vickie L. Dietrich, 50, of Poland, and sent several others to area hospitals.
Grants for education
WARREN -- The Regional Chamber is accepting grant applications on behalf of the Warren Area Chamber of Commerce Education, Cultural and Civic Foundation.
Deadline to submit a request is Oct. 3.
The foundation awards grants to projects that enhance academic standing of students in Trumbull County. More than $50,000 was distributed in the past year.
Any group or organization can apply.
Contact Sandy at (330) 392-6140.
Cases sent to grand jury
GIRARD -- The Trumbull County grand jury will hear cases against two area men accused of trying to rob a city pharmacy last week.
Scott A. Rindfuss, 36, who has addresses in Youngstown and Niles, and William J. Coudriet, 52, of Warren Avenue, Niles, appeared Wednesday in Girard Municipal Court.
Police say one man intended to tie up the owner of Brine Pharmacy on North State Street last Friday morning and steal painkilling narcotics.
Rindfuss is charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and possession of criminal tools, and Coudriet is charged with complicity to aggravated robbery and complicity to kidnapping.
Both are being held in the county jail with bond set at $50,000 each.
Junior class fund-raisers
LORDSTOWN -- The high school junior class will sponsor a rummage sale and carwash as part of the annual Apple Cider Festival.
The carwash will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the BP station at state Route 45 and Salt Springs Road, and the rummage sale will occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the elementary school parking lot.
Donations for the sale will be accepted from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday in the school parking lot.
All proceeds will benefit the junior class and the prom committee.
Scrap-tire collections
NILES -- The city will conduct curbside collections of scrap tires from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday next week, with a special pickup for any missed areas Sept. 26.
Collection will be in the 1st Ward on Monday, followed by the 2nd on Tuesday, 3rd on Wednesday and 4th on Thursday.
There is a limit of four tires per household. No rims will be collected.
Senate OKs fundsto study river dredging
WARREN -- The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that provides $942,000 for the final piece of a feasibility study on dredging the Mahoning River.
The funding must be reconciled in committee with the House-passed version of the bill.
The money will pay for the final phase of a $3 million study that focuses on removing industrial contamination from 31 miles of the river between Warren and the Pennsylvania line. Dredging is expected to cost about $100 million and take 12 to 15 years.
Big winner in Lisbon
LISBON -- Casey L. Reynolds, 24, of Lisbon has won the top prize, $1,000 a week for life, in the Ohio Lottery's Win for Life instant game. She filed a claim this morning at the lottery's regional office in Austintown. She bought the ticket at Farm Bills Too, 7662 state Route 45.
Reynolds says she plans to take the honeymoon she and husband Brian never had and buy a new car.
After taxes totaling 28.5 percent, Reynolds will receive a yearly lump sum check for $37,108 for the rest of her life.