Police: Explosive device may have hit bank window

Police: Explosive devicemay have hit bank window
GIRARD -- An explosive device may have been used to break out a window at a local bank, police said. Police were called to the Second National Bank on Liberty Street at 8:13 p.m. Sunday after someone called 911 to report something had been thrown at the window. When police arrived, they found a 9-inch diameter hole surrounded by gray residue in the front window, a large steel pellet inside the bank and black tape, paper and other debris outside, reports said. Nothing was reported missing by bank employees who were called to the scene.
Area authorities locate2 Alzheimer's patients
NILES -- Area police safely recovered two patients reported missing from city nursing homes over the weekend. According to reports, an 88-year-old female Alzheimer's patient was reported missing from Shepherd of the Valley, 1500 McKinley Road, around 9 p.m. Sunday, but was located shortly before midnight, hiding in an office at the facility. In a separate episode, a 74-year-old man with Alzheimer's reportedly walked away from Grace Woods Village, 730 Youngstown Road, sometime Saturday and was located Sunday morning in Girard. Girard police were called to Tom's Automotive on North State Street around 9:30 a.m. Sunday and found the man sitting in a delivery truck with the rear window broken out. The man was not sure who he was, where he was or how he got there, reports said. He was returned to the nursing home safely.
Man dies, wife is hurt
ROGERS -- An Aliquippa, Pa., man died and his wife was treated at an area hospital after a motorcycle crash on state Route 7 in Middleton Township. The Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported Lester G. Caler, 47, died Sunday, apparently of a heart attack, at East Liverpool City Hospital, where his wife, Lorie, age unknown, was treated. The patrol said Caler was riding his motorcycle at a slow speed with his wife as a passenger about 2 p.m. Sunday on Route 7 just north of Rogers. He slumped over, and the motorcycle went off the right side of the road and into a ditch, the patrol said.
Possible homicide
YOUNGSTOWN -- Workers found a black jacket and what appear to be bones in the basement of 249 Alameda Ave. early Sunday. The wallet of a man missing for 3 1/2 years was found at the house last week. Workers told police they found the bones when they saw an indentation in the basement and began digging. The wallet was found in an upstairs bedroom. The case was turned over to homicide detectives.
Event raises cash for AHA
HOWLAND -- A pasta cook-off and wine-tasting benefit event at Blessed Sacrament Church raised $2,700 for the American Heart Association's 2004 Heart Walk. Nearly 400 people attended the event, which featured pasta dishes by nine Trumbull County restaurants as well as amateur pasta makers. A variety of homemade wines was offered in a tasting competition. Participating restaurants included Abruzzi's Caf & eacute; 422, Alberini's, DiViesti's, G's Golden Gate, Leo's Ristorante, McMenamy's, Raptis, Station Square and Vernon's Caf & eacute;. AHA's 2004 Heart Walk is Sept. 18 at the Youngstown State University track. For more information, call (330) 965-9230.
Change in luncheon site
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown/Mahoning Minority Health Month kickoff luncheon scheduled at Forum Health/WRCS Medical Center has been moved to Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana, 3660 Shirley Road. The day and time of the event will remain the same: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earnest Perry, chairman of Forum Health's surgical department, is the speaker. The event is funded by the Ohio Commission of Minority Health and sponsored by OCCHA, Forum Health, Ebony Lifeline Support Group, United Methodist Community Center and the YWCA. For more information and to reserve a seat, call Mary Isa Garayua, OCCHA director, at (330) 781-1801 by Thursday.
MetroParks kite festival
CANFIELD -- The Mill Creek MetroParks Kite Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17 at the MetroParks Farm. Individuals and families are invited to fly their own kites. Contests will be held for handmade and manufactured kites. Members of the Ohio Society for the Elevation of Kites and Fly Pittsburgh will present kites of all kinds, games, flying demonstrations and contests for the public.
Struthers council to meet
STRUTHERS -- City council will deal with flooding issues and volunteer firefighter residency when it meets at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers. Legislation to be voted on includes an ordinance amending the residency requirement for volunteer firefighters to extend the area where firefighters can live to include neighborhoods half a mile beyond city limits.