Liberty panel makes zoning recommendation

Liberty panel makeszoning recommendation
LIBERTY -- The township zoning commission is recommending to township trustees that 90 acres off state Route 304 not be rezoned for industry. Instead, the commission recommended Wednesday that 60 acres be rezoned from residential to commercial, and 30 acres remain residential. James Rodway, township zoning inspector, said the 30 acres that will remain residential if trustees approve are adjacent to an existing residential development. There will also be an additional 100-foot buffer on which nothing can be constructed. Builder Robert Walley of Liberty had told the commission he doesn't have any plans for the property. Homeowners along the adjacent housing development had vigorously opposed the requested change from residential to industrial.
Shooting victim ID'd
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 16-year-old boy found shot to death late Tuesday night in the driveway of a house at 1524 Josephine St. has been identified as Eric Martinez of Jackson Street. Mahoning County Coroner David M. Kennedy ruled the death a homicide. At 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, police were sent back to the crime scene to check out reports of gunshots. Officers found 26 9mm and two .45-caliber casings in the roadway and damage to the living room window that hadn't been there the night of the homicide.
Earlier Wednesday, at 6:40 p.m., a cousin of Martinez's reported to police that shots were fired at his home on Jackson Street from a car.
Dewaylyn Colvin, 22, of Nelson Street was in stable condition today at St. Elizabeth Health Center, recovering from gunshot wounds.
Police said the two shootings are related.
Shooting damages car
CAMPBELL -- Police are investigating a shooting that damaged the rear passenger door and rear bumper of a Reynolds, Ohio, man's car as he drove along a city street.
According to the report, the 22-year-old man told police that he was driving east on Murray Avenue near Jean Street just before midnight Tuesday when a city man he recognized aimed a gun at his 1997 Buick Century and began shooting.
After surveying the damage, the Reynolds man reported the shooting to police early Wednesday.
Convocation center
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Convocation Center will host its inaugural sales expo at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Youngstown Club on Commerce Street.
Rick Kozuback, chief executive officer of Global Entertainment Corp., will update the progress of construction of the 5,500-seat, $41 million arena. The city hired Global to develop and manage the arena.
Wayne Davis, president of Global Entertainment Marketing Systems, will discuss prices of arena sponsorships, luxury suites, club seats and season tickets.
Sponsorships and premium seats will be available for purchase at the meeting. A 25-percent deposit is required on all purchases.
Yoga workshop
HOWLAND -- Deborah K. Cole, a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and certified yoga teacher from Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, Mass., will conduct a workshop on Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Core Dynamics Pilates Studio located behind the German Gourmet Deli on Warren-Sharon Road (old state Route 82). The cost is $30. Call (330) 654-3934.
Brookfield resurfacing
BROOKFIELD -- Township trustees will meet in special session at 5:30 p.m. Monday to open bids for the township resurfacing project. At 6 p.m., the trustees will meet with officials from the township's Youth League, Home Run Club and Brookfield High School principal. The meetings will take place in the township administration building, 6844 Strimbu Drive.
3 illegal aliens caught
MERCER, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said they picked up three illegal aliens in a vehicle stopped along Interstate 80 in Findley Township. The vehicle was stopped in the westbound lanes for a traffic violation around 8:50 a.m. July 7. All three were in the United States illegally, police said. Jesus A. Gonzales, 48, was taken into custody by federal immigration officials. The other two, Ambroncio Montejo, 54, and Cresencia J. Ventura, 35, were interviewed by immigration agents and released, police said.