Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Sweeney to be sworn in
YOUNGSTOWN -- Atty. Maureen Sweeney will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Wednesday as the newest judge of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The ceremony will be conducted by Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of common pleas court and Judge Theresa Dellick of juvenile court.
Sweeney, 41, of Poland, was appointed last week by Gov. Bob Taft to fill a vacancy created when Judge Robert Lisotto resigned July 1 for medical reasons. Sweeney is expected to be tapped later this week by the county Republican Party to run in the November election to fill the balance of Judge Lisotto's term, which expires in 2009.
County Democrats have picked Judge Elizabeth Kobly of Youngstown Municipal Court as their candidate for the position.
Man injured in fire
LIBERTY -- An Austintown man remains in the hospital with first- and second-degree burns after a Monday afternoon fire at D & amp;L Auto Salvage, Youngstown-Hubbard Road. Dean Carson of Kroeck Avenue was in St. Elizabeth Health Center early today with burns on his left arm and leg, fire officials said. A condition report on Carson was not available. The fire started around 12:30 p.m. when Carson was cutting parts from a car and apparently ignited gasoline fumes, reports said. Carson was able to get out of the building and was driven to the hospital by a friend, officials said. Fire crews from Liberty Township and Youngstown were able to contain the blaze to the building, and no other injuries were reported.
Author to speak
YOUNGSTOWN -- Retired attorney Staughton Lynd of Niles will speak at 7 p.m. Monday at the Universal Cafe of the First Unitarian Church, 1106 Elm St. Lynd will speak about his new book, "Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising."
Lynd said in his book that the state shares responsibility for its strategy in handling the 1993 uprising, and that the appropriate step is to grant a general amnesty to those involved, as New York did after the 1971 Attica prison riot.
Break-in at academy
YOUNGSTOWN -- A break-in at Legacy Academy, 1812 Oakhill Ave., was discovered Monday by maintenance personnel, police said. A window was broken to gain entry. Taken were six computer systems worth $7,200, a 19-inch TV worth $150 and a cassette player worth $150, reports show.
Theft of screen door
CAMPBELL -- Police stood by while relatives of an elderly woman recovered a screen door stolen from her front entrance earlier this week and installed on her next-door neighbor's home.
The woman spotted her screen door at her neighbor's Sunday and notified police. Police asked several members of the woman's family as well as her neighbors who owned the door. All of them told police that the door was hers.
Police probe burglary
STRUTHERS -- Police said Monday they are investigating a burglary in the 100 block of McClure Street in which several shotguns, a rifle, a variety of other hunting guns and a bow were taken.
Trust fund honors donor
CANFIELD -- A trust fund has been established in honor of Daniel Gromada Jr., the 19-year-old Canfield resident who donated five organs after being killed in a motorcycle accident June 27.
Donations for the trust fund can be placed at any First Place Bank, and checks should be made out to Daniel Leo Gromada Jr. Memorial Trust.
China House burglarized
YOUNGSTOWN -- A rear door at China House, 3363 Mahoning Ave., was pried open to gain entry sometime after 9 p.m. Sunday and before the owner arrived late Monday morning.
Taken during the break-in was a mixer worth $1,500, a meat slicer worth $600 and two rolls of plastic wrap worth $15 each, reports show.
Police were told that the mixer was large and likely required two people to remove it.
Development district
HUBBARD -- The city's Joint Economic Development District board was to meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Hubbard Township Administration Building, 2600 Elmwood Drive Ext. Members plan to discuss an application for inclusion of a new parcel of land in the district.