Saturday, July 31, 2004
Trumbull Avenue opens
GIRARD -- Trumbull Avenue is once again open to traffic.
The road, which runs between U.S. Route 422 and Belmont Avenue in Liberty Township, was closed for months while state crews worked on the state Route 711 connector overpass.
Girard police said the road reopened to traffic Friday morning, and there are no planned closings.
Theft by deception
AUSTINTOWN -- Police are looking for a Boardman man accused of not following through on his offer to sell puppies. Robert Petrovich Jr., 32, of Glenwood Avenue, is wanted on a warrant charging theft by deception. Police said a Niles woman paid Petrovich $501 to buy a puppy earlier this month at an Austintown coffee shop. Petrovich told the woman he operated a company called "The Perfect Puppy LLC." The woman was never given the puppy. Petrovich also has listed advertisements in newspapers offering to sell puppies. He is described as white, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighing about 168 pounds. Police are asking those who may have information about Petrovich to call them at (330) 799-9721.
Neighbor's house shot
YOUNGSTOWN -- Bond has been set at $50,000 for Hoy Grubaugh, who engaged in a standoff with police late Thursday afternoon at his Donald Avenue home. Municipal Judge Robert P. Milich set the bond Friday and ordered that Grubaugh, 31, stay away from his neighbor. Grubaugh is due back in court Aug. 5. Grubaugh is charged with improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation. Charges of assault on a police officer and illegal possession of a weapon were not filed. Police said Grubaugh fired his shotgun inside his house at 1971 Donald and some of the pellets struck the side of his neighbor's house.
Group plans Bush party
WARREN -- Trumbull County Students for Bush will hold a party in the city's downtown area at 6 p.m. Sunday in support of the president's re-election effort. The organization plans to travel Saturday to Canton to hear President Bush speak. For more information, contact George Brown at (330) 307-6821.
3 charged in burglary
LAKE MILTON -- Three burglary suspects have been arrested after a three-month investigation by Milton Township Detective John Bonish. Police Chief Bill Moretz identified the suspects as: John W. Huzvar of Tamarac Drive, charged with falsification and receiving stolen property; Peggy S. Huzvar of Tamarac Drive, charged with promoting the commission of a burglary; and Connie S. Wiseman of Creed Road, charged tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property. Moretz said the three will be arraigned Monday. Three juveniles are still being sought in the case.
VFW summer picnic
BESSEMER, Pa. -- Mohawk Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 267 invites the community to its second annual summer picnic from noon to 6 p.m. today at Bessemer Lakeview Park on Bessemer-Hillsville Road. There will be food and games, and music presented by the Blue Coat Band F.O.P. Bagpipers. Veterans and auxiliary members and their families will be admitted free. Proceeds from donations and a raffle will benefit Post 267's Troops Care Packages Project for the Army Reserve's 630th Transportation Co., deployed in Iraq.
Hard hat disappears
YOUNGSTOWN -- A hard hat that had been welded to the head of an iron statue outside the labor museum on Wood Street is missing. The site manager told police Thursday that she last saw the hat Tuesday.
Temporary closing
WARREN -- Highland Avenue will be closed between Dover and Miller streets in from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. todayand Sunday. The closure is to accommodate the Monument of Faith Church festival.
Tunnels to be resurfaced
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- One of Pittsburgh's tunnels -- and the primary way into the city from the east -- will close for resurfacing.
But the disruptions to motorists should be reduced because the $800,000 Squirrel Hill Tunnels project will be done at night over three weekends -- two in mid-August and one in October, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.
PennDOT, however, is recommending motorists find another route. Traffic will be detoured six curvy miles through city neighborhoods.