Man in wheelchair is hit

Man in wheelchair is hit
HUBBARD -- Police were investigating an accident in which a vehicle hit a man in a wheelchair this morning. City officers and investigators from the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene on West Liberty Avenue, just in front of the Hubbard Public Library, shortly before 9 a.m. Dispatchers were unsure if the man had been in the crosswalk and did not immediately have his name or other details available.
Questions in shootings
YOUNGSTOWN -- Marco Dukes, 23, of Wick Street, Warren, was given a gunshot residue test at St. Elizabeth Health Center late Friday, where he'd been taken for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds. Warren police had called the hospital, advising that Dukes was a suspect in a triple shooting. At the hospital, Dukes told Youngstown police that he was shot somewhere on the South Side by unknown suspects. He said a woman dropped him off near the Westlake projects, where he wandered into the road and was picked up by a passing motorist who took him to the hospital. Police questioned the motorist, Lionel Hughley, 25, of Milton Street, Warren, and seized a loaded handgun from his car, as well as a black coat with three bullet holes. The car was towed and held for Warren police.
Urine found on porch
GIRARD -- A Steel Street woman told police she woke up to find someone had urinated on her porch. The woman called police at 8:10 a.m. Saturday to report the incident. She said she thinks it may stem from an ongoing dispute with neighbors.
Closed for bridge repair
LORDSTOWN -- Hewitt Gifford Road will be closed today through July 2 between South Leavitt and Layer roads for bridge repair, according to Trumbull County Engineer John D. Latell Sr.'s office. The recommended detour route is north on South Leavitt, west on Risher Road and south on Layer.
Army Corps retirements
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Employees of the Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh will receive letters next month encouraging them to retire early under a plan to cut a third of the Corps' 770 workers. Officials are hoping that enough employees will opt for early retirement so layoffs won't be needed. District officials said their budget has been cut for four straight years, from $127 million in fiscal 2002 to $98 million in fiscal 2005. Employees who opt to retire could get payments of as much as $25,000, said Frank Likar, deputy district engineer for project management. Any layoffs would happen Nov. 19, Likar said. The Pittsburgh District operates 23 locks and dams and 16 reservoirs, and oversees 42 flood-protection projects in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, southwestern New York, northern West Virginia and western Maryland. The Pittsburgh District has already asked the Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board to let other federal agencies know that corps employees might be losing their jobs and be seeking other federal positions.
Veterans of Korean War
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Five Korean War veterans attended a service honoring them and others on the 54th anniversary of the war. Children in traditional Korean clothes and others in shorts and rugby shirts sang the American and Korean national anthems at the service Sunday at the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church in Lower Allen Township. "The congregation's gratitude is a little overwhelming," said one veteran, Luther Falkenstein, 73, of Spring Grove. "The Korean people are really appreciative. They always were like that." Elder Hyun Y. Kim showed slides of American GIs, Koreans orphaned by the war and modern Korea. The congregation thanked the men for their sacrifices and applauded repeatedly. The church donated $200 for a planned Korean War monument in York. The church has held the service for five years. "We want to show that we are living in America, so we are part of American community, and we want to teach to the next generation [that] Americans really sacrificed their lives for Korea," said Deacon Hong Rim.