New building approved

New building approved
NEWTON FALLS -- Local pupils, grades 7 through 12, are one step closer to seeing a newly renovated and remodeled junior high-high school building this fall.
On Wednesday, the school board voted to continue with the proposed project, approving the project schedule, construction cost estimates and construction design plans.
The project is being funded partly by the state and partly by Newton Falls school district.
The next step will be advertising for bids for the project.
Hubbard tire drop-off
HUBBARD -- A used-tire drop-off will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the township administration building, 2600 Elmwood Drive Ext., for city and township residents only.
There is no limit to the number of tires within reason; tires on or off rims will be accepted, and no truck or tractor tires are allowed.
Identification will be checked to assure residency.
Board meets today
HUBBARD -- The board of education will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at the superintendent's office, 150 Hall Ave.
The board will hold an executive session.
2 arrested in robbery
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police arrested two men accused of robbing McQuaid's Sunoco at North Hermitage and Lamor roads.
Gregory P. Sverre, 21, of Valley View Road, Sharpsville, and James M. Combine, 20, of East Lake Road, Transfer, turned themselves in Wednesday afternoon after learning warrants had been issued for their arrests, police said.
Both are charged with robbery and criminal conspiracy, and Sverre faces an additional count of carrying a firearm without a license.
Sverre is accused of entering the service station around 4:30 a.m. Sunday and using a handgun to take a cash box from the clerk. He fled to a waiting car driven by Combine, police said.
Police said they have recovered the gun used in the crime as well as the stolen cash box.
Seeking robbery suspects
FARRELL, Pa. -- Police said two men, one armed with a handgun, robbed the Citiline Market at 1158 Fruit Ave.
Clerks told police that two men entered the store around 11 p.m. Tuesday with T-shirts pulled up over their faces.
One of the men had a chrome-plated handgun and demanded money from the cash register, police said.
They got some money and ran west on George Street, police said.
Both men were described as black and about 6 feet tall with slender builds, police reported.
Both wore jeans; one wore a red T-shirt, and the other a blue T-shirt.
Construction on I-680
BOARDMAN -- Traffic on Interstate 680 will be restricted to one lane for 500 feet under the Thalia Road bridge in the township from Friday to July 6 for bridge construction.
Motorists using the Thalia Road Bridge over 680 will be detoured to South Avenue, Midlothian Boulevard then to Youngstown-Poland Road from July 6 to Nov. 6 so crews can complete the project.
Woman loses $350
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 57-year-old Liberty Township woman told Youngstown police she was scammed out of $350 Wednesday.
The woman, according to reports, said she was approached at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Gypsy Lane by a woman claiming to be from Africa. The woman and a man asked the victim to donate money to a church in Africa in exchange for a large sum of money, police said.
The Liberty woman gave the other woman $350, and the couple gave her a sealed envelope later found to contain no money, police said.
Items stolen from cars
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Neshannock Township police are warning people to lock their vehicles.
Police said money and other items were taken from several unlocked cars on Okinawa Drive sometime overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Police said a 1994 Plymouth Voyager van was also stolen.