Schools to share grant

Schools to share grant
YOUNGSTOWN -- City schools will be among eight of Ohio's largest districts that will share a $1.2 million grant the state has received to improve education leadership.
Ohio received the grant from the Wallace Foundation, a private charitable organization that focuses on learning, the state department of education said Friday.
The other districts in the state that will share the $1.2 million are Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.
Uses of the money will include developing leadership training programs tailored to each of the eight districts.
Workers' wages
EAST PALESTINE -- A committee of city council members Scott Rauch, Barb Lynch and Margo Zuch will meet Nov. 18 to discuss wages with city workers represented by the Teamsters and the Fraternal Order of Police.
The council members will meet with FOP members at 6 p.m. and with Teamsters members at 7 p.m. Six police and dispatchers are represented by the FOP, and 15 city service and administrative employees are Teamsters members.
Stolen checks
STRUTHERS -- A city woman found guilty of cashing four stolen checks will repay the money or go to jail.
Judge James R. Lanzo sentenced Angela L. Foster, 26, to 180 days in jail. He suspended the jail term pending payment of $815 in restitution, which is due Feb. 11, after finding her guilty of criminal simulation in municipal court Friday. Judge Lanzo also fined her $200 plus court costs.
She was arrested on a warrant Aug. 14. She had been wanted for cashing stolen checks at Frattaroli's Sparkle Market last November.
Sentenced over dogs
STRUTHERS -- Judge James R. Lanzo sentenced Robert G. Ashford, 24, of Eighth Street to a one-year probation, ordered him to pay $719 in restitution, and fined him $200 plus court costs after finding him guilty of failing to have liability insurance for his two pit bulls.
Ashford also was fined $100 plus court costs after the judge found him guilty of letting the dogs run at large.
Ashford was charged after his two pit bulls attacked a 4-year-old girl Aug. 31. The child did not require medical attention. Police shot one of the animals after a deputy dog warden determined it was too vicious to be captured.
Donation to police
HUBBARD -- First Assembly of God Church has donated two automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to the city and Hubbard Township police departments. Each unit costs $1,395.
The Rev. John Vrabel has issued a challenge to the business community, other churches and civic organizations to help purchase additional units so every police cruiser on duty can be equipped with them.
Police Chief Todd Coonce said the township has tried to obtain grants to purchase them, but hasn't been successful.
Zoning appointments
LOWELLVILLE -- Mayor James Iudiciani Sr. recently appointed Pete Ruozzo and Robert Norberg to the zoning and review board. Both men bring years of construction knowledge to the board, Iudiciani said. Other board members are JoAnn Iudiciani, the mayor's cousin, and councilmen Robert Coppola and Ron Rotunno.
The board reviews plans and zoning requirements for all new construction and renovation projects in the village.