Catch-basin work OK'd

Catch-basin work OK'd
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City council approved work on 25 of the worst catch basins in the city.
Tammi Gibson, city business administrator, said they will go out to bid immediately.
The work will be paid for by a $4 million loan the city took out through the sale of bonds.
Gibson had initially suggested the city work in one concentrated area, but council asked that they work throughout the city.
City residents had problems with sewage backups in their basements because of recent heavy rains.
Area summit on crime
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Lawrence County District Attorney's office is accepting registrations for the Community Summit on Crime on Oct. 21 at Jameson Health System South Campus conference center. The event is free and open to the public.
Scheduled in conjunction with National Crime Prevention Month, the summit will bring together Lawrence County residents and community leaders to better coordinate crime prevention efforts.
Keynote speaker will be Laurie Robinson, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General and the longest-serving director of the Office of Justice Programs.
There also will be a panel discussion and breakout sessions.
To register, visit www.lcdaonline.com or call the district attorney's office at (724) 656-1918.
Home buyers' workshop
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Area Urban League is looking for individuals from Lawrence, Trumbull, Columbiana and Mahoning counties to participate in the My House First Time Home Buyers Workshops.
Those completing the program will receive a certificate that Urban league officials say will enhance the individual's ability to get a home loan.
Classes start Thursday and are scheduled again Oct. 21. Those interested should call the YAUL at (330) 744-4111 or (330) 743-1384 for more information.
Indicted on drug charges
CLEVELAND -- A federal grand jury here indicted Calvin D. Burley, 37, of Tyrell Avenue, Youngstown, on two counts of drug trafficking, one count of drug possession with the intent to distribute and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Domestic-violence case
YOUNGSTOWN -- Bond was set at $25,000 for Walter Pearson, 22, of Parkcliffe Avenue, who is charged with felony domestic violence.
Pearson will be back in municipal court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.
Police tracked Pearson down to a motel in Liberty on Monday evening, where they also found his girlfriend. Reports don't say if her child was there, too. The woman had phoned relatives saying she and the child were OK.
The search for Pearson began early Monday after police went to the house on Parkcliffe in response to a domestic violence complaint and found blood in the house but not the woman and her child.
Deliverywoman robbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 34-year-old woman who delivers pizzas for Tomasino's Pizza on West Federal Street told police she was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon when she went to a house in the 100 block of Lauderdale Avenue.
The woman said the robber asked her to step inside the house with the order -- two pizzas, a pepperoni roll and bottle of soda. She said it appeared that no one lived at the house.
A man appeared and pulled a handgun and demanded all her money. She turned over $19, retrieved the pizza carrying case and left, calling police from her cell phone.
Police went to the address but found no one.
Closed for bridge repair
HUBBARD -- Bell Wick Road will be closed between the east and west legs of Mount Everett Road through Nov. 5.
The closure will allow workers from the Trumbull County Engineer's office to replace a small concrete bridge damaged by flooding last year. The bridge was temporarily replaced with a pipe, said highway superintendent Chris Connelly.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay the $70,000 cost, he said.