Man robs barmaid

Man robs barmaid
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 29-year-old barmaid at Avalon Gardens, 1719 Belmont Ave., was robbed at gunpoint at about 11 p.m. Monday.
The victim told police a man came into the bar and asked for water. When she told him he had to purchase something to be served and asked for identification, he pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at her while keeping it by his waist to shield it from the view of patrons.
He ordered her to give him $900. She emptied the cash register of about $175, after which the gunman ordered her to go outside with him. She started to walk toward the exit, but then decided not to go outside with the robber. He then fled on foot with the money.
Police said the barmaid was frightened but not physically injured.
Bicyclist seriously hurt
BERLIN CENTER -- A bicyclist was in critical condition Monday evening in St. Elizabeth Health Center after he was struck from behind by a car on Bedell Road on Monday morning.
Howard A. Storey, 35, of North Edgehill Avenue, Austintown, was flown by helicopter from the accident scene to the hospital.
He and the driver of the car, Ryan L. Burd, 19, of East Vermont Avenue, Sebring, were northbound on Bedell Road when the accident occurred at 11:15 a.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Storey was thrown off the bicycle and came to rest in a ditch.
Burd was uninjured.
Write-in candidate
Only one person in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties has filed to run as a write-in candidate in the November general election.
Those wanting to run as write-in candidates had to submit their names to county boards of elections in Ohio by 4 p.m. Monday. The only person to file by the deadline was John S. Luchansky, 1976 Wendy Lane, Boardman, who is running for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland of Lisbon.
7th Ward meeting
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 7th Ward Citizens' Coalition meeting Thursday will be combined with a town hall meeting for 7th Ward residents.
The coalition meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at Brownlee Woods Presbyterian Church at Irma and Everett avenues.
The town hall meeting will be at 6:45 p.m. at the church. Members of the McKelvey administration and Councilman Mark S. Memmer, D-7th, will be present to talk about issues in the ward and the city.
Library 'cybertour'
YOUNGSTOWN -- A free "cybertour" of the main library's grant center for representatives of nonprofit organizations seeking grants will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the main library's computer center, 305 Wick Ave.
Call the library's reference department at (330) 744-8636 to register.