Man who ran stop sign arrested after crashing

Man who ran stop sign arrested after crashing
LAKE MILTON -- Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Berlin Center man after he failed to yield for a stop sign at the intersection of Mahoning and Milton avenues Friday night.
The man, whose name was not released, hit another car pulling through the intersection, which rolled over and trapped the female driver and a 4-year-old female passenger.
The females were treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, for minor injuries. The man was arrested on a charge of driving under suspension, the state patrol said.
New city police officers
WARREN -- Mark Krempasky and John Wilson were sworn in as new city police officers by William D. Franklin, safety-service director, in a Friday ceremony in the city hall office of Mayor Michael O'Brien. The mayor also was present for the ceremony. Krempasky, Wilson and three other new police officers to be sworn in next year are the only new city employees the administration has included in the city's 2006 budget.
School district budget
GIRARD -- The Girard City School District alternative tax budget for fiscal year July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, is available for review during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, at the office of the treasurer, 704 E. Prospect St.
Library Friends meeting
LIBERTY -- The Friends group at the Liberty Branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 415 Churchill-Hubbard Road, Liberty Township, will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in the meeting room. Interested individuals are invited to attend.
Friends of the Library are volunteer champions of the library. They work closely with the library's staff to offer valuable feedback and advice concerning their community's library needs. Call Liberty Branch Manager Claire Hoffman at (330) 759-2589 with questions. To learn more about library Friends groups, visit www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us/friendsgroups.htm
Firefighters fund-raiser
MINERAL RIDGE -- The Weathersfield Township Fire Department will be sponsoring a "boot drive" to raise money for a township family that has fallen on hard times starting at 10 a.m. today.
Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive by helicopter, weather permitting, at the Waffle House on Salt Springs Road just off Interstate 80. If the weather is bad and Santa can't fly in, he will arrive by township firetruck.
Children can come and visit with Santa, and the firefighters will carry on their boot drive until 1 p.m., Firefighter Tom Lambert said.
Police investigate theft at basketball game
GIRARD -- Police are investigating a theft that took place during a basketball game at Girard High School. Police reports say a tall man asked a woman collecting money at the door of the Thursday night event a question concerning bus schedules. Reports say when the woman looked at her watch, the man grabbed the cash drawer and ran.
Officers tracked the man's footprints in the snow until they ended near a fresh set of tire tracks.
Fire captain promoted
AUSTINTOWN -- Andy Frost III has been promoted from captain in the township's fire department to assistant fire chief, said township administrator Mike Dockry.
Frost moved in to fill the position left open by the recent retirement of William O'Hara.
Dockry said Capt. Dan Martin will take Frost's place. Tom Neff also was promoted to full time from part-time firefighter, Dockry said.
Hunting bill requiresapprentice supervision
COLUMBUS -- Apprentice hunters would have to be accompanied by someone 21 or older with a valid state hunting license to hunt under a bill the Ohio House approved last week.
Under the measure, licensed hunters would be prevented from supervising more than two apprentice hunters at one time.
The bill, which now goes on to the Senate, would create three types of apprentice licenses -- apprentice resident, apprentice nonresident and apprentice youth.
The Senate will now assign the bill to a standing committee for further study.