Police look for person behind Molotov cocktail

Police look for person behind Molotov cocktail
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police are searching for the person responsible for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a home in the 1100 block of State Street. Police said the explosive hit the front porch of the house sometime early Monday.
The device caused minor damage to a door. No one was home at the time, police said.
After search, police arrest three on drug charges
NILES -- Police arrested three people on drug charges after a search of a home at 330 Ann St. Ella Wade, Will Rainge and James L. Ernest, no ages or addresses available, were arrested Thursday after the search, a Niles police department press release states.
Wade and Rainge were arrested on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Ernest was arrested on charges of trafficking in drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
During the search police found bags with an unidentified white powder, crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
According to the release, the search came after a one-month investigation that involved investigators' buying quantities of crack cocaine from a man living at the home.
Business bureau to host shredding day Saturday
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Better Business Bureau of Youngstown will host a shred day from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday to promote safety and security of personal documents.
Secure Shred of Youngstown will provide a mobile shredding truck. The event will take place at International Towers, located at Market and East Boardman streets. Consumers and businesses can shred up to 10 boxes of documents for free.
"Most thieves go through trash cans to search for information," said Melissa Padisak, director of advertising and charitable review for the Youngstown bureau.
She said people should not shred Social Security cards, wills, deeds and other documents such as birth certificates. However, she said credit reports, old bank statements, canceled checks and credit card offers are eligible.
"This shred day is a win-win situation for everyone."
For more information, contact the bureau at (330) 744-3111.
Lake Milton water and sewer project meeting
LAKE MILTON -- An informational meeting concerning the Lake Milton water and sewer project will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lake Milton Fire Station at Mahoning and Milton avenues.
Invited guests include U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland of Lisbon, D-6th, Mahoning County commissioners and representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Mahoning County Sanitary Engineer's Department.
Georgia bee seller's shipments infested
REYNOLDSBURG -- Ohio Director of Agriculture Fred L. Dailey has signed an order prohibiting the shipment of bees into the state from a seller in Georgia because of an outbreak of small hive beetle.
Since April, 10 shipments of honey bees shipped to Ohio by B.J. Weeks of Ball Ground, Ga., were found to be infested with small hive beetle, a pest of honey bee colonies that destroys hives and makes honey putrid. Weeks also failed to acquire the proper inspection certificates to ship bees into Ohio as required by state law, officials said.
Small hive beetle is easily spread to neighboring colonies through a normal life cycle and can survive in Ohio's climate.
Beekeepers who have bought bees from Weeks should notify the Ohio Department of Agriculture at (614) 728-6270 so their hives can be properly treated.