Free bus service Friday

Free bus service Friday
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Western Reserve Port Authority will offer free service Friday to all riders on all routes in honor of the home opener of the Youngstown SteelHounds at the city's convocation center.
WRTA also plans to provide free shuttle service with its red trolley and a full-sized bus before, during and after the minor-league hockey team's game. The free shuttles begin at 5:15 p.m. and end an hour after the game ends.
The service was offered Sunday for the Tony Bennett concert, and WRTA officials say the authority transported almost 600 people that evening.
WRTA wants to continue to offer the shuttles for events at the center, but needs sponsorships to offset operating and fuel expenses.
Arraigned in slayingof his older brother
WARREN -- Bond has been continued at $1 million for Edward A. Brown of Peace Avenue, accused in the Oct. 7 shooting death of his older brother. Brown was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, who set a pretrial hearing for Nov. 14.
Brown, 20, is charged with aggravated murder with a gun specification. He is accused in the death of Desion Brown, 21. Warren police responded to a report of a shooting in the 2400 block of Willow Drive Southwest. There they found Desion Brown with a gunshot wound, and he later died at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
In serious condition
YOUNGSTOWN -- Michael Singleton, 54, of Bonnie Brae Avenue was in serious condition Wednesday night at St. Elizabeth Health Center after being found on the ground in the 100 block of Steel Street on Tuesday morning.
One report shows that Singleton may have been the victim of an assault but he was unable to speak to police because of his condition. A construction worker who saw the victim on the ground called for help. A second man who saw the victim said he had cuts on his face and one arm out of his coat as if he'd been in a struggle.
Halloween vandalism
WARREN -- Halloween vandals spray-painted obscene red graffiti on the amphitheater wall, three restrooms and the concession stands in Perkins Park. Vandals also broke into a mausoleum at Union Cemetery on Niles Road Southeast, breaking open a tomb and pulling a body halfway out. The vandalism, which occurred overnight, was reported to police by the city's operations department Tuesday morning.
Water main broken
WARREN -- A backhoe struck and broke a 4-inch cast iron water main near East Market Street and Pine Avenue on Wednesday morning, sending water rushing down Pine Avenue Southeast, and leaving several downtown customers without water for much of the day. Crews from Utility Contracting Inc. of Youngstown are working on a storm and sanitary-sewer separation project in downtown Warren.
Schools award contract
CORTLAND -- The Lakeview Board of Education awarded a $99,800 paving contract to Miller-Yount Paving Co. of Cortland on Wednesday. District treasurer Milt Williams said the project calls for paving the drive on the east side of the high school with asphalt and replacing with concrete the bus pad near the maintenance garage and sidewalks to the north and south of the school. Construction may get under way this week.
Cops: Man's story false
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 20-year-old Cleveland man who said he was in town to visit his children at their mother's house on Custer Avenue made up a story about being stabbed and robbed of $100 on Ford Avenue at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, reports show.
City police were informed by police at St. Elizabeth Health Center that the man's girlfriend picked him up at the hospital, where he received treatment for cuts, and she told a nurse that she cut him during a fight and that she would finish the job next time because he had been messing around.
Meeting change
POLAND -- Township trustees' regular monthly meeting has been changed to 5 p.m. Nov. 15, at the township administration building. The meeting had been set for Tuesday but was changed because of Election Day.
Looking for Mars
BOARDMAN -- Students from the Mahoning Valley Astronomic Society will help participants locate Mars during "Mars Madness" from 8 to 11 p.m. Nov. 11. The free event will be in the park office of Boardman Park.