Local News Digest

Wounded girl goes home
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 6-year-old girl wounded when shots were fired into her Shehy Street home early Saturday has been discharged from St. Elizabeth Health Center. Diabolique Smith was struck in the left leg by a bullet and also suffered some cuts from glass from an aquarium shattered by the gunfire around 1 a.m. Four others in the home weren't injured. Police said Tuesday that no arrests had been made in the case.
Road reopening delayed
AUSTINTOWN -- The reopening of Burkey Road between Raccoon Road and Orkney Street will be delayed until Friday because the work there is more extensive than originally planned, the county engineer's office has announced. The work has been expanded to include reducing the road's side slope before resurfacing, said County Engineer Richard Marsico. The road closed Aug. 3 for storm sewer replacement and was originally scheduled to reopen last Friday.
Man jailed in assault
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police arrested William Toth, 35, of Roy Street, on a charge of felonious assault, accusing him of hitting a motorcyclist with his car on Indianola Avenue. Toth was lodged in Mahoning County Justice Center on Tuesday and held for arraignment today.
Police said he is accused of ramming the back of a motorcycle driven by James Jarrell, 33, of List Lane, Lowellville, around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday. Jarrell was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Jarrell told police that he and Toth had an on-going feud, and that he recognized Toth as the driver of the car that hit him.
Police said the impact tore the grille from Toth's vehicle. They found him and the car at his home.
Vandals dog councilman
WARREN -- Councilman Alford L. Novak's property has been vandalized for the second time in a week. Novak, D-2nd, told police Monday that vandals spray-painted obscenities on his 1992 Ford that was parked at his Bonnie Brae Avenue home. Last week, the side of his garage was spray-painted with obscenities. He was able to remove the paint with a pressure washer. Novak says the vandalism is a result of his tough public stand against crime.
Two-county farm tour
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawrence County commissioners will go on the Lawrence-Beaver counties farm tour and have rescheduled their regular caucus meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the county government center. The regularly scheduled commissioners meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Taylor Township Municipal Building.
Lane restrictions
AUSTINTOWN -- State Route 46 will have various, short-term lane restrictions daily at London Drive, Colgate Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue and on the west side of New Road until mid-September. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers. The restrictions will run for five to 10 minutes at a time, says the Ohio Department of Transportation District 4. The work is part of an ODOT project to widen state Route 46 from Mahoning Avenue to New Road.
Vehicular-assault plea
LISBON -- An East Liverpool man has pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to a charge of vehicular assault in Perry Township. Prosecutors are recommending a six-month prison sentence on the felony charge for Nelson Taylor, 42. Taylor got into an argument with James H. Miller of Salineville. Taylor used his van to strike and drag Miller on state Route 45 south of Salem during the afternoon of May 9, 2005. Miller suffered severe leg injuries. Assistant Prosecutor Tammy Riley Jones said Taylor later died of causes that were unrelated to the assault. She was not sure why the men had quarreled. Taylor will be sentenced at a later date.