Vote on teachers pact

Vote on teachers pact
SALEM -- City teachers will vote June 21 on a proposed new three-year contract with the board of education. Superintendent Stephen Larcomb said Monday the teachers and board reached a tentative agreement on the new pact. If approved, the contract goes into effect Sept. 1 of this year. Larcomb said he could not reveal details of the pact pending the vote.
Shots damage house
YOUNGSTOWN -- Neighbors in the 3000 block of Idlewood Avenue told police teenagers were shooting at one another early Monday, sometime after midnight. One resident told police a bullet went through a pillar on his porch then smashed through the front window. The bullet struck an interior wall before landing on the floor. A check of the area by police turned up a 12-gauge shotgun and live and spent shells behind a house in the 300 block of Hudson Avenue.
Vacant-house fires
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two vacant South Side houses were destroyed by fire. Fire crews sent to 903 Parkview Ave. around 7:15 p.m. Sunday found the house in flames. Damage was set at $5,000, a total loss. The cause remains under investigation. Earlier Sunday, at 12:30 p.m., firefighters were sent to 3119 Hudson Ave. The fire was deliberately set in a closet on the first floor, reports show. Damage was set at $19,000.
Robbery suspects plead
STRUTHERS -- Three suspects pleaded innocent to charges of robbing the Dairy Queen on Youngstown-Poland Road. Dennis Randall, 28, of Youngstown, pleaded innocent to felony aggravated robbery and assault charges as well as to a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $50,000 and his preliminary hearing is set for Friday. David McKee, 23, of Youngstown, and Jody Zimmerman, 18, of Austintown, pleaded innocent to felony complicity to aggravated robbery. Their bonds were set at $10,000 and $20,000, respectively, and their preliminary hearings also are set for Friday. Police say Randall robbed the store last Friday while the other two waited in the car.
Police disperse crowd
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police had to use aerosol canisters of tear gas to disperse dozens of young people fighting on Kennedy Square. Police Chief Tom Sansone said the youngsters apparently were coming from a dance held Saturday night at 7 E. Washington St. when police were called at 10:08 p.m. He said the manager at the nearby Burger King locked the restaurant doors and called police when youngsters started banging on the windows and doors. Five police officers responded and found about 50 to 60 young people near the Coney Island restaurant and multiple ongoing fights. Police said several of those involved started grabbing and shaking traffic control signs in an effort to pull them down. The youngsters started to disperse only after police used the tear gas. Police arrested two juveniles and one 18-year-old and charged them with disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
CVS benches taken
YOUNGSTOWN -- A full-size park bench and two small children's park benches were taken from the foyer of the CVS Pharmacy on Oak Street after someone pried open a sliding door around 12:30 a.m. Monday, police said. No entry was made into the main store. A surveillance videotape of the break-in shows a suspect wearing a red hoodie removing the benches.