Diesel stolen from tank

Diesel stolen from tank
LIBERTY -- Township police are looking for whoever stole 128 gallons of diesel fuel valued at $360 from a tank at the Belmont Avenue Fire Station early last week. According to police reports, someone siphoned the fuel from the tank in the early morning hours.
Parade on the river
SHARON, Pa. -- The ships in the 26th annual Small Ships Revue will launch at 7 p.m. Friday near Sky Bank off East State Street. Local celebrities will judge the crafts before they take off to journey downstream to the 3 By the River complex on Chestnut Street. Grand prize is $1,000 for the most imaginative float. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. with a parade forming at Penn State Shenango and is followed by entertainment and fireworks at 3 By the River.
City hall vandalized
GIRARD -- Police are trying to determine who damaged a vending machine inside city hall and stole most of the snacks inside. Police reports say someone used a nearby fire extinguisher to break the glass on the machine around 9 p.m. Monday. Reports say whoever did it likely got into the building through an open door in the gymnasium, which is not far from the machine. Ceiling tiles were also pulled down and damaged not far from the machine.
Chief preference change
BOARDMAN -- Trustee Elaine Mancini says she changed her mind and that her pick for the search committee for a new township police chief is former township chief Glen Bowers. Trustee Robyn Gallitto had said Tuesday that Mancini's pick was Gary West, a retired FBI agent. Mancini said that she initially had picked West, a township resident, but when she realized that residency wasn't a requirement for committee members, decided on Bowers of Canfield.
Traffic monitoring
State park officers from Mosquito Lake, Lake Milton and West Branch will increase patrol activity Friday, Saturday and Sunday to ensure that motorists slow down and observe safety laws. Traffic safety is a priority for park officers, Mosquito Lake Sgt. Kevin Kuriatnyk said. "Our focus is not on writing a pile of tickets, but to help remind motorists that when they obey the law they are having a direct impact on the safety of visitors as well as themselves," he said.
Robber shoots at man
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A customer was shot at as he was chasing down a robber running from Shee's Gas and Grocery in Taylor Township. Pennsylvania State Police said the 50-year-old customer gave chase as the robber was leaving the store at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday. The robber, a white man in his 20s wearing sunglasses, a blue baseball cap, a dark long-sleeved shirt and baggy jeans, forced the cashier at gunpoint to open the register, took the money and ran. The customer chased the robber into a nearby alley when the robber fired three shots and the chase ended. The customer was not hurt. Other witnesses said the robber got into a red Pontiac, possibly a Grand Prix or a Bonneville model, and may have been accompanied by a white female.
Court renovation bids
LISBON -- Bids were opened Wednesday for renovations to the courts on the second floor of the Columbiana County courthouse. Court Administrator Amy Ondrejko said only one bid was submitted for general contracting, from Brock and Associates Builders of Youngstown, for $914,000. The entire project is expected to cost $2.7 million. Bids were received on other portions of the work, which would include better heating and cooling.
However, there were no bids to replace the huge windows with more energy-efficient ones. Ondrejko said that work will have to be re-bid. Officials are expected to meet in a few weeks to discuss the project.