RECYCLING ELECTRONICS

Recycling electronics
COITSVILLE -- The Mahoning County Solid Waste Management District urges county residents to take their unwanted computers, monitors and related electronics to the Coitsville Township Recycling Center, 3737 McCartney Road, between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning March 29, and concluding June 14.
The limit is five units per vehicle, and there is a small charge for TV sets.
Call (330) 740-2060 for details.
Guilty of 1 of 2 counts
LISBON -- A Columbiana County Common Pleas Court jury found a man guilty Wednesday of one count of having sex with a minor but innocent on a second, identical charge involving the same girl.
Joseph E. Peterson, 29, of North Elm Street, was indicted in May 2005 on two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Authorities said he had sex with the girl in March and April 2005.
Timothy McNicol, the assistant prosecutor who tried the case, said the girl consented to the sex. He said he had not talked to the jurors about their split decision.
Peterson could get probation or a sentence of up to five years in prison. Sentencing will be at a later date.
Sewer project on track
WINONA -- The Winona sewer project is back on track after Columbiana County was able to get $700,000 in additional funding.
The Columbiana County commissioners signed agreements Wednesday to get the extra funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program.
The county had awarded the contract last year to DiPietro Excavating Inc. in East Canton. But officials discovered their funding package was short of the $2.1 million cost.
The state Environmental Protection Agency had ordered the county to install the system. Waste will be piped to the county's treatment plant near Guilford Lake.
About 123 homes in the Winona area will connect to the new lines. The work is expected to be completed by next spring.
Benefit dinner, raffle
NEW SPRINGFIELD -- The Springfield Township fire and EMS departments are hosting a spaghetti dinner and raffle at the VFW Triangle Post 2799, 3161 E. South Range Road, from 3-7 p.m. Saturday.
Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds benefit Springfield Township Emergency Services.
Pleads guilty to arson
YOUNGSTOWN -- A city man who injured himself while setting fire to a house has pleaded guilty to arson.
Mark A. Hausch, 21, of Covington Street, had pleaded innocent when he was indicted last September, but withdrew that plea Wednesday before Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Hausch faces a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Hausch was charged last August with setting fire to a rental house at 116 Tod Lane, from which a woman he knew had been evicted. Hausch was treated for burns at Akron Children's Hospital burn unit.
Ohio Lottery winner
CLEVELAND -- An Ashtabula County woman won $1 million in the Ohio Lottery's Cash Spectacular instant game.
Tammy S. Carlisle of Ashtabula filed the claim Wednesday and chose the cash option. She will receive a lump sum of $357,500 after taxes.
Carlisle purchased the ticket from Shortstop Drive Thru, 2328 Lake Ave., Ashtabula. The outlet will receive $10,000 for selling the winning ticket.
Homework Express help
YOUNGSTOWN -- First Place Bank Community Foundation wants to make sure pupils get the help they need with their homework.
The foundation presented a $5,000 check Wednesday to Homework Express, a live homework help television show broadcast from Youngstown State University's Bliss Hall television studio.
The call-in show, which will complete its first full year of broadcast May 18, is geared toward helping sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in Mahoning and Trumbull counties with math and science questions.
The show airs live every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30-5 p.m. and is hosted by WHOT-FM's Kelly Stevens. It is produced by YSU telecommunications faculty, staff and students.
For more information, visit homeworkexpress.org or call (330) 941-1855.