2 found shot in yard

2 found shot in yard
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two shooting victims were found lying in a yard in the 200 block of east Lucius Avenue around 2:15 a.m. Friday. Police said Michael Brogdon, 19, of East Judson Avenue, was shot in the right thigh, and D'Metri Lee, 17, of East Lucius, was shot in the left forearm. They were treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Both told police they had been dropped off by a friend in the driveway and heard a barrage of gunfire as they walked to the porch. They said they didn't see who fired but think the suspect or suspects came from behind a vacant house, reports show. Police collected two bullet-resistant vests found in an upstairs bedroom of Lee's house, spent casings from the front porch, loaded and unloaded magazines from the porch and ground and a loaded 9 mm pistol near the house.
Medicine levels toxic
FARRELL, Pa. -- A 41-year-old woman found dead in a cemetery had toxic levels of two pain relievers and an antidepressant in her system when she died. Mercer County Coroner J. Bradley McGonigle III had ruled the death of Shelly Misinay of Farrell a suicide when she was found on March 1 in the Temple Beth Israel Cemetery in Hermitage. She went missing on Valentine's Day during a large snowstorm. McGonigle said Misinay's official cause of death still is hypothermia, but noted she did have toxic levels of painkillers and the antidepressant. McGonigle said they also found handwritten letters on her body addressed to family.
Honors for 624 pupils
WARREN -- Warren G. Harding High School's Improvement Committee will sponsor its annual Renaissance Banquet to recognize honor roll students at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Demetrios Community Center, 3223 Atlantic St. N.E. During the ceremony, 624 pupils will receive Renaissance Cards for having a grade-point average between 4.0 and 3.2. The Renaissance Cards reward pupils with incentives donated by local businesses and sponsors.
OSHP post dedication
LISBON -- The Lisbon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be dedicated at 11 a.m. today to honor retired Col. Kenneth L. Morckel. Morckel served as the 13th superintendent of the highway patrol from 2000 to 2003. He then served as the director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety for three years. Morckel joined the patrol in 1975, and his first assignment was at the Lisbon post.
6 become citizens
YOUNGSTOWN -- These people became naturalized citizens at a recent ceremony in the courtroom of Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The new citizens, their country of origin, and their local hometowns are: Mei Guo, People's Republic of China, Canfield; Vasiliy Gorbachev, Latvia, Boardman; Elsa Carolina Rodriguez, Argentina, Poland; Angela Jakyung-Noh Wigal, Korea, Poland; Luis Orlando Roldan Vincente, Peru, Campbell; Milagros Simone Biggart, Peru, Boardman.
Forum on violence
WARREN -- The North West Neighborhood Association Inc. is sponsoring an open forum on city violence at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church, 1725 Drexel Ave. N.W. Concerns about the escalating violence and drug trafficking will be discussed. City officials will be available to respond to questions. Those with questions about the forum can call Debbie, (330) 392-2529, or Cindy, (330) 307-1215.
Program on engineering
YOUNGSTOWN -- About 45 students from high schools in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties will attend a program called "Engineering a Diverse Future" from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Ohio and Chestnut rooms in Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University. The program, sponsored by the YSU student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, focuses on exposing women and minority students to engineering. It will include information tables, panel discussions, a design competition, student project demonstrations and speakers from NASA, First Energy and Delphi.
Open enrollment
YOUNGSTOWN -- Applications for open enrollment in the city schools will be available beginning Tuesday at the Youngstown Board of Education offices in Room 110, 20 W. Wood St. Submission deadline is May 31. An informational meeting for interested parents will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the board room at that same location. Any pupil from an adjoining school district may apply.