Some community snow checks

Campbell police, on the overnight shift alone, helped push six snow-stuck motorists. “The weather’s horrible,” the dispatcher said this morning, chuckling at his own understatement.

Struthers Police Chief Robert Norris said plow drivers had roads in that community cleared — even the side streets. “The adage has always been if you can make it to Struthers, you’ve got it made,” he said.

With most government workers and others told to stay home, Youngstown police working the early-morning shift had no wrecks (at 10:20 a.m.), but there were several cars stuck and disabled on the roadways, said Lt. William Powell. “People are staying in,” he said.

No weather-related problems were reported in Beaver Township, said Police Chief Carl N. Frost. Officers there hadn’t made a police report since 3 p.m. Monday, he said.

Tuesday night, a snow-covered license plate resulted in a traffic stop on Wilson Avenue and the arrest of David L. McQuiston, 50, of Metz Road, Columbiana. Police working traffic interdiction patrol at 9:10 p.m. arrested McQuiston on charges of driving under suspension and served him with an old warrant for failure to appear on the same charge. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail to await arraignment and his vehicle was towed.