Water to be shut off

Water to be shut off
AUSTINTOWN -- The waterline on West Radio Road was to be shut off at 9 a.m. today as work continues on the state Route 46 widening project. Water will be restored at 2 p.m. Affected will be residents on West Radio, Rutland Avenue and West Viola Avenue. The shutoff will also affect 185 N. Niles-Canfield Road and 301 N. Kimberly Ave. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recommends that after water service is restored, residents boil water for cooking and drinking for one minute. The Youngstown Water Department will announce when the water is tested and considered safe.
Railroad crossing closed
SALEM -- The railroad crossing on South Lincoln Avenue will be closed Thursday, said Joe Julian, the city's service director. The Norfolk & amp; Southern Railroad will be repaving the intersection. The company closed the intersection last week while the railroad made repairs to the track.
Relay for Life fundraiser
NEW MIDDLETOWN -- Springfield Elementary kindergarten teacher Lou Anne Sheehan will be perched on the roof of Springfield Local Elementary, state Route 170, on Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. and will not come down until 2,000 has been raised for her Relay for Life Team. Parents, townspeople and visitors are welcome to cheer her on and enjoy local celebrity performances from Holly Lawless Stevens, the Lee Sheehan Band and local school musical talent. Donations will be accepted throughout the day as Sheehan waits for her 2,000 "bail" to be raised for Springfield Township's Relay for Life event, which will take place June 22-23 at the Springfield High School Athletic Facility.
Warren man on trial
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A jury is to begin deliberations today in the trial of an airman accused of the 2005 murder of a fellow airman at an Air Force Base in Iceland. Airman Calvin Hill, 21, of Warren could face the death penalty if convicted in the murder of Airman 1st Class Ashley Turner. Testimony in the court-martial at Bolling Air Force Base has lasted nearly three weeks. Closing arguments were Tuesday. The 20-year-old Turner, a Frederick, Md., native, was found beaten and stabbed in a dormitory lounge at the Naval Air Station in Keflavik, Iceland, on Aug. 14, 2005. Turner was about to testify in Hill's court-martial on larceny charges for stealing 2,700 from her. A spot of Turner's blood was found on Hill's shoelace after the killing. But Hill's defense lawyers deny the murder charges and have suggested the killing could have been carried out by others, including Turner's boyfriend.
Sentenced for robbery
WARREN -- A 26-year-old Warren man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a robbery at a Champion pharmacy last October. Bradley S. Haines Jr. of Genesee Avenue Northeast pleaded guilty last month to charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, aggravated drug possession, drug possession and tampering with evidence. Chuck Morrow, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said Haines threatened a clerk inside Overholt's Pharmacy on Mahoning Avenue with a knife, forced open the door to the pharmacy area of the store and took drugs. He then attempted to flee on foot but was caught a short time later by Champion police, Morrow said.
Assault and robbery
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 22-year-old Canfield man was knocked unconscious and robbed of his wallet as he was leaving a store at Bissell Avenue and Elm Street on the city's North Side, police report. Police said the robbery happened at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday. The victim reported a man approached him and swung an object at him. It cut his abdomen. Then the man hit him over the head with the object, knocking him out, the police report said. The victim said he didn't lose any cash or other valuables. There were only personal papers in the wallet.