Relay raises $305,000

Relay raises $305,000

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Relay for Life raised $305,000, said Mark Luke, chairman of the event. In 2006, the event raised $286,000 for the American Cancer Society. The 13th annual event was starting Friday night in Spartan Stadium, behind Center Middle School, and ended Saturday. The Boardman relay is the third largest in the state in per-capita giving.

8 charged, 30 cited
in sobriety checkpoint

CANFIELD — Four people were charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, four were arrested on drug charges, and 30 were cited for failure to wear seat belts during the sobriety checkpoint conducted by the Mahoning County OVI (Operating a Vehicle Impaired) Task Force on Friday.

The average blood-alcohol level for the four people arrested was 0.168, just over double the legal limit of .08. The checkpoint was conducted from 10 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday at 4120 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Law enforcement agencies participating were Canfield, Goshen, Boardman, New Middletown, Beaver, Jackson, Lake Milton State Park, Austintown, Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department.

During the four hours, 1,354 vehicles passed through the checkpoint zone, 1,301 were checked, two people were arrested for driving under suspension, one had no driver’s license, and four vehicles were seized.

Two face charges
linked to painkiller

HUBBARD — Police say they expect to file drug charges against additional people after charging two with peddling a painkiller. Kimberly Kale, 35, of 963 Woodland Ave., has been released from the Trumbull County Jail after being charged with possession of a dangerous drug — Vicodin. Jonathan Durig, 32, of John White Road, Hubbard Township, will be arraigned Tuesday in Girard Municipal Court on a charge of complicity to possession of dangerous drugs. City Patrol Officer Chris Moffitt said that the two were charged after a three-week investigation that continues. It started because neighbors complained to police of heavy vehicle traffic at Kale’s residence that led to a surveillance of her home. City police, Moffitt said, are being assisted by Hubbard Township police and the drug unit of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force.

Culvert work in Mespo

MESOPOTAMIA — State Route 87 between state Route 45 and state Route 534 in the township will close May 29 for a culvert replacement, says the Ohio Department of Transportation. Traffic will be detoured Route 534 to U.S. Route 322 to Route 45. The road will remain closed through mid-June. This work is part of a $5.3 million project to widen Route 87 and resurface the thoroughfare from just west of Route 534 to Route 45. This work will provide a wide shoulder for horse-drawn vehicles.