3 shots fired at house

3 shots fired at house

YOUNGSTOWN — The “rocks” an 18-year-old West Princeton Avenue woman thought she heard hitting her house in the 600 block around 1:50 a.m. Friday turned out to be three bullets, police said. One round struck the east side of the house and the other two hit the front of the house. The resident gave police the name of a suspect — a 16-year-old boy who has been arguing with her brother.

Police probe stabbing

HUBBARD — Police are investigating a Friday morning stabbing that left one resident wounded and sent another to the hospital. Officers were sent to a home in the 200 block of East Liberty Street shortly before 1 a.m. Sgt. James Taafe said officers learned that Deanna Donnadio, 18, had been stabbed in the abdomen and taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. Dominique Fawcett, 18, was also stabbed in the left arm but refused treatment.

Taafe said police arrested Tara Atwood, 18, on a charge of felonious assault. All are from Hubbard. Taafe said Donnadio told officers that she got into a fight with Atwood, who eventually stabbed her. Fawcett told officers she was punched by an unidentified man and somehow stabbed during the fight between Donnadio and Atwood, but she is unsure who actually stabbed her.

2 remain in hospital

YOUNGSTOWN — Two victims who suffered smoke inhalation during a house fire at 2486 McCartney Road this week remain hospitalized. Daresha Brown, 12, of McCartney Road remained in critical condition Friday at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Her grandmother, 54-year-old Marleen Felder, was in serious condition at Akron Children’s Hospital Burn Unit. Fire Capt. Alvin Ware said the investigation continues into the cause of the fire, which started around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the bedroom of two brothers, ages 5 and 11. Ware said interviews will be conducted with the boys. The boys managed to escape the fire, as did the family dog. Firefighters had to rescue Felder, who uses a wheelchair, and Daresha.

Park’s opening delayed

CONNEAUT LAKE, Pa. — Financially troubled Conneaut Lake Park will not open this weekend, as it had planned. It is targeting the last week in June for its opening, said George Deshner, director of operations. The park had mounted a token campaign last month to raise money, and is also seeking donations from area businesses, said Deshner. It needed to raise $300,000 to open. The park is about $2 million in debt.

The $5 tokens can be redeemed for a Ride-A-Rama all-day ride pass at the park on any operating weekday (Saturdays and Sundays are excluded; the park is closed Mondays and Tuesdays). Because weekday Ride-A-Rama passes are $13.95 ($8.95 for those under 46 inches tall), the tokens represent a savings of between $8.95 and $3.95. To order the tokens, call the park at (814) 382-5115, Ext. 104.

Dog burns the dinner

YOUNGSTOWN — A Seneca Avenue woman told firefighters that her boxer-type dog turned the burner on the stove and consequently burned pork chops in a Pyrex dish. The woman said she noticed smoke when she returned home around 6 p.m. Thursday. Firefighters set damage at $15.

Clothing stolen

BOARDMAN — Nearly $3,000 in clothing was stolen Wednesday from Express Women at the Southern Park Mall. Forty-two shirts and 25 pairs of shorts were taken, police said.

Sobriety checkpoint

AUSTINTOWN — Results of a sobriety checkpoint held from 9 p.m. Thursday until 1 a.m. Friday on state Route 46: Vehicles checked, 973; vehicles diverted, 31; Operating Vehicle Impaired arrests, three; number of refusals, one; restraint citations, 27; vehicles seized, three; misdemeanor arrests, three — two open container and one drug. Members of the Mahoning County OVI Task Force conducted the checkpoint.

Books given to library

LISBON — Columbiana County Farm Bureau recently presented copies of the award-winning children’s book, “Fantastic Farm Machines” by Cris Peterson, to the Lepper Library of Lisbon and to the Bookmobile. The presentation was made by Gloria Mathews and Rhonda Farmer, co-chairwoman of the Farm Bureau’s Promotion and Education Committee. Other Columbiana County libraries receiving copies will be Columbiana, East Palestine, Leetonia, Salem, Wellsville and East Liverpool.

The book features photographs by David Lundquist of 12 big pieces of farm equipment with explanations of how the equipment is used in the day-to-day business of growing and harvesting crops.   Peterson was given the Ohio Farm Bureau’s Award for Children’s Literature at its annual meeting last November.