2nd staph diagnosis

2nd staph diagnosis

YOUNGSTOWN — A second child at Eagle Heights Academy has been diagnosed with a staph infection. The school was notified Thursday that a male pupil was diagnosed with the infection that he had apparently contracted outside of school, a school spokeswoman said. The child is responding to treatment and the school underwent a thorough cleaning Thursday night, the spokeswoman said. The school shut down for day Nov. 8 for cleaning after a female pupil was treated for a staph infection. School officials said they don’t know if either case involved a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain.

Results of OVI sweep

AUSTINTOWN — Five people were charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence during a zero-tolerance sweep by the Mahoning County OVI Task Force. The four-hour blitz started at 10 p.m. Thursday. Some 63 vehicles were stopped.

Other action included: four safety belt citations; 15 other miscellaneous citations; five speeding citations; and three arrests for driving under suspension.

Officers from the Youngstown, Goshen, Beaver, Jackson, New Middletown, Canfield, Austintown and Youngstown State University police departments, and troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, took part.

Suspended in tire prank

YOUNGSTOWN — For the past week or so, employees at Paul C. Bunn Elementary have been reporting to the principal that air has been let out of their tires. The principal learned through witnesses that two fifth-grade boys, one who is 10, the other 12, were responsible, and both were suspended for 10 days, police said. The case was turned over to the police department’s juvenile division Thursday.

New bridge opening

SHARON, Pa. — Though the formal opening won’t be until Tuesday, traffic started moving across the newly constructed State Street Bridge on Friday. The old bridge was closed in early May and demolished. Workers spent the summer constructing the new $3 million span. The newly constructed bridge will be formally opened at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Sharon Mayor Bob Lucas.

Boil-water notice

NEW WATERFORD — There is a boil-water notice issued for Monday through Wednesday for residents between the corner of Boardman Street and state Route 46 to the development and New Waterford apartments.

Driving privileges given

CAMBRIDGE — Columbiana County Sheriff David Smith has been granted driving privileges to and from work while his operating a motor vehicle while under the influence case is pending, according to records in Cambridge Municipal Court. Municipal Court Judge John Mark Nicholson granted him limited driving privileges related to his occupation only. Smith gave a urine sample that tested .222 percent alcohol — more than twice the legal limit for intoxication in the state — when the Ohio State Highway Patrol stopped him on Interestate 70 in Guernsey County about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 11. His jury trial is still scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 17.

Police warn of scam

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Police are warning residents to be wary of callers claiming they have won money but are required to pay a fee to release it. Police said a New Wilmington senior citizen was contacted Wednesday and told he won $780,000 in cash from an unspecified source and would receive $475,000 after taxes. It would be delivered Thursday or Friday to his home, the caller said. The man was required to send $2,800 as an “insurance fee” in advance and wired the money to Toronto, Canada. Police said the man was contacted the next day and told he won an additional $475,000 because another winner had died. Police said the caller tried to persuade the victim to send another $2,800 “insurance fee,” but the victim refused and contacted police. No money was received by the victim.