Cleanup help needed

Cleanup help needed

YOUNGSTOWN — The city is seeking volunteers for a citywide cleanup day to take place Saturday. Volunteers will be asked to remove litter, brush and debris and perform minimal grass cutting in neighborhoods on the North, South, East and West parts of town. All recyclable trash will be handled as such. The event is being organized by Youngstown Litter Control and Recycling and various city departments in cooperation with Youngstown State University and several local schools, churches and civic organizations. Volunteers will meet at 7:15 a.m. at the Chevrolet Centre, 229 E. Front St. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and end at noon. For more information, or to register for the event call (330) 744-7526.

Investigating death

AUSTINTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s office and township police are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 48-year-old man last week. Tim Dodrill was found dead in a field at 82 Omalia Ave. on Oct. 3. The coroner’s office reports that Dodrill was apparently clearing debris from the field when his tractor overturned and rolled on top of him.

Kids museum hours

YOUNGSTOWN — Children’s Museum of the Valley will be closed during its regular business hours today and Friday as the museum readies for its Halloween Spooktacular for children. On Saturday, the museum’s Halloween Spooktacular will be noon until 5 p.m. After Saturday’s event, the museum will be closed Sunday. Regular hours will resume Tuesday. The museum at 139 E. Boardman St. downtown is regularly open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The museum will have an adult-only fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday, for which tickets are still available. For further information call (330) 744-5914.

Vigil for awareness

YOUNGSTOWN — The eighth annual Candlelight Vigil for Mental Illness Awareness is at 7 p.m. today at the Richard Brown Memorial United Methodist Church, 2947 Megan Circle, across from Wick Park on Elm Street. People interested in sharing and honoring people with mental illness and their families and caregivers are invited. This week is national Mental Illness Awareness Week. The event is sponsored by NAMI Mahoning Valley, which is affiliated with the National Alliance for Mental Illness.

Boy charged in assault

WARREN — A 12-year-old boy was charged after a teacher was assaulted. Warren police reported the teacher was having class on the third floor of Western Reserve Middle School on Tuesday morning when the boy assaulted her. The teacher went to the emergency room for treatment and was released to see a specialist for her injuries. The teacher told police the boy previously had threatened to harm her. The boy is with his parents pending a court date.

Boil-water notice

NEW WATERFORD — Village officials said residents should boil water until further notice after a water line broke late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The line was repaired about 11 a.m. today. The water in the line will be tested for any contamination. The old line broke at South Street and Crestview Road.

Indicted in sex sting

NEW WATERFORD — A Columbiana County grand jury has indicted Steven P. Cordray, 36, of State Street Northeast, Massillon, on allegations of soliciting sex from an undercover officer pretending to be a teenage girl. Cordray was indicted on charges of importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Village Police Chief Dan Haueter has made a number of similar arrests over the Internet posing as a teen girl.

Bank robbery

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Two masked, armed men robbed First Commonwealth Bank on East Washington Street. They forced one of the employees to put an undisclosed amount of cash into a black bag, police said. Police said the FBI is assisting in their investigation of the Tuesday robbery.

New sewer fee

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Council has agreed to charge residents $1 a month on their sewer bills to help pay for the water used by the city fire department. Businesses are to be charged $2.50 a month. Those fees are to be tacked onto monthly bills residents and businesses receive from the New Castle Sanitation Authority. Lawmakers have not yet decided when the fees will be initiated. Meanwhile, council also adopted an ordinance establishing a $35 fee that will be charged to landlords if they fail to show up for a scheduled inspection by code enforcement.