Licenses reinstated

Licenses reinstated

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Child Support Enforcement Agency officials have reinstated 57 driver’s licenses and collected more than $26,000 in child support in the first 11 days of August under the county’s Deals for Your Wheels program, which continues through Aug. 29, Judee Genetin, acting county Job and Family Services director, told the county commissioners Tuesday.

Under the annual program, parents can get their driver’s licenses reinstated by paying just one month’s child support plus $1 and a $25 reinstatement fee. The commissioners proclaimed August as Child Support Awareness Month.

Sewage video approved

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners have approved a $4,950 agreement for the design and production of a 3-D animation video that will depict the path of sewage from its origin through the waste treatment plant and the discharge of treated water into local streams, rivers and lakes. The video, which commissioners approved Tuesday to be funded by sewer use fees, will be showcased at the Canfield Fair and shown to school and community groups, said Joseph Warino, county sanitary engineer.

The new video, which will replace an outdated one, is to be produced by George Farris and Associates of Boardman. The goal is to educate the public not to flush down the toilet paints, oils, gasoline and chemical pollutants that sewage plants aren’t prepared to treat, Warino said.

Train wreck citation

LORDSTOWN — A 57-year-old Niles woman is cited with disobeying a railroad crossing after her station wagon was struck by a train. Benetta Williamson, of Griffin Court, remains in satisfactory condition in Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Police Chief Brent Milhoan reported that he was in his private vehicle stopped facing south at the Highland Avenue railroad crossing about 10:15 p.m. Monday when the mishap occurred.

Event to benefit library

NEW MIDDLETOWN — A “Fall Fest” is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 6 at Welker Park to benefit the Springfield Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Welker Park is on state Route 170 behind the New Middletown Municipal Building.

Food, craft, antique and yard sale vendors can reserve a table for $20. Tents and canopies are not provided. Vendors keep their proceeds. Registration deadline is Aug. 31. For more information call the library’s development director, Deborah Liptak, at (330) 744-8636, ext. 118.

Fire damages Davis Tire

YOUNGSTOWN — A fire at the former Davis Tire at 1144 Poland Ave. shut down the road and required rotating crews of firefighters from 10:30 p.m. Monday until around 8 a.m. Tuesday to keep tires from reigniting, the fire department said. The cause is under investigation.

Four vacant and unsecured buildings were full of tires and trash. Two of the storage buildings were total losses, the fire department said. Damage was set at $9,000.

House left to burn down

YOUNGSTOWN — For safety reasons, the vacant two-story house at 323 Lansing Ave. on the East Side was allowed to burn down at 4 a.m. Tuesday, the fire department said. Firefighters found the structure engulfed in flames when they arrived and determined the fire had been intentionally set. Damage was set at $20,000.

Theft hits dealership lot

NILES — An employee at Pace Pontiac, 430 Youngstown-Warren Road, reported Monday that a catalytic converter was stolen from a Pontiac Grand Am on the dealership’s lot sometime over the weekend.