Struthers parking ban

Struthers parking ban

STRUTHERS — City Safety-Service Director Edward H. Wildes has banned parking through next Saturday on the following streets while they are being resurfaced: Garfield Street from Elm Street to Sexton Street; Elm from Fourth Street to Fifth Street; Euclid Street from Elm to Sexton; Hawthorne Street from Elm to Sexton; Moore Street from Park Avenue to State Street; Helena Drive from Fifth to Garfield; and the CASTLO Industrial Park entrance.

Hearing postponed

MERCER, Pa. — A preliminary hearing has been postponed for the third time for the Hermitage man charged with three felonies for the July 9 bomb threat that evacuated the Mercer County Courthouse.

Officials at District Justice Lorinda Hinch’s office said the hearing, which was to have been Friday morning, is now set for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 6 for Ronald E. Garrett, 61, of Biscayne Drive. He is in the Mercer County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Garrett is charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction, terroristic threats and criminal use of a phone.

Man sentenced to prison for abduction, assault

LISBON — An East Liverpool man was sentenced Friday to 41‚Ñ2 years in prison on charges of abduction and assault.

James E. McKahan Jr., 29, of Sprucevale Road, had been indicted on two counts of rape and other charges for allegedly abducting and attacking a woman on the night of Sept. 5-6, 2007.

Assistant Columbiana County Prosecutor Timothy McNicol said that the four years of the sentence stemmed from the attack on the woman and the rest was for the abduction.

Poland football event

POLAND — The Bulldog Turf Club is having a community night at Dave Pavlansky Field to show off the new field turf and celebrate the start of another football season.

The event will begin at 8 p.m. today at Poland Seminary High School field and will conclude at 10 p.m. with a fireworks display. A band will play, and concessions will be opened.

Donations toward the cost of the turf installation will be accepted at the gate. Those wishing to contribute can also do so by sending money to The Bulldog Turf Club, P.O. Box 14354, Poland, OH 44514. All donations to the club are tax-deductible.

CSEA program results

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Child Support Enforcement Agency has reinstated 134 driver’s licenses and collected $47,521 in child support in the first 20 days of August under its Deals for Your Wheels program, which ends Friday.

Under this 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. Normally, a three-month minimum payment or verified employment for wage-withholding purposes is required.

Teens report robbery

BOARDMAN — Two Canfield boys reported being robbed at gunpoint outside a U.S. Route 224 business.

The boys, both 17, told police that as they left Quizno’s about 8 p.m. Thursday, a man approached them and pointed a revolver at them, ordering them to empty their pockets. Both teens complied and went home and told their parents. They reported the crime to police about 9:30 that evening.

Damage to school nets three months in jail

LISBON — An East Palestine man will spend three months in jail for spray-painting part of the high school’s marquee, a school wall, and parts of its synthetic football field.

Joshua B. Kiglics, 19, of North Market St., East Palestine caused the damage Jan. 9, according to records.

John Gamble, an assistant Columbiana County prosecutor, said Friday that Kiglics will be responsible for any unpaid damages.

East Palestine Superintendent Tom Inchak said the district and the district’s insurance company had already settled the claim. He wasn’t sure if the policy had any deductible.

The insurance company could try to collect its costs from Kilgics, Inchak said.

Court records said the damage totaled $34,815. The cost of the repairs was high because portions of the football field had to be replaced, the superintendent added.