Another water line break

Another water line break

CAMPBELL — A water line break that lowered water pressure throughout the city and sent Campbell Memorial High School students home at 1 p.m. Friday has been found.

The break, which city officials had been seeking for five days, was in a line that runs from the high school to the football field, concession stand and athletic locker rooms behind the school. The school had to be shut down while city crews installed a shut-off valve to the line leading to the football field, Mayor John Dill said.

The mayor said the city repaired water line breaks Thursday on Sixth and Gladstone streets, and hopes to have the water line to the high school repaired before school resumes in January.

Schools Superintendent Thomas D. Robey said it was necessary to send students home because, without water, the school would not have working restroom facilities and drinking fountains and would be without heat.

Winter museum hours

YOUNGSTOWN — The new winter hours for the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor, 151 W. Wood St., are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The center also will open for groups and tours. For reservations, call (330) 743-5934.

Home invasion reported

WARREN — An Oak Circle Southwest woman reported that a man entered her house while she was taking a bath, struck her in the chest, dragged her through the house, threw her down several times and left.

The man came into the house through an unlocked front door at about 11:30 p.m., the woman said. She was treated at St. Joseph Health Center.

Niles Subway robbed

NILES — An unidentified man robbed the Subway store here at gunpoint.

Just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, the man entered the store at 6261 Youngstown-Warren Road. Employees told police he pointed a gun and demanded money. They said he took the cash and left the store. No injuries were reported.

Robbery attempt fails

WARREN — Two men entered the Payless Shoe store at 4488 Youngstown Road S.E. at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday and handed a note to a clerk demanding money.

The clerk didn’t give up any money, and the men eventually walked out without anything.

The note read: “Calmly give me the money and nobody will get hurt. Don’t be stupid,” Warren police said. But the clerk “stood there and just looked at the note. The suspect did not say anything and walked out. Soon after, the second male left,” police said. Police arrived but did not locate the suspects.

YMCA vacation program

YOUNGSTOWN — The YMCA is hosting a lunch with Santa as part of its Off School Program at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the central branch in Youngstown.

The YMCA offers the Off School Program during the holiday season for parents who don’t get the same days off as their children.

Both the Youngstown YMCA Central branch, 17 N. Champion St., and the Davis Family YMCA branch, 45 McClurg Road, Boardman, invite children ages 6 through 13 to the program full of activities and special field trips.

The program will be available Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Dec. 29 and 30 and Jan. 2.

Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will cost members $25 a day per child and nonmembers $30. Parents can extend the hours to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for an additional $5 a day per child.

Rotary to wrap gifts

EAST PALESTINE — The East Palestine Rotary Club is sponsoring gift wrapping for holiday gifts from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, 6 a.m. to noon Monday and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday at Bea’s Insurance Agency, 31 N. Market St.

All gifts will be wrapped as they are brought in, boxed or not, and a choice of wraps and bows is available. There is a fee for the wrapping, and all proceeds go to Polio Plus.