Kirk Road line breaks

Kirk Road line breaks

YOUNGSTOWN — A portion of Kirk Road, near Kirkmere Elementary School, washed away in an apparent waterline leak Monday morning, according to officials from the city water department. Officials are still investigating the cause. An Allied Waste truck was damaged in the collapse at 5:21 a.m. Kirk Road remained open to traffic throughout the day, but a 2-by-4-foot hole was sectioned off by barrels, according to Joe Dunlap, construction supervisor for the department. “We’ve been having a pretty good number of water breaks. It’s the time of year to get them,” Dunlap said.

Austintown fires

AUSTINTOWN — The township fire department fought two fires over the weekend. The first, at 4:41 p.m. Friday, burned a house at 452 Wilcox Road, the fire department said. The tenant was not home when the fire broke out. The fire started in the living room near the front wall of the house. The department said a battery charger started the blaze. The fire department estimated damage at $25,000 for the house and belongings. The second fire at 4:42 p.m. Saturday destroyed a vacant house at 6476 Fairview Road, the department said. There were no injuries. The cause of that blaze, which did $30,000 in damage, is under investigation.

Sharing $1M lottery win

AUSTINTOWN — Customers of the Golden Food Mart at 4290 New Road will share in a $1 million winning Ohio Lottery New Year’s Raffle ticket. Jamil Zarrour, the store manager, and 24 of his customers will share in $690,000 after tax withholdings, the Lottery said. The store received a $5,000 bonus for selling a winning ticket. Four $1 million prizes were drawn New Year’s Eve.

Sobriety checkpoint

A sobriety checkpoint and zero-tolerance traffic blitz will be in operation in Mahoning County from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Members of the Mahoning County Operating Vehicle Impaired Task Force will target impaired drivers.

Bridge replacement

ELKRUN — The Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 will begin work Monday to replace a bridge on state Route 154 in Elkrun Township in Columbiana County. A section of state Route 154 just east of state Route 11 will be reduced to one lane. Traffic will be maintained using temporary traffic signals. ODOT’s contractor is Jet Excavating Co. from New Middletown, and the completion date is June 30. The project is part of a $1.2 million package that included the replacement of another structure located near Pine Hollow Road just north of Elkton last year.

Dog owner cited

WARREN — John Onacz, city animal control officer, on Monday cited Amanda Reese of 611 Belmont St. with allowing two dogs to run at large and said that they killed another dog. She is to appear Friday in municipal court. Onacz said that Reese allowed the dogs, a mixed chow and American bulldog, to run loose and that they killed a 5-year-old Chihuahua that a man was walking without a leash in the 500 block of Belmont.

Charged with robbery

BOARDMAN — A 25-year-old township resident was taken to the Mahoning County Jail, accused of taking money from a U.S. Route 224 gas station/convenience store register. Shane C. Champney of Ardendale Lane was charged with robbery and is scheduled to appear today in Mahoning County Court here. Police were called about 9:15 p.m. Sunday to Get Go regarding a robbery. When they arrived, they saw two men, a store employee and another man, holding Champney on the ground. Employees told police that Champney bought a pack of gum then grabbed money from the register and ran out of the store. A male employee ran after him, tackling him in the parking lot, police said.