Driver dies of injuries

Driver dies of injuries

HERMITAGE, Pa. — A Hermitage man was killed after he lost control of his pickup truck, Hermitage police reported. Brian Kuster, 35, of 4674 Whippoorwill Drive, was westbound on Lamor Road at 7:20 p.m. Monday when he went off the road on a curve and into a ditch. The truck rolled over and slid on its roof for 180 feet before hitting an embankment, police said. The Hermitage Fire Department got Kuster out of the truck, and he was taken to Sharon Regional Health Center, where he died, police said.

Grant for Potter’s Wheel

YOUNGSTOWN — Beatitude House has received a grant of $2,500 from the Senator Maurice and Florence Lipscher Charitable Trust to support its education and career preparation program, The Potter’s Wheel. Last year, thanks to the Potter’s Wheel program, 24 women found employment, 17 attended post-secondary education and four obtained their General Educational Development diploma. Beatitude House is committed to serving disadvantaged women and children in the Mahoning Valley. To learn more, visit www.beatitudehouseonline.org or call (330) 744-3147.

Woman sexually assaulted

AUSTINTOWN — A 20-year-old Forrest Hill Drive woman told police that a man wearing a ski mask sexually assaulted her early Tuesday in her driveway. The woman said she pulled into her driveway and was getting out of her car just after midnight when a man came up from behind and threw her against the vehicle, knocking her to the ground. The man went through the car, then picked the woman up and told her to go into the house as he groped her, the woman told police. The woman yelled “No,” and the man ran off. Police said it is not known whether the man stole anything from the car. She described the man as being about 6 feet 4 or 5 inches tall and having a large build. He was wearing dark clothing and gloves.

E. Liverpool man shot

NEWELL, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia sheriff says an East Liverpool man was wounded by a gunman who then killed himself at a plant where industrial seals and gauges are made. Hancock County Sheriff Mike White says 36-year-old Joseph Ebert of East Liverpool was shot several times in the shoulder Monday as he escorted Adam Farmer out of the Marsh Bellofram plant in Newell, in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. White says Farmer then turned the gun on himself.

Farmer was fired from the plant two years ago. The sheriff says he believes a domestic dispute involving an estranged girlfriend brought Farmer back to the plant and sparked Monday’s violence. Marsh Bellafrom officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Help to file for rebate

YOUNGSTOWN —The Internal Revenue Service and many community organizations are opening their offices Saturday to help people file a tax return so they can receive their economic stimulus payment. The nationwide event, known as Super Saturday, will offer residents a way to file for their rebate at no charge. In the Youngstown area, people can receive assistance at these locations: Youngstown State University, Williamson Hall, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and IRS Office, 10 E. Commerce St., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. IRS personnel and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about the stimulus payments and file tax returns, which must done in order to receive the payment.