Prom brings patrols

Prom brings patrols

BOARDMAN — Township police will be supplementing their regular patrols this weekend with high-visibility patrols because of prom.

According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, teens are more at risk during prom season than at any other time of year. Statistics show traffic deaths among teens are highest during prom season weekends.

As the department wants to encourage students to celebrate without drugs or alcohol, officers will be targeting all violators for aggressive driving offenses and Operating Vehicle while Impaired-related violations including underage drinking. Funding for the patrols is provided by the Mahoning County OVI Task Force and the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

Sentenced to prison

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who was convicted of domestic violence in a jury trial last week has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Judge Timothy E. Franken of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence Thursday on Donte Mauldin, 25, who was convicted of beating his live-in girlfriend with his fists Feb. 1 in the West Philadelphia Avenue residence they shared. Mauldin had two prior domestic violence convictions.

Hubbard store break-ins

HUBBARD — Police are investigating break-ins at three city businesses this week. Sgt. James Taafe said someone broke out the first-floor window at Eagle Wear on North Main Street at 2:41 a.m. Sunday and ran off with cash and a cash register.

Taafe said someone broke out a window in the front door of Nemenz IGA on West Liberty Street on Wednesday and stole cigarettes and other items. That same night someone broke out the front glass at Famous Hair next to the Nemenz store and made off with an undetermined amount of cash.

Liberty boil alert

LIBERTY — A boil alert has been issued for some township residents until this afternoon after a waterline break Wednesday along Hubbard-Church Hill Road. The break has been repaired, but water recipients from Belmont to Loganway and north of Hubbard-Church Hill Road to Tibbetts-Wick are advised to boil their water until 2 p.m. today.

New U.S. citizens

YOUNGSTOWN — These people became U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Their names, hometowns and countries of origin are: Samer Abdel Haq Hamayel, Canfield, Jordan; Eirini Makarouna Atsas, Campbell, Greece; Marlene Amadita Bassil, Boardman, Mexico; Penelope George Hazimihalis, Campbell, Greece; Sheila Caridad Evans, Austintown, Venezuela; Analyn Alegre Cubarrubia, Boardman, Philippines; Ozra Nikabadi, Poland, Iran; and Zilya Machmutovna Happney, Youngstown, Russia.

Landslide problems

WELLSVILLE — The Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 on Thursday again reduced state Route 45 to one lane west of Wellsville because of a landslide that began last year.

Dick Bible, the ODOT District 11 deputy director, said, “Our maintenance crews made temporary repairs to this site last fall in order to stabilize the roadway and keep it open to two lanes over the winter. Due to the rainfall earlier this week, those repairs are no longer effective.”

Two-way traffic will be maintained in one lane with temporary traffic signals.

The complete repair project will include building a retaining wall. Construction is to begin in July and be completed before school reopens. The estimated cost for the entire project is $250,000.

Trumbull road repairs

HARTFORD — The Trumbull County engineer’s office reports portions of three county roads will be closed for repairs this month. Five Points-Hartford Road, between Bushnell-Campbell and Cadwalladere Sonk roads in Hartford Township will be closed May 12 through May 23 for a bridge repair, and Phillips-Rice Road, about 1,600 feet south of Mahan Denman Road in Mecca Township, will be closed May 13-15 for a bridge replacement. Nurse East Road, about 2,400 feet west of state Route 45, will be closed May 20-22, for a culvert replacement.