Local street signs found

Local street signs found

AUSTINTOWN — Found: street signs, apparently from communities throughout the area.

The owner of a rental property on Callaway Circle turned in 17 street signs Wednesday to an employee of the Austintown Township Road Department, who turned them over to police. The property owner said he found the signs while cleaning out the home.

Names of the roads suggest the signs were taken from a variety of townships in Mahoning and Trumbull County. Among the signs were Meadow View, Pleasant Valley, Leffingwell, Victory, Western Reserve, Winner’s Circle, Huxley, Memory Lane, Sugarbush, East Golf, Country Club, Bedell, Garda Lane, St. Rosario Place, Spring Lake Lane, St. Albans and Lonesome Dove.

Homicide victim ID’d

GREENVILLE, Pa. — Authorities have identified the man killed in an assault in an apartment at 94 Clinton St. on Tuesday as Thomas Lorigan of 183 Ray Road, Jamestown. J. Bradley McGonigle III, Mercer County coroner, ruled the death a homicide.

He said Lorigan, who authorities said is middle-aged, was pronounced dead at 1:34 a.m. Tuesday in Apartment 103 at the Clinton Street address. Lorigan died of multiple stab wounds to the head and neck.

Robert Kochems, Mercer County District Attorney, has declined to comment on whether police have a suspect. Kochems said a second person was also assaulted and remains hospitalized in stable but critical condition. Neither he nor police would identify that person.

Chairwomen chosen

CORTLAND — The Lakeview school board recently appointed three department chairwomen: Elaine Morgan in math, Pamela Rumanick in English, and Jane Page in music/art. Page was also named choir director. Rumanick will also work as the senior class adviser.

Michelle Conley and David Jones were approved as Lakeview Middle School and High School drug program coordinators, respectively.

Property owners warned

WARREN — The Trumbull County Recorder’s Office is warning property owners about companies offering them a copy of their deed for $59 each when they are available for $5 or less from the recorder.

“It’s causing fear,” Recorder Diana Marchese said Wednesday.

She said the company is sending out letters telling people they could lose their property if they don’t have a deed in their possession.

Swimming lessons start

WARREN — The American Red Cross of Trumbull and Mercer Counties will begin swimming lessons June 16.

Each class is 10 sessions and will be at the Warren YMCA, Niles YMCA and Waddell Park, Niles. Registration is at the Red Cross office, 661 Mahoning Ave., or Burnett Pools, 2498 Elm Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 9. Cost is $20 for a child; $35 for two; $50 for three; and $60 for four or more per household. For more information, (330) 392-2551.

Insurance license lost

The state Department of Insurance revoked the insurance license of Kevin M. Jividen of Youngstown for violating the state insurance law. Jividen was convicted in November of felony theft in Portage County after he took more than $200,000 from an elderly client by using and assuming her identity, according to the department.

Cosmetology upgrades

CHAMPION — The Trumbull Career Technical Center board recently awarded a contract of more than $103,700 to Continental Office Furniture, Columbus, for styling chairs and other equipment for the upgraded cosmetology department. TCTC is spending more than $900,000 to modernize the department and bring it into compliance with state standards. During a previous meeting, board members said that some of the equipment was more than 30 years old and that the upgrading will enable the department to accept more students.