Girls fight at Chaney

Girls fight at Chaney

YOUNGSTOWN — Two Chaney High School girls brawling on a classroom floor refused to let go of each other when police entered the room and had to be pulled apart. The girls, 14 and 15, were screaming obscenities while punching and pulling each other’s hair out Monday afternoon.

One officer had to use his baton on a girl’s wrist in order to free her grip. The girls continued to scream at each other when escorted to the security office, and the 15-year-old girl lunged and spat on the 14-year-old girl, hitting one officer in the shoulder in the process. Both South Side girls were charged with disorderly conduct and released to family members.

School officials said the fight was a result of a dispute that began over the summer and was carried over into the school.

Boy on bike shot at

GIRARD — Police are investigating a shooting reported by a Girard High School student Tuesday.

According to police reports, the 16-year-old student told officers he and a friend were riding bikes in Liberty Park on Monday, then rode past the East Liberty Street home of a 23-year-old man who accused him of having his brother arrested. The boy told officers the man chased him with a small handgun and fired several times.

No one was injured. The shooting was first reported at school Tuesday morning.

Bar members honored

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Bar Association introduced 24 new association members, including those who have recently passed the bar exam, in its annual opening-of-courts ceremony.

The association also gave Atty. Stephen T. Bolton its professionalism award, which honors an exemplary attorney who has practiced law for 30 or more years. Probate Judge Mark A. Belinky was the speaker for Monday’s ceremony at the county courthouse.

Pellet-gun complaints

YOUNGSTOWN — A 13-year-old Manhattan Ave. boy was charged with criminal mischief after police found him with a pellet gun equipped with a laser sight concealed in his pocket. Police were sent to the boy’s West Side neighborhood in response to complaints about pellets hitting houses late Monday afternoon. Officers told the boy’s mother high-powered BB guns can damage property or hurt an animal or a person and adult supervision is required when children play with them. In all, police confiscated three pellet or BB guns and a jar full of pellets from the boy.

Community day canceled

YOUNGSTOWN — The Salvation Army canceled its Reboot and Rebuild Community Day scheduled for Thursday. The function will be rescheduled for a date in November.

Hourly wages raised

MINERAL RIDGE — Weathersfield Township trustees approved these hourly wage increases Tuesday, effective next Monday: office administrator, Sherri Craver, from $16.70 to $17; Melissa Maiorana, secretary, from $8 to $9; and Cindy Smith, secretary, from $10.79 to $12. Trustee William MIller voted against the raises.

Township Administrator David Pugh told trustees road salt will go up $30 a ton this year, nearly doubling the cost over last year, to $69. As a result, township drivers will have to contend with ice this year, he said.

The township has already used its budget for gasoline for the entire year, he said, noting there were a lot of snowstorms last year that required road crews to be out and working numerous times in the winter.

The township’s paving project was completed late Friday, he said.