Fire damages home

Fire damages home

NORTH JACKSON — A fire that started in the kitchen area at 148 N. Salem-Warren Road was confined to three rooms on the first floor but smoke damage spread throughout the two-story house, said Fire Chief Wayne McDougal. The 8:15 p.m blaze Tuesday caused an estimated $50,000 loss. No injuries were reported. McDougal said his department received mutual aid from Berlin Center, Ellsworth and Lordstown.

I-680 lane restrictions

YOUNGSTOWN — Interstate 680 between the Interstate 80/state Route 11 interchange and the Ohio Turnpike will have various lane restrictions in either direction from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday while workers from the Ohio Department of Transportation patch potholes.

Car troubles

BOARDMAN — A car-house collision, and a car stuck in a carwash, kept township police busy Wednesday. Around 12:30 p.m., an elderly driver went through a garage on Winterberry Drive, causing substantial damage to the house. Earlier, around 11:45 a.m., a car got stuck inside one of the bays at Two Brothers Car Wash, Southern Boulevard.

No injuries were reported. Police are investigating.

Man faces drug charges

HOWLAND — A township man has been arrested on three counts of drug trafficking after selling marijuana to undercover officers.

Joshua Lapmardo, 21, of King Graves Road, was taken into custody Tuesday on a warrant issued by Howland Police Department. He was arraigned in Warren Municipal Court on Wednesday. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for March 13, and bond that was set at $10,500 was posted. Police said Lapmardo sold drugs to undercover officers on three separate occasions, Feb. 4, 6 and 13.

Public meeting set

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Park & Recreation Department has scheduled a public meeting for 4:30 p.m. today at Wick Pavilion, 260 Park Ave., in Wick Park to discuss future improvements to Crandall Park, north of there, between Redondo Road and Tod Lane. Acting park Director Jason Whitehead and Councilman Jamael Tito Brown, D-3rd, will be available for comments and questions. For more information, contact Whitehead at (330) 742-8701.

Gunfire damages house

YOUNGSTOWN — Gunfire in the 2000 block of Volney Road on the South Side damaged vinyl siding on a house and a vinyl fence in the yard, police said. The homeowner heard the gunfire Monday evening but didn’t discover the bullet holes until Tuesday afternoon. The man said he doesn’t know why anyone would shoot at his home. Reports don’t list how many holes were found. Damage was estimated at $1,000.

Burglar leaves shoe print

YOUNGSTOWN — A shoe print found on a rear door that had been kicked in at a house in the 1600 block of Steel Street on the West Side matches “perfectly” a shoe print made last week in a similar burglary on the street, police said. A neighbor who called police Tuesday afternoon reported seeing four men flee through rear yards.

Police said no entry was gained to the house because a refrigerator was blocking the door on the inside. A crime lab technician processed the scene. Police questioned a man in a purple hoodie walking on Steel Street who fit the description of one of the four suspects, but his shoe print did not match the print on the door, reports show.

Grant awarded

YOUNGSTOWN — The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Youngstown was recently awarded a $4,000 grant from the Ruth H. Beecher Charitable Trust to assist with an update of agency computers. The nonprofit, United Way-funded, home health care agency provides home care services to community residents.