Springfield Twp. levy

Springfield Twp. levy

NEW SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Township voters could see a 2-mill continuous replacement police levy on the ballot in November.

At a special meeting Thursday, township trustees asked the county auditor to certify the millage so they can vote to place it on the ballot at their June 10 meeting.

Trustees won’t know how much the replacement levy would bring in until they receive the certification from the auditor.

South Side power outage

YOUNGSTOWN — About 3,700 Ohio Edison customers on the city’s South Side and downtown were without power for a time Thursday.

A transformer at the company’s Indianola Avenue substation stopped working at 1:44 p.m., and power was out until 2:09 p.m., said Paul Harkey, the company’s area manager.

Family research history

YOUNGSTOWN — Donna DeBlasio, director of Youngs-town State University’s Center for Applied History, will head a free workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday on using historical sources to research family history.

“Be Your Own Historian” will be in the meeting room of the main branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave.

DeBlasio will show how to use data from census records, city directories and other public documents to learn about when family members moved to the Mahoning Valley, where they lived, their occupations and more.

The program is open to the public.

Niles burglary suspects

NILES — Two city residents pleaded innocent to burglary charges in Niles Municipal Court on Thursday after they were arrested Wednesday night inside a home on South Cedar Avenue.

Heather Bako, 29, of Dakota Avenue, and John J. Melius, 37, of Woodglen Avenue, were both being held in Trumbull County Jail on $10,000 bond.

They are scheduled to return to court at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.

If convicted, each could get up to eight years in prison.

Police said they were called to 227 Cedar at 5:56 p.m. for four people breaking into a house. A witness said one of the four cut a screen from a window and forced open the window, and then a woman was lifted into it. The woman later opened the door to allow the others to enter, police said.

When police arrived, only Bako and Melius were there.

V&M sponsors a wish

YOUNGSTOWN — V&M Star is sponsoring the wish of Ricky Pasco, who will be taking a trip in June to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., where he and his family will stay at the Give Kids the World Resort.

Arrangements are being made by Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, Northeast Ohio Region.

Ricky, 11, has hypogammaglobulin anemia, a disease that leaves him feeling tired and weak.

His parents are Richard and Kim Pasco of Hubbard.

V&M Star is a leading producer of seamless tubular goods, line and standard pipe, coupling stock and mechanical tubes, according to the company’s Web site.

Nancy Whetstone, director of marketing and public relations for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, said the general value of such a trip is $6,000.

Hit-and-run probe

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are still looking for the driver of a gray Oldsmobile 88 that struck two women in wheelchairs.

The Oldsmobile likely has damage and missing parts after the accident. Police recovered two pieces of the car — one with “Eighty Eight” engraved on it and the other with “Delta Royal” engraved on it.

According to police, Brandy Spangler, 29, of Seneca Street, and Kerri Bartelson, 31, of Verona Avenue, were traveling along McCartney Road in the wheelchairs just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when the car struck the two women from behind. Spangler was hit first, and then the car swerved left and struck Bartelson.

Witnesses told police the car sped off after hitting the women.

Both women were taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center and listed in stable condition.