2 injured in crash

By Denise Dick

2 injured in crash

neshannock, pa.

An Edinburg, Pa., woman was in satisfactory condition Friday at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, after a traffic crash.

About 2 p.m. Thursday, township police and fire and the Noga Emergency Medical Service were dispatched to Pulaski Road. Rebecca Jean Grotzinger, of Edinburg, was trapped in her vehicle. Emergency crews got her out, and she was transported to St. Elizabeth’s.

The driver of the other vehicle, Santos W. Torres of New Castle, was walking around after the accident but had moderate injuries, police said.

He was taken to Jameson Hospital, New Castle, but no information about his condition was available.

The accident remains under investigation.

Warren open house

WARREN

The community is invited to attend an open house for the new Warren City School District Administration Offices, 105 High Street NE.

The event will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The open house will begin at 2:30 with opening comments.

Twirling teams

BOARDMAN

Northern Strut Twirling Teams will have open registration for individuals interested in baton twirling and flag-line twirling from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 21 at Astre Total Fitness Center, 374 Boardman-Poland Road.

Team membership is open to baton twirlers from kindergarten through college and flag twirlers from seventh grade through college. The 2010-11 season begins Sept. 7. Opportunities are available for both recreational and competition-oriented students from novice to advanced.

For additional information and registration materials, contact Janet Gbur, Northern Strut Twirling Teams director, at 330-398-0838 or visit the website at www.northernstruttwirling.com.

Accident closes center

Boardman

Lee Eye Center was closed Thursday after the building’s concrete canopy was pulled down by a U-Haul truck.

Ryan M. Lukz, 20, of Girard, who was driving the truck, pulled into the Market Street business about 5:45 Thursday to turn around, according to an accident report.

Boardman Fire Capt. Brian Barber said that when Lukz pulled into the parking lot, he attempted to drive under the overhang but caught the top of the truck on it. “He hit the edge of the canopy and knocked it off its concrete pilings onto the ground,” Barber said.

He said the building was evacuated and closed, and the fire department turned off the canopy’s electricity for safety reasons.

Lukz was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center campus in Boardman.

Teens report robbery

campbell

Two teenage boys told police they were robbed near St. Lucy Church on Tenney Avenue after a church festival.

The robbery happened at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, a police report says.

The boys, 15 and 16, told police they were standing on a sidewalk when six to seven males approached. One demanded money. When they said they didn’t have any, he lifted his shirt to show a gun in his waistband, the report says.

The boys turned over $16, an MP3 player and two cell phones, the report says.

Store robbery

NEW CASTLE, PA.

A man robbed the Red Apple Kwik Fill on West State Street in Union Township.

Union Township Police Chief Joseph Lombardo said the man entered the store at 11:43 p.m. Thursday. He was wearing a bandanna over his face. He pointed either a rifle or a shotgun at the clerk and threw a plastic bag on the counter. He ordered the clerk to fill it with money. He got away with $167.

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