Traffic detour for part of Route 46

Traffic detour for part of Route 46

Austintown

A portion of state Route 46 will close for several days beginning Monday. The road will be closed between New and Kirk roads through Thursday for a culvert replacement by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Traffic will be detoured to Mahoning Avenue to state Route 11 to U.S. Route 224 in Canfield, but access to all residences and establishments will be maintained.

Grad donates $5,000 to McDonald schools

McDONALD

Tim Cherotti of The Construction Labor Group of Richfield, Ohio, has donated $5,000 to the McDonald schools athletic programs.

Cherotti, who graduated from McDonald High School in the mid-1980s, is a frequent contributor to the district, school officials said.

Robbery charge

BOARDMAN

Police say a 41-year-old Boardman man tried to rob a Dollar General store on South Avenue.

Kevin Yuhas was charged with robbery, drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon and an open- container violation.

Yuhas is accused of stuffing three shirts and two cans of deodorant under his shirt about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. According to the police report, employees attempted to stop Yuhas, who dropped the items and tried to leave. When police arrested Yuhas in the store parking lot, they said they also found drug paraphernalia, an open container and a knife.

Indicted in rapes

WARREN

Paul R. Miller, 41, of North Park Extension, North Bloomfield, has been indicted on five counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.

His indictment, issued by a Trumbull County grand jury Thursday, accuses Miller of crimes against a girl who was 12 when the offenses are alleged to have occurred in 2005 and 16 when they allegedly continued into this year.

Crash indictment

WARREN

A Trumbull County grand jury indicted Carl J. Hassenplug, 54, of 3556 Ridgelawn Ave. SE on two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of failure to stop after an accident that involved a Warren couple riding a motorcycle.

The charges stem from an accident on East Market Street near North Road in Howland Township on May 14 that injured Lloyd and Julie Ware, both 51 and of Olian Avenue.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Hassenplug was westbound on East Market and failed to yield while turning left into a private drive. The Wares were eastbound. If convicted, Hassenplug could get up to 11 years in prison.