Lisbon man killed in car-truck crash
Lisbon man killed in car-truck crash
GOSHEN
A 51-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon when his car hit a tractor-trailer at state Routes 14 and 534.
Christopher Mitchell of Lisbon was found dead at the scene by officials.
The crash occurred around 2 p.m. and closed the intersection for 21/2 hours, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The accident still is under investigation by the highway patrol.
Townships group endorses Republican
SOUTHINGTON
The Trumbull County Township Association, composed of 96 township trustees and township fiscal officers, has endorsed the Republican candidate for Congress in the 17th District over incumbent Tim Ryan of Niles, a Democrat.
The group voted to endorse Jim Graham of Cortland, manager of clinical-pharmacy operations for Humility of Mary Health Partners and a cousin of the United Auto Workers Local 1112 president with the same name.
Sam Plott, a Southington Township trustee, said about 35 township trustees and fiscal officers voted on the nomination after listening to presentations from Ryan and Graham on Thursday.
Haiti, crises in black America to be topics
YOUNGSTOWN
Dr. Ron Daniels, veteran social and political activist and a leading figure in the civil- and human-rights movement in Youngstown for many years, will discuss the state of the recovery/reconstruction in Haiti and his perspective on the crises in black America at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 614 Parmalee Ave., behind St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Daniels is in town for the 50th reunion of The Rayen School’s Class of 1960. Daniels is founder of Freedom Inc. and a former instructor at Youngstown State University.
For nearly two decades, he was host of a public-affairs television program on WYTV-Channel 33.
He is president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (www.ibw21.org ) and a distinguished lecturer at York College, City University of New York.