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Dog abuser sought in Mercer County, Pa.

SANDY LAKE, Pa. (AP) — State police are looking for a man who shot a dog then ran over the animal with a pickup truck in western Pennsylvania.

State police in Mercer say they can’t be sure if the dog died, since they’ve been unable to find the animal or the suspect since a witness reported the incident Saturday. That’s why they’re turning to the public for help.

Police say the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on Pa. Route 358 near Interstate 79 in New Vernon Township, Mercer County.

Homicide warrant issued in man’s shooting death

YOUNGSTOWN — A homicide warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Youngstown man in the shooting death of a 25-year-old man last week.

Police are searching for Thomas Wright, 23, of East Ravenwood Avenue, in the death of Rodney Weaver, 25, of Catalina Avenue.

Weaver, who was found in front of a Lexington Avenue home covered in blood from a gunshot wound, was the city’s third homicide victim this year.

Police reported at the time that they found several large shell casings in the 300 block of Broadway, where they traced footprints and spots of blood from where they found Weaver.

Witnesses told police that a man tried to rob Weaver at gunpoint and that the shooting happened shortly after.

Warren woman indicted in Youngstown man’s death

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County grand jury has indicted Lisa Snyder, 33, of Warren, on a murder charge in the death of a Youngstown man earlier this month.

Snyder is accused of running over Jermall Wilson, 25, of Youngstown, on Dec. 2, 2009, on St. Louis Avenue. The two were involved in an argument when Snyder left the driveway in her Chevrolet Lumina before driving it back in and running over Wilson, Youngstown police said.

Wilson died Jan. 8 from injuries suffered in the incident, according to police. The Mahoning County coroner ruled the case a homicide. Snyder told police at the time that Wilson had a knife and was kicking the windows of her car.

Snyder is being held in the Mahoning County jail on the original charge of felonious assault.

N. River Road to be closed tonight through Sunday

WARREN — North River Road just east of North Park Avenue will close from 7 p.m. today to 7 p.m. Sunday while workers make road repairs as part of the sewer construction project being done there.

World Trade Center steel to be shown in Austintown

AUSTINTOWN — A piece of steel from the World Trade Center will be on display at the 9/11 Memorial Park.

The steel was obtained from the New York Port Authority, and the Austintown Beautification Committee will display it at 10:30 a.m. today at the park on Raccoon Road. For more information, contact Patrick Connolly at (330) 718-2345.

Warren man reports being beaten in a gang attack

WARREN — A 48-year-old city man reported being punched and hit in the face with a glass bottle by men who attacked him on Van Wye Avenue in the Fairview Gardens neighborhood about 1 a.m. Thursday.

The man was treated at St. Joseph Health Center for a cut to the back of his head and several cuts to his face and hands.

He told police he had gone to Van Wye to see a friend, who was in the shower but told him to come in. He was attacked by two men there who took the keys to the rental car he was driving, a 2009 Chrysler 300 that he borrowed from a girlfriend.

The victim said he left the house and hid inside the car, but after a while, six to seven young men showed up with the keys to the car and attacked him again.