Metro Digest || Gun-store ban nears approval

Gun-store ban nears approval

CAMPBELL

City council passed to a third reading a proposed ordinance that bans gun stores in residential areas.

The council advanced the legislation at a recent meeting.

After one more reading and council approval, the ordinance will be adopted.

The ordinance bans the commercial sale of guns and ammunition and other weapons. It will be a new section of the city’s planning and zoning code.

The city was sued by Ohioans for Concealed Carry after it passed an ordinance banning the sale of guns citywide last year.

The ordinance went against Ohio laws, and the city’s law director recommended it be repealed. The council did so shortly before the suit was filed.

Law director Mark Kolmacic told council that Ohio law allows a gun ban in residential areas.

Armed robbery at Youngstown store

YOUNGSTOWN

A masked gunman wearing a hooded sweatshirt robbed a grocery store on Market Street, according to a police report.

The man entered the Red & White grocery store at 2126 Market St. about 9 a.m. Sunday, pointed a revolver at the cashier and demanded money, police reported.

The cashier gave him an unspecified amount of money and checks. The robber ordered the cashier to the floor and fled.

Police searched the area with dogs but were unable to locate the robber.

Man found dead in East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOL

City police are not releasing the identity of a man found dead along a residential street.

Police said a passerby found the man, 45, in weeds on Alpha Street about 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Foul play isn’t suspected at this time, but an investigation is continuing, police said Sunday.