Suspect sought

Suspect sought

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are looking for the man who ran out of an East Side convenience store with merchandise and threatened store employees with a handgun.

The man, described as white, 26 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 180 pounds with a mustache and wearing a white hat, blue jeans and a black shirt, went into the Red and White Store on Lans-downe on Sunday night. He walked to the counter with seven shirts as if ready to make a purchase. Reports say the employee and would-be thief agreed upon a price, but the man then said he would just take the shirts.

Reports say the man ran out of the store with the shirts then pointed a gun at employees who began to chase him.

Employees at the store told police the man is a regular customer and could be identified on surveillance cameras.

Student hit by car

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A Youngstown State University student was taken to the hospital Monday after being struck by a car.

Miranda Appel, no age or hometown available, was crossing the street at the intersection of Wick and Lincoln avenues when she was struck by a vehicle driven by another student, Charles Tinsley, YSU police said. Tinsley’s age and hometown were not available.

Monday was the first day of classes at YSU. City police took the report, which wasn’t available Monday.

YSU police said Appel suffered an injury to her leg and hip area.

Office opening

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We Are Ohio, the organization urging a “no” vote on Issue 2 to repeal SB 5, will have a grand opening of a local office at 11 a.m. today. The office is located at 520 Youngstown-Poland Road in Struthers.

SB 5 restricts collective-bargaining rights for public employees. A measure to repeal the law will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Those at the Struthers office will organize local door-to-door canvasses and make telephone calls urging voters to vote no on Issue 2.

Shuttle to games

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Due to campus construction, Austintown Fitch High School is offering free shuttle service for all home football games.

The service will run from 6 to 10:30 p.m. with pick-up and drop-off at the parking lot of Super Kmart on Mahoning Avenue at Raccoon Road.

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