METRO DIGEST | Fatal accident

Fatal accident

EAST LIVERPOOL

An East Liverpool man is dead after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding. Merle G. Reese, 47, lost control while attempting to merge onto U.S. Route 30 from state Route 170 in St. Clair Township just after noon Monday, according to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lisbon Post. Reese was taken to East Liverpool Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the patrol reported. Troopers are still investigating the accident. Reese wasn’t wearing a helmet, and alcohol isn’t believed to be a factor, the patrol said.

Copper wire stolen

GIRARD

An employee of Mike Pusateri Excavating Co., which is demolishing the old Girard High School, reported to police Monday morning that someone had cut a hole into the fence on Cochran Way on the south side of the former school building to enter the property. The area has a no trespassing sign.

Copper wire, earmarked for recycling, was taken. A check at Girard Recycling revealed that four people brought in copper wire Sunday. Girard Recycling workers showed signed receipts to police. Charges are pending.

Taking orders

YOUNGSTOWN

Crossroads Church, 554 S. Meridian Road, will take orders for Angel Food Blessings in a box. Multiple-size boxes range from $21 to $51. If you eat, you qualify. There are no income restrictions or guidelines. Pre-order, prepay with cash, debit and credit cards, money orders and Ohio Direction Card.

Orders for May menu will be taken as follows: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and May 12; 9:30 am. to noon Saturday and May 14, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. May 10. Distribution of food will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. May 21.

For more information call the church at 330-799-9988.

Cleanup scheduled

YOUNGSTOWN

The Brownlee Woods Neighborhood Association will have a neighborhood cleanup at 9:30 a.m. Saturday starting at Lynn Park. Participants are encouraged to bring tools.

Man charged

CAMPBELL

A Youngstown man is charged with drug trafficking after a traffic stop on Wilson Avenue. Police stopped a car at 11:22 a.m. Sunday in which Xavier Vega, 23, of Catalina Avenue was a passenger. Police found a digital scale in the car and 16 small plastic bags of marijuana in Vega’s pants pocket, a report says. He was taken to the Mahoning County jail. The driver and another passenger were released at the scene. Vega was expected to appear today for his arraignment in Campbell Municipal Court.

Film to be shown

LIBERTY

The township and school district will present the Emmy-award winning documentary, “Split Estate,” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Liberty High School.

The film focuses on natural gas drilling. “Split Estate” maps a tragedy in the making, as citizens in the path of the same drilling boom in the Rocky Mountain West struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.

This is the third informational meeting on gas drilling the township is providing for public education.