Strickland plans to ‘expose’ Romney

Strickland plans to ‘expose’ Romney

COLUMBUS

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland will lead a press conference at Ohio Democratic Party Headquarters in Columbus today about the 2012 presidential election.

He plans to focus the conference on leading GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romey.

According to organizers, Strickland will “unveil a new initiative exposing the former Massachusetts governor’s record.”

Romney is leading many polls for next year’s Republican presidential nomination. A similar press conference is planned today by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

Deer season begins; fewer buy licenses

AKRON

Deer hunting begins today in Ohio, but a state official says he expects a leaner harvest this year.

Ohio Natural Resource Department deer project leader Mike Tonkovich said that the archery season this year has seen 11 percent fewer deer killed. He says the archery season is an accurate predictor for how the gun season will go.

The archery season for deer hunting starts before the gun season. The gun season starts today.

Tonkovich says there were fewer hunting-license sales this year, which means fewer hunters.

Other factors play into the deer harvest as well. Tonkovich says standing corn serves as a hiding spot for deer, and only 34 percent of corn picked for grain has been harvested, compared with 94 percent last year.

Two-vehicle crash on I-80 injures five

GIRARD

Five people were treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown for minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash at 4 p.m. Friday on Interstate 80.

Benjamin Clark, 27, of Galloway, Ohio, was traveling westbound when he lost control of his Honda Civic, traveling off of the road and striking a concrete wall. The vehicle re-entered the road and struck a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Shawn Lutz, 34, of Grove City, Pa., causing Lutz’s vehicle to overturn and strike a concrete wall.

There were three passengers in Lutz’s vehicle, two of them children age 6 and 10.

Clark was cited for failure to control and operating a motor vehicle impaired. The crash remains under investigation.

Fire destroys house in Braceville Twp.

braceville

The Braceville Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a house at 3221 Ravenna-Warren Road in the township.

Trumbull County 911 dispatch center said Braceville, Newton Falls and Warren Township departments were called out at 10:25 a.m. Sunday. When they arrived, the house was engulfed in flames.

There were no injuries.

Staff and wire reports

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