Austintown school cleaned after staph

Austintown school cleaned after staph

Austintown

School officials said Austintown Middle School was thoroughly cleaned after two student athletes contracted staph infections.

Superintendent Vince Colaluca said the two students were discovered to have staph Monday. Both were treated by their own doctors, he said.

Colaluca said the administration followed building protocols, and cleaning crews came in Tuesday to sanitize the locker rooms, and Wednesday to clean the rest of the school.

He said letters were sent home to parents informing them of the staph cases, but they shouldn’t be worried about an outbreak.

Road-repaving plans

NEW SPRINGFIELD

Springfield Township Road Superintendent Rich Kennedy says he is drawing up specifications for paving of Macklin Road this year. Trustees approved spending $2,200 at their meeting this week to buy a software bar-coding package to mark and inventory township fire department equipment.

Robbery in Niles

NILES

A Niles man reported being robbed in an alley near Lincoln Avenue at 8:13 p.m. Tuesday.

The victim said a white man wearing black pants and a black hooded sweatshirt with a white scarf or bandanna over his mouth walked up to him from behind and punched him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.

The suspect got on top of the victim and said, “Give me everything you have on you.” The victim told police the suspect reached in the victim’s pocket and took an iPod, then ran off toward Robbins Avenue.

Doghouses needed

Warren

The Animal Welfare Shelter, 545 Brunstetter Road SW, Lordstown, needs medium and large wood or igloo doghouses. They may be delivered to the shelter or to The Menagerie, 6037 E. Market St., Howland, or call 330-394-3512 to arrange pickup.

Bronx man sentenced

CLEVELAND

A 48-year-old illegal Chinese immigrant was sentenced to 26 months in prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of trafficking in counterfeit merchandise.

Zhi Xian Zhou, of Bronx, N.Y. was arrested July 18 by Beaver Township police after a traffic investigation and search of his vehicle, which contained more than 2,800 items bearing counterfeit logos, labels and trademarks. If genuine, the retail value of the merchandise would be more than $525,000, according to a court news release.