Safe Surrender

Safe Surrender

YOUNGSTOWN

Fugitives in Trumbull and Columbiana counties with warrants charging them with nonviolent crimes can peacefully turn themselves in to authorities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office is sponsoring Fugitive Safe Surrender programs, which provide an opportunity for adults with outstanding, nonviolent warrants to turn themselves in to authorities in a peaceful, faith-based environment.

The Trumbull County event will be at First United Methodist Church of Warren on North Park Avenue in Warren. The Columbiana County event will be at Lisbon Church of the Nazarene on North Market Street in Lisbon. Fugitives should go to the county where their warrant was issued.

Authorities in Trumbull County estimate that they have about 5,000 outstanding, nonviolent warrants. In Columbiana County, the estimate is about 3,000 warrants.

Road opened

CANFIELD

Western Reserve Road between state Route 46 and Raccoon Road opened Tuesday, concluding the majority of the $4.1 million construction project to reconstruct Wester Reserve Road.

Drivers should be cautious and watch for incidental work taking place along the road, according to the Mahoning County Engineer’s office.

OVI checkpoint

CANFIELD

Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint and saturation patrols in Mahoning County to deter and intercept drunken drivers this weekend, the county’s Operating a Vehicle Impaired (OVI) Task Force announced. Details concerning the checkpoint will be announced later this week, the task force said. The task force is being assisted in this effort by the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation. Those who consume alcohol should use a designated driver or make other arrangements to get home safely, the task force said.

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