School board meeting

School board meeting

Poland

The Poland school board will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today in the board office, 3199 Dobbins Road. The board will immediately adjourn to an executive session to discuss negotiations.

Fire contained to oven

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A small fire caused minimal damage at an Old Furnace Road home about 11:30 a.m. Monday.

A fire department spokesman said a man in a home in the 800 block of Old Furnace Road had set his stove to automatic clean and then left to get doughnuts. While the man was gone, workers at the Ford Nature Center saw smoke and called the fire department.

The spokesman said the oven had caused a small fire because it was very dirty but firefighters managed to contain the blaze to the oven. No one was injured. A damage estimate was not available.

Loaded gun in car

youngstown

Police arrested a man who had a loaded semiautomatic handgun in his car behind Kirkmere Elementary School about 10:45 p.m. Sunday.

Officers were called to the school at 2851 Kirk Road for reports of a suspicious vehicle behind the school, and when they arrived, a man, Jeffrey Fuller, 22, of Youngstown, was outside the car, reports said. Police searched the car and found a .25-caliber handgun along with 25 rounds of matching ammunition.

Fuller was taken to the Mahoning County jail on a charge of mishandling a firearm in a motor vehicle, reports said.

Investigating accident

WARREN

Police continued to investigate a Friday evening car accident that killed a pedestrian at Youngstown Road and Adelaide Avenue Southeast.

Police said Monday afternoon they were not releasing a report on the accident because the identity of the victim has not been determined.

The accident happened about 7 p.m.

Charged with burglary

WARREN

Jamie L. Gillespie, 26, of state Route 7, Hubbard, has been charged with aggravated burglary after a renter in the 2400 block of Berkshire Drive Southeast reported catching her and restraining her until police arrived.

The burglary took place at 4:55 p.m. Sunday and involved the theft of jewelry valued at $167, police said. Gillespie is expected to be arraigned today in Warren Municipal Court.

Man shot with BBs

WARREN

A 47-year-old Miller Street Southwest man reported being hit with BB shots in the arm and lower back while he was riding a bicycle on Oak Street Southwest at 10 p.m. Friday.

The shots came from inside a car, said the victim, who reported suffering minor injuries.

Houses hit by gunfire

WARREN

Residents of two homes reported gunfire over the weekend.

The front of a house on Mason Street Southwest was hit several times at 3:21 a.m. Sunday, and the front door of a home at the corner of South Feederle Drive and Rogers Avenue Southeast was hit by gunfire at 10:55 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.

Sexual assault reported

WARREN

An 18-year-old city woman reported being knocked off her bicycle and sexually assaulted on Parkman Road Northwest near Summit Street at 10 p.m. Sunday. She was treated at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

Road closings set

YOUNGSTOWN

The Brier Hill Italian Festival will close Victoria Street between Ada and Burlington streets and Calvin Street between Polar Street and Turin Avenue from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Monday.

Police-chief candidates

NEWTON FALLS

Village council met in executive session Monday afternoon to narrow the selection of a new police chief to about six candidates.

The selection of a new chief is likely to be several weeks away, officials said. Sgt. Rick Lisum has served as acting chief since February, when village council fired John Kuivila as chief.

Kuivila’s firing followed allegations by two female police-department employees — a clerk who accused Kuivila of making remarks about her appearance and “certain body parts” soon after she returned to work from maternity leave, and an officer who said she felt she was working in a hostile work environment because of a threat she said Kuivila made to her regarding the police-department clerk.