Teacher meets goal

Teacher meets goal

MECCA

David Deeters, a teacher and coach in the Maplewood School District, raised $2,039 through the Organization for Autism Research Run for Autism and his run in the Boston Marathon on Monday. That means Deeter reached his goal of $2,000.

“I decided to dedicate my race to my three lovely daughters,” Deeters said, including his middle child, Saleen, who has autism.

All three girls have experienced difficult moments as a result of the way people sometimes misunderstand Saleen’s quirks, Deeters said. One of his goals was to raise awareness of autism, which he did through several news-media interviews leading up to the race. More information is available at www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/DavidDeeter/irun2014.

Road work to begin

SALEM

Resurfacing of nearly three miles of streets here will begin Monday, the Ohio Department of Transportation has announced.

The work will be done on state Route 9 (Mullins Street, North Lincoln and South Ellsworth avenues), state Route 344 (South Lincoln Avenue) and state Routes 14 and 173.

Sidewalks and curb ramps are included in the project, for which flaggers will maintain traffic.

The Shelly Co, of Twinsburg is performing the $719,676 job, which is to be completed by Aug. 31.

Legion’s delegates

austintown

These Austintown Fitch High School juniors will be the Austintown American Legion’s delegates to the Buckeye Boys State program for 2014: Jacob Adams, Benjamin Devenport, Garen Gibson, Josh Potkanowicz and Nathan Shively.

Gun, pills in vehicle

CAMPBELL

Police arrested a 19-year-old Youngstown man during a Monday traffic stop after police found a loaded gun and unlabeled pills on him.

Denzel N. Case, of Colby Avenue, is charged with carrying concealed weapons, a fourth-degree felony, and for failing to have a prescription label. He also was cited for loud and disturbing noises coming from the car and for the several objects that were hanging from his rear view mirror.

Police stopped Case at 6:13 p.m. for the traffic offenses. Case consented to a search of his car, and police then discovered the .40-caliber handgun with 10 rounds. They also found 11 pills in his pockets.

More Digest on A6