METRO DIGEST || Columbia Gas has assistance fund

Columbia Gas has assistance fund

COLUMBUS

Columbia Gas of Ohio, which has about 1.4 million customers in 61 of Ohio’s 88 counties, is offering an assistance fund of $2.5 million to help income-eligible customers pay their natural-gas bills once a year over the next five winter-heating seasons.

Columbia Gas customers, those with incomes up to 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines ($47,100 for a family of four) may apply for Columbia Fuel Fund assistance through their local community action agency.

Local agency contact information can be obtained by calling Columbia at 1-800-344-4077.

A disconnection notice is not required for eligibility, but customers must have exhausted all other available assistance programs such as Home Energy Assistance Program and the Winter Crisis Fund to qualify.

Information and eligibility requirements are available at ColumbiaGasOhio.com.

Austintown man arrested on warrant

AUSTINTOWN

A 19-year-old Austintown man is in Mahoning County Jail after he was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear on multiple charges.

Joseph D’Amico of Woodland Trace Drive is charged with selling, purchasing or delivering dangerous drugs, three charges for possession of drugs, two charges for possession of drug paraphernalia and a several traffic violations.

He was arrested at his home Monday.

His court date is set for 9 a.m. today.

Scheduled to reopen

AUSTINTOWN

The offices of the Mahoning County District Board of Health, closed Tuesday because of inclement weather, are scheduled to reopen today. People who were scheduled for immunizations in Austintown, and Women, Infants and Children appointments at the Austintown, Boardman and Youngstown clinics on Tuesday should call the county health department at 330-270-2855 to reschedule.

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