Lowellville men injured in accident

Lowellville men injured in accident

AUSTINTOWN

Three men from Lowellville were seriously injured Wednesday after their car became lodged under a commercial tractor-trailer traveling on state Route 46.

Bryan Brady, 20, had been southbound in the right lane on Route 46 when he collided about 2:20 p.m. with the tractor-trailer driven by Gordon Rousseau, 34, of Galesburg, Mich., which was northbound from the Interstate 80 eastbound exit ramp.

Brady and his passengers — Rex Morrison, 18, and Tyler Dunn, 23 — were extricated from the car and taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. Rousseau was not injured.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield Post is investigating.

Police seek person who passed bad check

AUSTINTOWN

Township detectives are trying to find the person who passed a bad check worth more than $10,000 in December 2013 at a local pawn shop.

Austintown Pawn, Mahoning Avenue, reported a bad Social Security check for $10,191.12 on Monday to police. According to a police report, a person, whose name was redacted, cashed the check at Austintown Pawn on Dec. 9.

First National Bank notified the business Feb. 20 the check was bad because the recipient was deceased. The check was made payable to the beneficiary of the Social Security account. The person that account belonged to died Oct. 27, 2013, police said.

Citizenship classes

YOUNGSTOWN

The English Center, in collaboration with Youngstown City Schools adult ABLE program, is offering free U.S. citizenship-preparation classes.

The classes will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays starting next week and running through May 20 at Choffin Career & Technical Center, 200 E. Wood St.

Classes will be in the center’s ABLE suite, Classroom B-002. They are designed to help potential citizens prepare for the citizenship test. Classes will cover American history and government and review the naturalization application. Call the English Center at 330-743-5767 for information or to register.

Fire damages house, kills family dog

HOWLAND

No people were injured, but a dog died because of smoke inhalation during an 11:05 a.m. fire at 2542 Aspenwall Ave. NE Wednesday.

A mother and child escaped from the home before firefighters arrived. They found heavy fire and smoke in the rear of the home.

The fire was extinguished after 15 to 20 minutes. The Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting with the investigation, but at this point the cause is undetermined.

Forty firefighters from the Howland, Bazetta, Cortland, Champion and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station fire departments fought the fire. Aspenwall is on the west side of Elm Road just south of North River Road.

CIRV breakfast is set for Friday

YOUNGSTown

The Community Initiative to Reduce Violence breakfast will be Friday in the main lobby of the YWCA, 25 W. Rayen Ave.

The breakfast begins at 9 a.m., and a program will follow, with speeches from Mayor John A. McNally and Police Chief Robin Lees. The program also will explore resources available through CIRV and upcoming events.

For information, contact Guy Burney at 330-742-8778 or 330-398-3311.

Man faces charges

YOUNGSTOWN

A West Boston Avenue man is in Mahoning County jail after police reports said he assaulted a Youngstown City Hall security guard about 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Reports said that Luther Reviere Jr., 55, was in city hall doing community-service work and was becoming frustrated because he kept setting the metal detector off since he had a lot of metal in his pockets and had to keep stepping through. After he stepped through the last time, he swore as he got on an elevator and then banged on the doors from the inside as the elevator went up, reports said.

Reviere came back down a few minutes later and swore again. When a guard tried to calm him down, he pushed the guard and had to be wrestled to the ground in front of the mayor’s office. Reviere faces charges of resisting arrest, assault and disorderly conduct.

Vehicles broken into

AUSTINTOWN

Two vehicles in a residential garage were broken into over the weekend with several items stolen, including a handgun.

A homeowner on Shadow Oak Drive told police he visited his neighbors Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. with his garage open.

According to a police report, he did not open his garage Sunday. On Monday, he found several items missing. The homeowner told police these were some of the items taken from his truck: a Smith & Wesson .380 handgun with its holster, a GPS device, camping equipment and a gun-cleaning kit. A second car was gone through, but had nothing missing, police said.

Cookie delivery to Girl Scouts canceled

The rain-snow mix forced cancellation of Wednesday’s Girl Scout cookie delivery.

A cookie delivery is where volunteers drive through lanes of tractor-trailers to pick up their troop’s cookies.

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio report nearly 3 million boxes were sold in Northeast Ohio. Deliveries take place over several days.

Cookie booths begin Saturday across 18 Northeast Ohio counties. To find a cookie booth near you, download the free cookie locator app on your iPhone or Android, or visit http://gsneo.org/cookies. If you have any questions, contact Kimberley Graves, Girl Scouts communications manager, at 330-618-5177.