Narcan kit is used

Narcan kit is used

POLAND

Township authorities used their first overdose- reversal kit to save a life earlier this week.

Police Chief Brian Goodin said his department received a call about 6:30 p.m. Monday and officers arrived at a Poland home to find a female performing CPR on a 25-year-old male.

The responding officer saw a needle and a spoon near the man. The officer then administered Narcan, or naloxone, to the man, whose color went from blue to normal. He began breathing and eventually stood up.

Poland received five Narcan kits, each with two doses, and were trained through the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office. The kits, which have a shelf life of two years, are carried in patrol cars.

4 rings are stolen

BOARDMAN

Four rings valued at a combined $1,000 were stolen from a woman’s residence.

A 62-year-old homeowner told police someone took the rings from her jewelry box in the bedroom of her Southern Boulevard apartment sometime between 4 p.m. April 13 and 4:30 a.m. Monday. She called police Tuesday.

A window in her residence had not been properly locking for a year, she told police.

Guns reported stolen

BOARDMAN

Three guns were stolen from a township home overnight Tuesday.

A 25-year-old man called police after he drove into his driveway in the 5000 block of Old Oxford Lane and saw a man on his front porch, who ran away.

A police report said the burglary occurred sometime between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 1:02 a.m. Wednesday when the resident returned home. Three handguns, with a combined value of $2,400, a $159 gun safe and a $300 belt buckle were taken.

Someone broke through a door, causing $300 in damage.

Trash fire burns home

WARREN

A trash fire apparently sparked a 12:50 p.m. house fire at 1602 Karl St. in Warren Township on Wednesday.

Firefighters from Warren Township and Lordstown responded, but the fire already had done significant damage, Fire Chief Kenneth Schick said.

The owner of the home told 21 WFMJ-21, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, that he left home after thinking that his trash fire had gone out. No one was injured, but the house is a total loss. Fire officials don’t plan to file a criminal charge in the matter, WFMJ reported.

Board of the Year

WARREN

The Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board was named Board of the Year by the National Alliance of Mental Illness at an awards luncheon in Columbus on Saturday. NAMI is the nation’s largest grass-roots mental-health organization.

“Our organization is honored to receive this award,” said April Caraway, county executive director. “Our board, staff and network of providers works tirelessly to raise awareness and provide support and education for people in our community.”

Road to be closed

WARREN

The Trumbull County engineer said Palmyra Road in Warren Township will be closed between Kibler Toot Road and Hewitt Gifford Road today and Friday for the relocation of utility lines being performed by Ohio Edison.

The recommended detour route is west on Kibler Toot Road; south on Leavitt Road; and east of Hewitt Gifford Road.