Road closings

Road closings

YOUNGSTOWN

These roads in Mill Creek Park will be closed starting Monday for rehabilitation work to two historical stone arch bridges: West Drive from Dividing Sycamore to West Glacier Drive, and Lily Pond Drive from West Drive to the Birch Hill Cabin.

The Birch Hill Cabin and the Lily Pond will be accessible via McCollum Road.

The roads will remain closed until the project is complete in early September.

Dog food donation

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning-Shenango Kennel Club will make a donation of 392, 15-pound bags of premium dog food provided by Blackwood Pet Food in Lisbon to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, 2805 Salt Springs Road, at 10 a.m. Monday.

The donation was made possible from the funds raised at the MSKC annual Christmas auction. Rogers Feed Mill of Rogers will deliver the nearly 6,000 pounds of dog food to the food bank free of charge.

The food bank will distribute the dog food through a network of 153 hunger-relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

“We are grateful to the Mahoning-Shenango Kennel Club for their continued support and dedication to helping families with pets in our community,” said Michael Iberis, food bank executive director.

Police look for suspect

LIBERTY

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a township bank Thursday afternoon.

Investigators say the PNC Bank at the corner of Church Hill-Hubbard Road and Route 193 was held up shortly before 2 p.m., according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Early reports indicate that the teller did not see a weapon. Officers searched the area for the man, who fled on foot.

The suspect is described as black, 5 feet 7 inches tall with a slight build. He was wearing a gray hat, black clothing and was carrying a white jacket.

Death ruled accidental

RAVENNA

The death of a boater on Berlin Lake has been ruled accidental by the Portage County Coroner.

The results of the coroner’s investigation have has been turned over to the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s office for review according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Authorities say Neal Cuppet, 58, of Akron died as a result of blunt-force trauma after a collision between a 16-foot Bass Tracker fishing boat, and a 17-foot Bayliner power boat in May. A companion on Cuppet’s boat also was injured.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said that Dr. Joseph Yurich of Deerfield was driving the other boat.

No charges have been filed.

Manufacturing camp

youngstown

Local fifth- through eighth-graders have been gaining hands-on manufacturing knowledge at a weeklong camp, which concludes today.

Youngstown City Schools, the Youngstown YWCA, the Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science and Technology, the OH WOW! Children’s Center and the Oh-Penn Manufacturing Collaborative sponsored the camp. There will be a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the YWCA on Rayen Avenue to celebrate the camp. Sen. Sherrod Brown will deliver remarks via video about 9 a.m. This year’s camp theme was medical technologies.

United Way grants

YOUNGSTOWN

United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley’s new Success After 6 initiative will receive two grants totaling $20,000 on Tuesday, $10,000 each from the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the Ohio Children’s Foundation.

Success After 6, aimed at reducing tardiness and absenteeism, higher third-grade-level reading, improved emotional well-being and increased family involvement, is set to launch this fall at the Youngstown Community School. United Way has hired a Success After 6 coordinator to work in the school.

The program, which initially will target children in kindergarten through third grade, includes tutoring, social-emotional development and an after-school program that will focus on academics, physical fitness, arts and family-engagement opportunities.

Specialty urgent care

WARREN

Akron Children’s Hospital, starting this Saturday, will be providing weekend urgent care from noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at its Warren specialty office, The Market Place, 5000 E. Market St.

“We want to ensure that families have access to urgent care for children where and when they need it,” said Dr. Gregg DiGiulio, Akron Children’s medical director of urgent care.

Unlike emergency rooms, urgent care is designed to address non-life-threatening illnesses and medical needs such as sore throat, ear pain, fever, injuries or sprains. Emergency rooms can provide care for any urgent care issue, as well as life-threatening circumstances such as a major trauma or accident, serious bleeding and broken limbs.

Akron Children’s offers a pediatric practice at this location along with specialty clinics for cardiology, endocrinology, lab, neurology, orthopedic, radiology and urology.