Woman injured

Woman injured

WEST FARMINGTON

A Bristolville woman was flown by helicopter to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital on Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle, head-on crash on state Route 88.

Cynthia L. Foder, 46, was driving a pickup truck westbound on Route 88 when she passed other traffic and drove into standing water at 12:15 p.m.

She lost control, sliding off the right side of the road, and then sliding left of center into the path of a dump truck, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The truck driver, G. Edward Payne, 59, of Rome, was not injured. Fodor was not using a seat belt. Alcohol and speed were not factors in the crash, the patrol said.

Man faces charges

WARREN

Robert J. Johnson, 21, of Martin Street, is in the Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $225,000 bond after being arraigned Tuesday on charges accusing him of entering a home on Southwest Boulevard Southwest June 2 with a gun, threatening a male and later firing it toward the male’s mother.

Not-guilty pleas were entered in Warren Municipal Court for Johnson on charges of aggravated burglary, discharging firearms into a habitation and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A woman, 34, told police Johnson came into the house and walked toward her son, but the mother charged at Johnson along with others, and they got him out of the house.

Johnson then raised the gun and fired it in the woman’s direction, missing her but hitting the house.

Mosquito spraying

HUBBARD

The city will spray for mosquitoes Thursday. If inclement weather occurs, the city will spray Friday. Though the spray is nontoxic, it is advisable to keep pets indoors, said Daniel Livingston, safety director.

Kyle to run for rep

HUBBARD

Hubbard Councilman Ben Kyle announced Tuesday he will run for state representative for the 63rd District, the seat held by Sean O’Brien of Bazetta Township.

Kyle, a Democrat, plans to be on the ballot for the March 2016 primary. Kyle is a fourth-generation funeral director at Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home in Hubbard.

McDonald Mayor Glenn Holmes contacted The Vindicator this week to indicate he also plans to run for the seat.

Jailed in lieu of bond

WARREN

Reginald O’Neal, 25, of Palmyra Road Southwest is in the Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $225,000 bond after being arraigned Tuesday in a May 30 shooting. A not-guilty plea was entered for him.

O’Neal, who was arrested Monday, is accused of shooting a Southern Boulevard man, 25, in the back while he was on the porch at 770 Fourth St. SW.

It was the third time that day that gunshots were fired at the house. Four other people also were charged in the incidents, including three males charged with discharging a firearm into a habitation. All four were arraigned earlier.

Student loans

CANFIELD

Application forms for low-interest student loans are available from the Mahoning County Medical Society Foundation. The application deadline is July 1.

Applicants must be residents of Mahoning or Trumbull counties and must have completed at least one year of medical school or school of osteopathic medicine, or be participating in the bridge program at the year three level or higher at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown.

Interest on the loans is 1 percent below the prime rate at the time the loan is granted. Interest is forgiven, however, if the recipient returns to Mahoning or Trumbull county to practice medicine and becomes a member of the Mahoning Valley Medical Society.

For information or to receive an application, call 330-533-4880.

Turtle Derby planned

LOWELLVILLE

The Youngstown Lions Club’s 54th annual Turtle Derby, featuring live turtles sponsored by area businesses and groups, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Gazebo area on East Water Street.

The Turtle Derby, the Lion Club’s only fundraiser of the year, takes place in conjunction with the Cruising on the River Car Show in the same area.

The Lions Club International Foundation’s main mission is sight saving; but the local club also provides funds for other charities and visually impaired and special-needs children.