Police: Drugs found during traffic stop

Police: Drugs found during traffic stop

YOUNGSTOWN

Police found small amounts of suspected heroin, cocaine and marijuana on a man who was a passenger in a car pulled over about 10:35 p.m. Sunday for driving without headlights on.

Carl Thurston, 31, of Linden Avenue, was booked into the Mahoning County jail on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of heroin, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The car was pulled over on Indiana Avenue.

Reports said the heroin and marijuana were found under the seat where Thurston was sitting, and just before he was handcuffed, he dropped a bag with suspected cocaine on the ground.

The driver was given a citation for driving without headlights on and also a warning for not wearing a seat belt, reports said.

Stohla hired

YOUNGSTOWN

The city school formally hired Stephen Stohla as the district’s interim superintendent at a meeting Monday.

Stohla, who formerly served as superintendent of Brookfield and Alliance school districts, will be paid $60,000, half of outgoing Superintendent Connie Hathorn’s salary before he retired and was rehired.

Stohla’s contract begins Wednesday and runs for six months.

Ryan asks Brazilian president to return suspect to US

WASHINGTON

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, is asking Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is visiting the U.S. this week, to return a suspect, a Brazil native, wanted in a 2007 Newton Falls murder case, he said in a release.

“If President Rousseff is looking to do business with the United States, we need to look for assurance that Brazil will be a real trading partner and not harbor criminals who commit crimes against American citizens,” he said.

“The Hoerig family has waited over eight years for justice to be done. I will continue this fight, and President Rousseff needs to know that we will not rest until Claudia Hoerig is returned to stand trial,” he said of the suspect accused of killing her husband, Karl.

Modified hours

ALLIANCE

Alliance Community Hospital’s affiliated urgent care centers have modified hours of operation Saturday.

After Hours Care in Alliance is closed Saturday, and will resume normal hours on Sunday. Family Care Urgent Care in Louisville is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Board to meet

BERLIN CENTER

The Western Reserve school board will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today in the K-12 building library, 13850 Akron-Canfield Road.

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