Virus hunter to speak

Virus hunter to speak

YOUNGSTOWN

Nathan Wolfe, dubbed the “Indiana Jones” of virus hunting, presents Youngstown State University’s Skeggs Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, at Stambaugh Auditorium on Fifth Avenue in Youngstown. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and are available at the Stambaugh Box Office. Called one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine, Wolfe travels the world to track, study and eradicate the next pandemic before it strikes.

OVI citation

CANFIELD

Mahoning County sheriff’s deputies cited a man for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence Sunday morning who was almost three times over the legal limit for being drunk.

Reports said deputies were called to the 3700 block of Mercedes Place about 2:50 a.m., where a pickup truck had struck an electrical box. When the deputy arrived, a witness told him a pickup truck had just driven into the apartment complex across the street from where the electrical box is located.

The deputy found the driver, Corey Fusco, 29, and another person walking in the area, and both were very drunk. Reports said the other person kept interfering when the deputy was questioning Fusco.

Reports said Fusco failed a field-sobriety test and was taken to the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol to take a breath test, where his blood alcohol content was measured at 0.225. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08. Fusco was given citations for OVI and failure to control.

Testimony to begin

YOUNGSTOWN

Testimony is expected to begin in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court today in an attempted-murder case.

Dashonti Baker, 23, is accused of shooting Jacquez Brown, also 23, in the head at South and East Dewey avenues March 15, 2014.

Jurors reported to the courtroom of Judge John Durkin to be selected to hear the case.

Baker was arrested April 4, 2014, in Decatur, Ga., by U.S. marshals and faces a count of attempted murder and two counts of felonious assault. Police say he fired at an SUV Brown was sitting in at a store at that intersection with three other people inside.

Flag box donation

AUSTINTOWN

UAW Local 1112 is announcing the donation of a flag box to the American Legion Post 301, 3652 Oakwood Ave.

The box will be used to deposit worn flags. The flags will then be gathered and destroyed in a proper ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Leaf collection

YOUNGSTOWN

The city will pick up bags of leaves on the same day as a customer’s regular trash day starting Oct. 26. The leaf-pickup program ends Dec. 4.

All brown compostable leaf bags will be picked up without customers having to sign up for the program.

Green Youngstown, the city’s recycling and litter cleanup division, also will give away 7,000 free leaf bags at its office on the third floor of the city hall annex, 9 W. Front St., weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting Monday.

Residents also can use compostable paper bags purchased at local retailers.

Grand jury gets case

CAMPBELL

The case against a candidate for mayor of Campbell has been bound over to a Mahoning County grand jury. Nicholas Phillips, a former city police officer, appeared before a visiting judge in Campbell Municipal Court today for a preliminary hearing.

Phillips is charged with felonious assault after an August incident in which the boyfriend of Phillips’ wife’s daughter accused Phillips of punching him in the face and breaking his jaw.

Phillips said he punched the man in self-defense and that he had intervened to protect his wife during an altercation.

Campbell’s law director recused himself from the case, citing conflicts of interest. A visiting Youngstown prosecutor is handling the charge against Phillips.

Walk Warm Program

COLUMBIANA

The “Walk Warm Program” for the Columbiana Exempted Village School District community started Monday. Walk Warm invites adults to walk in the school’s hallways for exercise away from inclement weather conditions.

The high-school building is open from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. It is closed on school holidays and when school is canceled.

Gym wing doors on the west side of the building facing the large parking lot will be the only doors open due to safety concerns. However, participants can exit through any door at any time. A measured course will be posted for walkers who choose to keep an accurate distance log.

Joshua Dixon Elementary School also will be open for the program from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and closed for holidays and school cancellations. Only the main front doors will be open for entry and exit.

Road work planned

HOWLAND

The Trumbull County Engineers will be milling and filling on East Market Street between North Road and state Route 46 in Howland Township between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. through Friday. The road is open to traffic but delays can be expected.

Boil alert issued

BROOKFIELD

All Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer water customers on Yankee Run Road, Lincoln Avenue and Sharon Hogue Road are advised to boil water until further notice, the engineer’s department announced. Call 330-675-2775 for information.