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Judge Rusu to discuss ‘All Things Probate’

YOUNGSTOWN

Do you know what to do when a loved one is no longer able to make decisions for themselves? Do you know what to do upon the death of a loved one? Do you know how to prepare your family on how to handle your business affairs after you’re gone?

These questions and others will be answered when Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert Rusu Jr. provides the answers in “All Things Probate” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Union Baptist Church, 528 Lincoln Ave. The event is free and open to the public.

School board to meet

CAMPBELL

Campbell school board will have a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the conference room, 280 Sixth St. Among the items the board will take up are accepting resignations and hiring personnel.

Crash follows chase; troopers investigate

GIRARD

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred at about 7:11 a.m. Wednesday in Girard after a police chase.

Officers with Hermitage (Pa.) Police Department and the Shenango Township (Pa.) Police Department were pursuing Daniel Disiero, 35, of Connecticut on Interstate 80 after he was accused of driving a stolen vehicle, according to an OSHP news release.

Disiero ran a red light onto U.S. Route 422, cutting into the path of another car driven by Linda Dutko, 61, of Warren, the OSHP states.

Dutko’s car struck Disiero’s, causing Disiero’s car to spin off the roadway and strike a utility pole. Both drivers were transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for minor injuries. Dutko was wearing a seat belt.

Disiero is charged with receiving stolen property, aggravated vehicular assault, operating a vehicle under the influence, failure to yield at a red light and not wearing a seat belt.

Liberty Twp., Girard make resurfacing pact

LIBERTY

Township trustees have agreed to enter into an pact with city of Girard to pay for resurfacing Beaver Street. The lowest bid for the project’s total cost was $20,101.

The township will draw from its road department fund to pay for $10,051 of that cost.

Additionally, during Wednesday’s special meeting, trustees agreed to enter into a contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the purchase of winter road salt.

The pact, which extends from October to March 2017, will provide the township with 600 tons of salt from whichever bidder ODOT accepts.

The bid price has not yet been set, but Gino Bidinotto, road department senior foreman, believes the agreement will create significant savings.

Trustees also agreed to send notices to two property owners for failure to control vegetation, garbage or other debris.

Upon receiving the notice, property owners have seven days to resolve the issue.

‘Cycle for a Cure’ event will benefit MS society

CANFIELD

Pure Cycle Studio’s third annual “Cycle for a Cure” benefit for the Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Canfield Fairgrounds government building, located in front of the grandstand.

Cycle for a Cure is a spin-a-thon to raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis. Riders donate $20 per hour to participate in the five-hour cycling event.

The event is free to attend, and will feature bucket auctions, a 50/50 raffle for new bikes, music and food.

For information, contact Pure Cycle at 330-286-9106.

Man is shot in the leg

WARREN

A 26-year-old man who lives on Haymaker Avenue Northwest was treated for a gunshot wound of the leg after he was found on his street at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday.

He told police he did not know who shot him, but police interviewed several neighbors who said they heard a gunshot and heard a woman from inside a nearby house yelling at the victim.

Another witness told police the shooter came from a house on Haymaker and stood over the victim with a gun, then fled south on Haymaker on foot.

The witness also said he heard the victim say, “I don’t want your girl.”

A female also walked up to the victim and told him, “I told you not to come over here,” police said.

After threat, Summit Academy is evacuated

WARREN

Summit Academy, 1461 Moncrest Ave. NW, was evacuated at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday after a student found a threat written on a boys bathroom wall.

The students were released to school buses for the rest of the day, police said.

Warren police officers and firefighters checked the building and found nothing suspicious, and school officials were allowed to return to the building.