METRO DIGEST || Woman attacked at home
Woman attacked
BOARDMAN
Police are investigating an aggravated burglary and assault in which a township woman said a man attacked her on her property Monday morning.
The victim told police she was out near the garage of her Paxton Road residence when the man knocked her down, according to a police report.
The woman told police the assailant tried to choke her with a wire used for a dog leash until she escaped his grip and ran inside her home, followed by the suspect. She got to her bedroom and retrieved her handgun and fired a round through the door, scaring the man off. She was treated at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital.
Police described the assailant as a white male with a pointed chin in his 30s wearing a dark hoodie.
Husted: final tally due
COLUMBUS
Secretary of State Jon Husted has asked county elections officials to submit certified results of last week’s presidential election to his office before Thanksgiving.
Husted issued notice of the expedited official canvass, telling elections boards that they must complete the count by 3 p.m. Nov. 23, the day before the holiday.
Unofficial results provided a snapshot of likely outcomes in the election, but local elections boards still have to add provisional and outstanding absentee ballots to the final count. Nearly 158,000 provisional ballots were cast by voters whose eligibility was in question. Another 103,000-plus absentee ballots were requested by voters but not received by Election Day.
Eligible provisional and absentee ballots will be added to the final count and certified by local elections officials, with the totals forwarded to Husted.
Mill Creek change
CANFIELD
Mill Creek MetroParks Board approved a request from MetroParks Police Chief Jim Willock to join a regional emergency-dispatch system that serves numerous areas in Mahoning County.
Board president John Ragan cast the sole “no” vote.
Willock touted the move as a cost-saver to the park system and as a way to free up officers’ time to do additional patrolling since they will no longer have to work part time as dispatchers.
The move to that system is slated to take place at the start of 2017.
Straw for outside dogs
WARREN
Never Muzzled will sponsor a giveaway of straw for outside dogs from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot between Ace Cash Express and Jackson Hewitt Tax, 502 South St. SE. It is at the corner of Elm Road and Route 422.
Straw will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Never Muzzled is a dog-welfare organization in the Mahoning Valley formed by Linda Liguori and her daughter, Amanda, both of Newton Falls, and Sarah Harrison of Cortland. Send email to NeverBeMuzzled@aol.com, visit the website at www.nevermuzzled.com or on Facebook, www.facebook.com/nevermuzzled.
7th Ward coalition
YOUNGSTOWN
The 7th Ward Citizen Coalition will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Faith Community Covenant Church at the corner of Midlothian Boulevard and Sheridan Road.
The topic for the meeting will be “It’s Our Government” and will feature speakers including Mayor John A. McNally; police Chief Robin Lee; Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works; and Sean McKinney, buildings and grounds commissioner.
Road closing
BRACEVILLE
Ravenna Warren Road, 0.68 miles north of Main Street, will be closed at 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday for culvert repair. The road will open through the weekend and will close again from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.
The recommended detour route is west on Main Street, north on First Street and northeast on state Route 5.
Brookfield trustees
BROOKFIELD
Brookfield Township trustees will have a special meeting with an executive session for contract negotiations with the police department at 7:30 p.m. today at the administration building, 6844 Strimbu Drive.
Tire cleanup funds
COLUMBUS
The state Controlling Board agreed to increase spending authority by nearly $1.2 million for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, with portions to go to tire cleanup activities in Youngstown.
The spending hike is in the EPA’s scrap tire management line item. Of the total, $335,100 will be used to clean up about 61,000 dumped tires at sites around the state, plus $100,000 for investigative and legal fees connected to that work.
Heidi Griesmer, spokeswoman for the Ohio EPA, said the list of enforcement sites includes K&M Salvage, known as Crab Creek Industrial Village, in Youngstown, where an estimated 1,000 tires will be removed by mid-2017, and state officials will seek to recoup their costs from the property owners.
The board also released $54,730 for masonry repairs at Youngstown State University’s Cushwa Hall.