Debate parties

Debate parties

The Trump-Pence presidential campaign will host 47 debate watch parties across the state at 9 p.m. Sunday, including these in the Mahoning Valley: Columbiana County GOP headquarters, 124 W. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; Mahoning County GOP headquarters, 8381 Market St., Boardman; and Quaker Steak & Lube, 2191 Millennium Blvd., Cortland, in Trumbull County.

West Branch adds to safety measures

BELOIT

The West Branch School District is taking more safety measures this year, participating in Safer Schools Ohio.

It’s a safety tip line in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Homeland Security.

The safety resource lets students and adults in the West Branch community share information anonymously with school officials and law enforcement about threats made against students or the school.

Messages are answered by analysts in the Ohio Homeland Security’s Threat Assessment and Prevention Unit, who follow up with the school and law-enforcement officials to make sure the incident is investigated, action is taken and the outcome is tracked.

Calls and texts are accepted 24 hours a day. The caller can remain anonymous at all times. Threats or suspicious activity can be reported by calling or texting 844-SAFEROH or follow the link for information: https://saferschools.ohio.gov/content/tip_line_information.

Mohip forms advisory group

YOUNGSTOWN

Krish Mohip, Youngstown City Schools chief executive officer, has formed a CEO Teachers Advisory Group comprised of 14 teachers from schools throughout the district.

The group’s first meeting is set for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the board of education offices at 20 W. Wood St., the district announced. The panel’s purpose is to give teachers a voice by opening lines of communication between them and Mohip.

Man shot in leg remains in hospital

WARREN

A Farmdale man, 46, has been in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital since being shot in the leg Tuesday evening.

Police said the man told them he had gone to a home on Jefferson Street Southwest to provide a quote to the property owner to replace the siding.

While speaking to a woman inside the house, two masked males pointed a gun at him and took his cellphone and wallet, then shot him in the leg.

Then they drove him in his car to Risher Road and Palmyra Road Southwest, drove the car into a ditch and left him there.

The man admitted to police that he was using narcotics but he denied the shooting was drug related, police said.

Man faces charges

AUSTINTOWN

Officers arrested a man for disorderly conduct after he began beating his head on the inside of the police car officers used to take him home.

According to the report, officers responded to a disturbance call near Shell, 1704 S. Raccoon Road, Thursday night about a man disturbing a nearby business.

Officers advised Timothy Rollison, 29, of Pembrooke Road, he would receive a summons for disorderly conduct. While taking Rollison home, officers arrested him after he began beating his head off the car’s partition and telling officers he would fight them if they didn’t let him out, reports said.

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