Silly Science Sunday

Silly Science Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN

OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology, 11 W. Federal St., will host the sixth annual Silly Science Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday.

This event offers hands-on, interactive STEM displays, exhibits and stage shows.

The museum will partner with the McD’s Sock Run 5K Race/Walk and Kids Fun Run and Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Mahoning Valley and Western Pennsylvania. Registration for the McD’s Sock Run opens at 10 a.m., the kids run begins at 11:30 a.m., and the 5K is at noon.

At 1 p.m., Mayor John A. McNally and Ronald McDonald will be on hand to attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the largest mixed crowd of humans and robots simultaneously launching beach balls into the air.

This free family event is sponsored in part by First National Bank, Vindicator broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV and YSU STEM College.

Drug-charge arrest

AUSTINTOWN

Officers arrested a Niles man on drug charges after performing a traffic stop in the township Tuesday night.

According to a police report, officers stopped Troy Tursack, 44, of East Woodland Avenue, and his passenger Rhonda Cummings, 32, of Harvey Avenue, Warren, on state Route 46 at 11:16 p.m. for an obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror.

Officers searched the vehicle and discovered an open bottle of vodka, a hypodermic syringe and two pipes, all with a white powder residue.

Officers also found Cummings had a warrant out for her arrest out of Trumbull County for theft. Tursack is charged with possessing drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia. Officers turned Cummings over to the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office.

Candidates dinner set

BOARDMAN

The Boardman Civic Association will host its annual candidates and issues dinner at 6 p.m. Monday at Boardman Park’s Lariccia Family Community Center.

The event is a chance for voters to hear from candidates for office and representatives for ballot issues ahead of the election.

The free-of-charge speakers’ session begins at 7 p.m. Dinner, which costs $15 per person, is at 6 p.m.

Reservations for dinner must be made in advance by paying with a credit card at www.boardmancivic.com, or by emailing mharris1421@yahoo.com to make arrangements to pay at the door the night of the event.

Reservations must be made by today.

Children of divorce

YOUNGSTOWN

Alta Behavioral Healthcare (formerly D&E Counseling) will offer new support sessions for children of divorcing parents through Mahoning County Domestic Relations Court in addition to the educational sessions it conducts for divorcing parents through that court, Alta announced.

Alta also will partner with the county juvenile court to enhance the early-warning system that identifies students struggling with school attendance, behavior and grades.

Ex-official owes funds

Columbus

The former director of the Columbiana County Drug Task Force, who pleaded guilty to theft in office in 2014, owes an additional $4,603, according to an audit released Tuesday by State Auditor Dave Yost.

On June 6, 2012, the Columbiana County Auditor’s Office issued $4,603 to the task force’s confidential informant fund, but the funds were unaccounted for in its bank accounts and fund ledgers. A $4,603 finding for recovery was issued against former Director Daniel Downard.

A special audit of the task force, released Jan. 8, 2015, found Downard gave his wife a new task-force cellphone and accrued $1,333 in monthly access charges and fees.

The special audit issued $1,568 in findings for recovery against Downard, which he repaid during the audit period.

Downard pleaded guilty in November 2014 to felony counts of theft in office, unauthorized use of property and attempted tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison Jan. 12, 2015, and released March 10 of that year.

Road rage reported

YOUNGSTOWN

A man driving through Youngstown told police he was the victim of an apparent road-rage incident that included gunfire on the city’s East Side.

According to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, the man showed up at police headquarters about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and told an officer he was driving south on the Himrod Avenue Expressway when a Toyota Corolla came up behind his car at a high rate of speed.

According to the driver, the Corolla then pulled in front of his car and cut him off. When the cars reached the split between the Interstate 680 north and southbound exits, the driver says he could hear several gunshots and spotted the other driver holding a silver handgun out of his car window as he passed him.

The bullet had passed through the brake light, the rear seat and the back of the driver’s seat. The suspect is described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, with medium-length sandy brown hair.