Champion home damaged by fire

Champion home damaged by fire

CHAMPION

Flames caused heavy damage to a home in Champion Township Saturday morning.

The fire broke out through the roof of the home on Airport Road just after 1 a.m., according to a news release from the Champion Township Fire Department and given to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Fire Chief John Hickey says no one was home at the time of the fire, but the five occupants notified Trumbull County 911 when they arrived home to find the house smoking.

Police first on the scene saw smoke billowing from the roof.

Fire officials say the fire started in the attic and was quickly extinguished.

The cause is under investigation by the Trumbull County Fire Investigative Unit. The cause, however, could have been an electrical issue, according to the release.

Information session

CANFIELD

Ohio Connections Academy, a public e-school serving K-12 students across Ohio, will host an information session for potential parents and students from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the Ursuline Center in Canfield. The session will provide information about the school and how to enroll. Potential students and their parents can also ask questions.

Authors to read

YOUNGSTOWN

Noted authors Tim Seibles and Lynn Lurie will visit local high schools and give two public readings between Monday and Wednesday.

The authors will visit East High School, Choffin Career & Technical Center, Youngstown Early College and Austintown Fitch High School. Seibles will present “Morning Where You Are: The Poetry of Tim Seibles,” at 7 p.m. Monday at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. Lurie will join him for a public reading at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Edward Catholic Church. A reception will conclude at the DeBartolo Stadium Club, at noon Wednesday. For information contact Thomas Welsh, outreach coordinator of the Youngstown State University Poetry Center and Etruscan Press, at tom@etruscanpress.org, or 330-792-7936.

Talk on forensics

YOUNGSTOWN

Shaena Taylor, forensic scientist in drug chemistry with the Cuyahoga County Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, will lpresent “How we put CHEMISTRY in Forensic Drug Chemistry,” at 6 p.m. April 3.

As part of the presentation in Room 6029 in Ward Beecher Hall, Taylor will discuss her work on understanding and combating the exploding heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil crisis.

She will focus on the scientific challenges of identifying and quantifying the countless samples they receive each day. She graduated from YSU in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in forensic science.