Fatal crash probed

Fatal crash probed

VERNON TOWNSHIP

A van-commercial bus crash in Vernon Township late Saturday in which a Kinsman man was killed and the driver of the bus suffered nonlife-threatening injuries remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol Warren Post.

Killed in the head-on crash shortly before 11:30 p.m. on state Route 88 near Orangeville-Kinsman Road was David Stevens, 58, of Kinsman, who the OSHP said was driving a van that went left of center on Route 88 and was struck head-on by a commercial bus traveling in the opposite direction. Stevens was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital where he died. Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the Anderson bus, Amy L. Fuller, 64, of Linesville, Pa., also was taken to St. Elizabeth.

Check Out Hunger

YOUNGSTOWN

Through Saturday, Walgreens stores in Mahoning and Trumbull counties are participating in Check Out Hunger, a component of the Harvest for Hunger campaign in which customers can make $1, $5 or $10 donations at the register.

Second Harvest, a member of Feeding America, assists 148 hunger-relief programs in the tri-county area including church pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, shelters for battered women and after-school programs. For information, visit www.mahoningvalleysecondharvest.org or call 330-792-5522.

Visit by authors

YOUNGSTOWN

Noted authors Remica L. Bingham and Aaron Poochigian will visit the area between Nov. 13 and Nov. 16.

During their visit, the authors will meet with students from East High School, Choffin Career & Technical Center, Youngstown Early College, Chaney High and Austintown Fitch High.

Community members are invited to attend the free public readings. Bingham and Poochigian will be joined by Steve Reese, a professor of literature at Youngstown State University, at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 for “An Evening of Literary Dialog” at the Main Library, 305 Wick Ave.

Bingham also will conduct a public reading at the annual ACTION Clergy Caucus Fellowship Breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 16 at the Newport Public Library, 3730 Market S.

For information, contact Thomas Welsh, outreach coordinator of the Etruscan Press, at tom@etruscanpress.org, or 330-792-7936.

Polar Run Nov. 25

AUSTINTOWN

The fourth annual Polar Run is 6 p.m. Nov. 25 around the Fitch High School campus.

Fitch seniors Ryan Dippolito, Brendan Rozic and Preston Bosley organized the mile run this year. It initially began as a benefit for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, four years ago.

The students are raising money this year with the Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini Foundation for The Hope House. Preregistration ends Friday to secure a race T-shirt, but runners can still register up to the date of the run in the high-school band hallway. Use the South Circle entrance. Runners can find the registration form at www.austintownschools.org.