Historic house fire

Historic house fire

LEETONIA

The McKeefrey Farm mansion – called the “mansion on the hill” – caught fire Tuesday, destroying the majority of the historic structure.

The Vindicator’s broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV reported village fire department officials said the fire began on the third floor of the home and quickly spread through the structure.

Investigations into the reason for the fire are ongoing. The state fire marshal is assisting with those investigations.

The 15,000-square-foot, three-story mansion was built in 1908 and operated as a 500-acre farm. It included eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

MCCTC student event

CANFIELD

More than 700 students throughout Mahoning County will be in attendance for the Cutting Edge Manufacturing Event at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palymra Road, on Friday.

Students will listen to motivational speaker and author, Geo Derice about maximizing their full potential. Students also will take part in a manufacturing project that demonstrates how manufacturing industries work together to produce goods and products seen daily.

Manufacturers from local industry, representing careers in hydraulics/pneumatics, machining, welding and engineering, will work with the students by exposing them to manufacturing careers in the Mahoning Valley.

Man sentenced

YOUNGSTOWN

A man who reports said was arrested with 640 pills during a traffic stop earlier this year was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison.

Jonathan Gray, 29, of East Boston Avenue, was sentenced by Judge Maureen A. Sweeney in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to charges of attempted conveyance of prohibited items into a detention facility and possession of drugs. Reports said Gray was a passenger in a car police pulled over April 6 for not having a front license plate. When police searched the car, they found several boxes of pills where he was sitting. When he was booked into the county jail, a bag of marijuana was found in his buttocks, reports said.

Guns confiscated

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said police confiscated two guns after arresting a man while answering a fight call on the South Side.

Edward Morris Jr., 20, of Jean Street, is in the Mahoning County jail on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, having a defaced firearm and domestic violence.

Police were called to Jean Street about 11 p.m. Monday for a report of a fight. When they arrived, witnesses told them Morris had argued with his girlfriend and mother of his children, stashing two handguns next to a utility pole down the street.

Police found the guns, and one had the serial number rubbed out, reports said. The woman said she argued with Morris over a phone, and he threatened to kill her and any police who showed up.

Fire-safety training

NORTH LIMA

South Range Elementary first-grade students will receive fire-safety training from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at 11300 Columbiana-Canfield Road.

Beaver Township firefighters will present a video about fire safety, show students safety gear and firetrucks and educate students about home safety. For information, contact Lisa Fullerton 330-549-5578, ext. 39316.

2 injured in crash

HOWLAND

Two people suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night on North Road near North River Road.

The two were in a pickup truck traveling east on North River Road at 10 p.m. approaching the intersection when an SUV driven by a Warren man traveling south on North Road failed to stop at a red light, hitting the truck.

The truck proceeded off the road and struck a tree. Jason Hatton, the SUV driver, was not injured. His age and hometown were not available.

The truck driver and passenger were taken to Trumbull Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. Their names were not released pending notification of family members, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending.