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Convicted sex offender wants to withdraw plea
A former Pine Township man convicted of raping a girl is again trying to get out from under the plea, or have his sentence reduced.
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Farrell man pleads guilty to shooting incident at store
A Farrell man pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting at a man at a Division Street convenience store in December.
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News Briefs from May 15, 2008
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Downtown about to turn into work zone
Construction on Main Street in downtown Greenville is expected to begin in about a week, starting with replacement of water lines, followed by phase two of streetscape.
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Housing Authority puts its last Hope cash to work
Mercer County Housing Authority is taking the last of the $9 million federal grant that built Centennial Place in Farrell and putting the money into an endowment to pay for services in the community.
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Sharpsville water plant deadline looming; solicitor: ‘We have problems’
With seven days until Sharpsville leaders must tell contractors if they can turn dirt on a $10 million water treatment plant, council members Tuesday spent about two hours re-hashing different angles of the issue.
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Pipe workers rally for trade sanctions
Wheatland Tube Co. saw 50 of its workers, managers and executives rally Tuesday for trade sanctions against Chinese pipe imports before a U.S. International Trade Commission hearing.
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Can Greenville afford paid firefighters? Council could put question to voters
In the wake of Greenville’s revised Act 47 plan, council plans to seriously consider if the borough can afford a paid fire department.
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Teens say reports of trouble in Sharon are blown out of proportion
The grown-ups who live in the area may be fed up, but teenagers hanging out Tuesday night around C.M. Musser Elementary don’t think there’s really a problem with unruly youths.
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News briefs May 14, 2008
Minors banned from using tobacco in Greenville
GREENVILLE — People under the age of 18 are no longer allowed to use or possess tobacco products in certain public areas of Greenville.
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Scott Dunn challenges arson sentences
Scott A. Dunn is challenging a judge’s sentencing on arson charges in his appeal to Superior Court.
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2 Amish girls leave hospital; dad still listed critical
Two Amish girls hurt in a weekend crash were set to be released Tuesday from Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh while their father remains in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, hospital spokeswomen said.
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Trinity buys back site
Trinity Industries Inc. has bought back the former site of its north plant in Greenville from Commerce Park of Greenville Inc.
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Supreme Court backs DUI sentence of local woman
The state Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear the appeal of a local woman who claimed she was improperly sentenced for a 2005 drunken driving conviction.
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McFerren removal hearing set to resume next week
Suspended Farrell High School Principal Lee McFerren’s removal hearing is set to resume next week.
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2 Amish crash victims released from hospital, 2 still critical
Two area Amish men remain in critical condition after separate crashes last week on state Route 358 in Perry Township and two boys involved in one of the wrecks have been released from the hospital.
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Police probing death of pony
The Humane Society of Mercer County and state police are continuing to investigate leads into the death of a blind pony in Shenango Township.
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Man charged in fatal hit-and-run with motorcyclist
A Sandy Lake Township man police say left a Youngstown motorcyclist for dead last August after a crash in Brookfield was arraigned Monday on vehicular homicide charges.
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News briefs May 13, 2008
Police: Man exposed himself while shopping
YANKEE LAKE — A Pymatuning Township man police say on May 3 showed his genitals to a store cashier in Yankee Lake was charged Thursday with public indecency, police said.
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Amish family hospitalized
Five members of an Amish family are hospitalized after police say a drunk driver crashed her pickup truck into their horse-driven buggy Saturday evening
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Man accused of assault is beaten
A Delaware Township man accused of beating up and robbing a friend last year was beat up himself.
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Armed fight in street ends in arrests
A man with a knife and a man with a hammer fought in the street Saturday afternoon near the center of town, prompting a neighbor to draw a gun, Greenville-West Salem Township police said.
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After wrecking, men charged in burglary
Two Jamestown men wrecked their vehicle and wound up being charged with burglary.
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Union denies conspiring in plant worker’s firing
A union has denied that it conspired with Salem Tube Corp. to make a union member’s firing stand.
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Stacey settles with former attorney
Raymond Stacey has reached a settlement with a former family attorney, ending the legal malpractice claims in his long-running lawsuit over the demolition of his parents’ house in Hermitage.
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Man adds to discrimination suit
A Hermitage man who filed an age discrimination suit against Primary Health Network has amended the suit to add the Primary Health Charitable Foundation, and two new counts.
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IU’s $1.49 million upgrade should improve efficiency
As a result of an energy audit last year, Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV is undergoing a $1.49 million upgrade to their Grove City office to improve efficiency.
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Road work
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‘Really neat, round rock’ turns out to be cannonball
The Allegheny County bomb squad was called in last weekend when a South Pymatuning Township couple found a Civil War-era cannonball in their yard.
