CANFIELD, Ohio (WYTV) – The start of fall is just days away, which means apple season has arrived.

Apple producers said the crops have certainly battled the weather this year.

Despite weather alternating between very wet, very hot, and very dry, the orchards are thriving, and the late-summer heat means extra-sweet apples.

“It’s been a good apple crop this year,” White House Fruit Farms Manager Bob Lynn said. “The peaches, we only had about a half a crop because of the cold winter, but it didn’t impact the apples at all. So we definitely have over a normal crop of apples.”

A fan favorite is the Honeycrisp apple, which will only be picked for another month.

“People think they have a watermelon texture to it. It definitely has a distinct taste to it,” Lynn said of the Honeycrisp. “It’s a sweet apple, similar to a Fuji. Definitely an eating apple over a baking apple.”

White House Fruit Farms has more than 40 different kinds of apples available. And if you’re looking for something even sweeter, Lynn said the doughnuts are delicious too.

“It’s crazy the lines we get on the weekends for our doughnuts,” Lynn said. “And we do have the same doughnuts Monday through Friday. So you can come on Monday and Tuesday and get doughnuts without the wait.”

White House farms has fall celebration weekends happening now until October 25.

The Lordstown Apple Cider Festival is also happening this weekend. The local Lion’s Club hand-presses the cider for that event.

“Generally they sell out of apple cider, so if you want your apple cider, you better come early,” Apple Cider Festival Treasurer Ruth West said.

And last but certainly not least, the Johnny Appleseed festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, the 19th and 20th, in downtown Lisbon.

LIBERTY TWP, Ohio (WYTV) – They weren’t waiting for Veterans Day to help vets in Liberty Township on Friday.

At the Veterans Outreach building on Belgrade Avenue, folks were giving away free fresh produce to the men and women who served our country. The Youngstown Inner City Gardens in collaboration with Dandelion Lane Farms and Iron Soup Historical Preservation was able to collect two tons of produce.

It’s the second year for the event, and the folks handing out the food are just happy knowing the veterans will have something fresh to eat.

“i just love, love all of our veterans and what they’ve done,” says organizer Mason Carratt. “You know some gave all.”

Carratt says they were able to give away fresh produce to about 300 veterans last year, and were hoping to double that number this time around.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – The newest speed trap in the area is I-680 in Youngstown. Need proof?

Over the last month when speed cameras have recorded license plate numbers of people going too fast, 2,311 drivers have been caught going over 50 miles an hour. That’s 70 speeders a day.

1,539 have been issued citations; some have been sent, others will be next week.

City leaders say it’s about slowing traffic down. Critics call it a money grab.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – A new Youngstown police officer was sworn in on Friday.

Darkela Parker was given the oath in City Council Chambers in City Hall by Mayor John McNally.

Parker is a graduate of Chaney High School. McNally says she will first finish police academy and then spend time with a training officer.

The Youngstown police force now has more than 150 officers.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals have been found in the water supply for the Youngstown water district, but do not pose a significant health risk to customers, Youngstown Water Division Chief Engineer Gene Leson confirmed to WYTV Friday

Leson said his department sent out letters to customers in the Youngstown water district Thursday alerting them to the heightened levels. According to Leson, the levels do not pose any kind of major health risk, and the water is safe to drink.

The Youngstown water district includes Youngstown, Austintown, Canfield, Liberty and parts of Boardman.

Leson said that the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District found the elevated levels of trihalomethanes during scheduled quarterly testing. The Youngstown Water Division sent the letters to customers since they sell the water, Leson said.

Leson said that in his 32 years with the division, this is the first time he has had to send out a letter warning of any kind of contamination.

City resident Lisa Fitzgerald-Green is concerned though. Both her mother and son have leukemia. “I thought as first maybe it was something genetic,” says Fitzgerald-Green. “Mom and my son, that makes sense, it could be genetic. There could be something wrong that made them both have this. But I also thought it was something around my house.”

The notice indicates that trihalomethanes consumed in large and continued quantities could cause cancer, but it doesn’t specify what cancers you could be at risk of getting.

Mayor John McNally says there’s no danger in consuming the water. “The presence of this one particular chemical with much, much, much, much, much higher levels might be a particular issue. But what we’re talking about now is not a health concern, but we’re required to put people on notice about it.”

Anthony Vigorito, chief engineer of the MVSD, said the levels are typically higher during warm weather. Adjustments were made at the water treatment plant and levels are already reduced.

Vigorito said the water is safe for consumption and if customers have any concerns, a simple Brita-type water filter would remove 99 percent of trihalomethanes from the water, but is not necessary.

AKRON, Ohio (WYTV) – Cardinal Mooney quarterback Jack Lynch scored three touchdowns on the night, but it was too little too late as the Cardinals fell 49-23 to Akron St. Vincent St. Mary Friday night.

Irish quarterback Dom Davis connected with wide receiver Malik Woolridge from 83 yards away to give the Irish a 7-0 lead over Cardinal Mooney with 10:53 left in the first quarter.

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Mooney answered the bell quickly though, with Lynch throwing a touchdown pass of his own, a 22 yard pitch-and-catch to Mike Williams with 7:03 remaining in the first to tie the game at 7-7.

After Patrick Pelini recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, Dustin Hudak gave Mooney their first and only lead of the game, 10-7, with a 22 yard field goal with 4:01 remaining.

Irish running back Markus Hurd put Akron back on top with 1:40 left in the first with a score from 12 yards out, making the score 14-10.

The Irish struck again very quickly, just 23 SECONDS later in fact, after recovering a Mooney football on the ensuing kickoff.  DeAmonte’ King received a 23 yard touchdown pass from Davis on their first offensive play, extending the lead to 21-10.

Another Mooney miscue would sting the Cardinals again.  A snap over the punters head lead to excellence field position for the Irish.  Davis and Woolridge would connect again, this time from 23 yards out with 8:11 left in the second quarter to give Akron a 28-10 lead.

That lead would move to 35-10 when Myles Williams rumbled 52 yards for a score with 2:17 remaining in the half.

With 6:47 left in the third quarter, Lynch got Mooney back in the mix with a one yard touchdown run.  That closed the gap to 35-16.

The Irish would answer before the end of the quarter though, Hurd would find the end zone for the second time, this time from 59 yards out with 1:51 remaining in the frame to make it 42-16, Akron.

The Irish tacked on another seven with Davis connecting with Myles Williams from 13 yards out with 9:24 remaining to give the Irish a 49-16 lead.

Lynch would find the end zone a third time with just 26 seconds left, finding Williams for a second time, this one from 32 yards out to bring the score to 49-23 before the final whistle.

Mooney (2-2) will host Mentor Lake Catholic in week five.

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania (WYTV) – The Sharpsville offense was at it again Friday night. Sfter outscoring their previous two opponents 87-12, the Blue Devils defeated Reynolds 44-20.

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Tyrin Peavy scored from eleven yards out to give the Blue Devils a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.

Noah McCall and Khaliq Ragster got in on the action next, both scoring rushing touchdowns to extend the lead to 21-0.

Peavy then jumped back in on the action, pushing the lead to 28-0 from one yard out.

Reynolds’ Garrett Daniello scored from 28 yards out to give the Raiders their first score, cutting the lead to 28-7.

Sharpsville would add three more just before the half, Connor Williams kicked a 24 yard field goal to give the Blue Devils a 31-7 lead.

Khaliq Ragster’s one yard TD run would then make it Sharpsville 37, Reynolds 7.

A two-yard TD run from Reynolds’ Dylan McDanel cut the lead to 37-14.

Bobby Besser scored from 28 yards out to add another Sharpsville touchdown, extending the lead to 44-14.

The Raiders would add one final score to close out the game 44-20.

Sharpsville will host Mercer in week five. Reynolds will visit Franklin.

BOARDMAN TWP, Ohio (WYTV) – Need a job? Here’s hoping you checked out the Open House at the AT&T Call Center in Boardman on Saturday.

AT&T is adding at least 50 new full-time jobs at the South Avenue call center which should provide a boost to the local economy.

Across Ohio, the company is hiring more than 200 call center, retail and technician employees.

In the first 8 months of 2015, AT&T hired more than 350 Ohioans and also have invested more than $1.6 billion in Ohio networks from 2012-2014.

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania (WYTV) – Friends, family and police officers gathered Saturday morning to remember Bessemer’s top police officer.

Services for 56-year-old Thomas Macri were held at Saint Vitus Church In New Castle. He was buried in Hillsville.

Macri died last Sunday at his home in Shenango Township. Investigators say the officer-in-charge for Bessemer borough accidently shot himself while cleaning his pistol on his back porch.

Macri served four years in the U.S. Air Force and 27 years for the New Castle Police Department.

His family said Macri had a passion for running and that he was dedicated to his loved ones and to his community in Lawrence County.

AUSTINTOWN TWP, Ohio (WYTV) – Child safety seats: many end up not being installed correctly. Safe Kids Mahoning Valley and Greenwood Chevrolet got together Saturday afternoon to help parents get it right.

The free event allowed anyone to bring their car in for proper installation and to make sure there are no active recalls on their child’s safety seat.

Properly installing a safety seat can be tricky, and a series of recalls that many parents may not know about or take seriously only adds to the confusion.

In fact, in 2014, more than six million car seats were recalled for a safety defect – the largest car seat recall in U.S. history. Yet, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, fewer than half received the necessary repair.

This past week was Child Passenger Safety Week.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – As more people come downtown on evenings and weekends, “free parking” may be leaving. Some folks found out the hard way Friday night.

Several people had their cars towed from a recently updated parking lot at Phelps and Boardman Streets. The lot used to be free on weekend evenings.

Mohammed Musleh is a bartender at The Federal downtown. “Honestly, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous as it is,” says Musleh. “They didn’t give anybody a fair warning. They never let anybody know that these rules were going into effect.”

WKBN called the operator A.B.M. Parking services Saturday, but didn’t hear back.

Oh Wow! Children’s Center Executive Director Suzanne Barbati says the parking lot owner recently had a building demolished on the property. “They’ve repaved. They’ve made all new lines. They’ve put in some new equipment. So I’m sure that this is just an effort on their part to get a return on that investment.”

There are signs that read “No Free Parking at Any Time,” and a parking machine to accept payments.

“It’s a good thing, I think, for us to have free parking, at least in the evenings and weekends to bring parking downtown,” says Musleh. “I’m sure whoever got their cars towed last night aren’t going to be coming back for a little while.”

But Barbati thinks times may be changing. “I think the days of free parking are over. I think the downtown area is seeing a renaissance, a comeback. And I know that there are other interesting things to do downtown.”

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Hundreds of people took a stroll on Saturday. It was the Tri-County Heart Walk at the Watson and Tressel Training Site at YSU.

The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association’s premiere event that brings communities together to raise funds and celebrate progress in the fight against this country’s No. 1 and No. 5 killers, heart disease and stroke.

The 1.25 mile walk typically raises $250,000 for the local heart association.

This year, more than one million walkers will participate in nearly 350 events nationwide.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Some YSU Tailgaters found a unique way to spend time before kickoff on Saturday.

The Business and Media Archives collection now inside the Carriage House at the Arms Family Museum on Wick Avenue was open from 12noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday.

There are listening and viewing stations as well as media artifacts at the new location. WYTV and the Williamson Family Foundation have donated extensively to this collection.

There was also music by County Mayo and games for the kids. It was a way for the Mahoning Valley Historical Society to celebrate Founders Day and the society’s 140th anniversary.

SANDY LAKE, Pennsylvania (WYTV) – Pennsylvania State Police are looking for three people who broke into the Grantham’s Landing Restaurant in Sandy Lake early Friday morning. The break-in was caught on surveillance cameras.

It’s that video that has restaurant co-owner Stephanie Gall in shock. It’s their first break-in caught on tape. She says, “I thought ‘this can’t be real.’ This is a very small community.”

At 2:30 a.m Friday, security cameras at the Georgetown Road establishment show three people all dressed in hoodies breaking into the restaurant. Moments later, one person makes their way straight to the cash register.

Gall says, “When I first watched it, it honestly made me sick to my stomach, knowing that somebody can go out and do that and then go home and go to bed that night and sleep fine.”

For 29 years, Grantham’s Landing has welcomed families to their restaurant. But Gall admits times have changed. “It’s 2015 now, it’s not 1986. They built this in 1986 and this stuff really didn’t happen as much then. The crime rate’s gone up, drugs are getting bad; people don’t want to work.”

Pennsylvania State Police say no one got away with any cash. The family doesn’t keep money in the restaurant overnight. Police would like any information that might lead to an arrest.

Warren, OH (WYTV) – The Crestview football team overcame an early deficit to take down Warren JFK, 20-13 Saturday at Mollenkopf Stadium.

The Eagles struck first with a one yard touchdown by Bobby Jefferson on the quarterback keeper to make it 7-0. But the Rebels came back with Spencer DeSalvo finding Caleb Hill for a touchdown to make it 7-7 at halftime.

After a stalled drive in the 3rd quarter, JFK’s Justin Bofenkamp hit a 42 yard field goal to make it a 10-7. Bofenkamp’s kick tied a school record. But minutes later, Spencer DeSalvo led another drive for the Rebels, capped by a 5 yard touchdown run, to give Crestview the lead for good.

Both teams were ranked in the first OHSAA State Polls at the beginning of the week. Crestview is #3 in Division V, while Warren JFK is atop the Division VII polls.

The Rebels improve to 4-0 on the season, while the Eagles fall to 3-1.

Mentor, OH (WYTV) – Kimauni Johnson scored a couple early touchdowns to lead Ursuline past Mentor Lake Catholic, 33-12 Saturday.

The Irish came into the game with two straight losses to Cleveland Benedictine and Akron Hoban, but got back on track with an all around performance Saturday night.

Ursuline improves to 2-2 on the season and visit Warren Harding next Friday at 7 PM.

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pennsylvania (WYTV) – Repairs begin Monday on the Interstate 80 bridge over Route 718 in Shenango Township in Mercer County. The westbound I-80 bridge was damaged when a truck struck the bridge back on Aug. 11..

Route 718 is scheduled to be closed under the bridge on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following morning. The state-posted detour uses Routes 18, 318 and 760. There’s a separate truck detour.

After that, only one lane will be available. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers or signaling equipment.

But the biggest traffic impact may be on westbound 80. That will drop down to one lane for the balance of the project. That is near the 4-mile marker. Work is to be completed by early November.

Repairs will include replacement of damaged beams along with reconstruction of portions of the concrete bridge deck and a bituminous overlay, along with updated pavement markings.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WYTV) – A resident in East Palestine who keeps a goat as a pet prompted a question as to the zoning authorization for livestock.

According to the Morning Journal, Village Solicitor David Powers learned that while there is not an ordinance prohibiting animals in the village, there is a zoning ordinance that states residents can’t keep livestock as pets.

Those found in violation would likely be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

Powers began researching the law after Councilman Don Elzer posed the question a few weeks ago when he learned there was a man in town with a pet goat.

WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – A man is in a Warren hospital after being shot Saturday morning.

According to Trumbull County dispatch, the call came in to the 911 center about 9:30 a.m. about the shooting at a house on 1^st Street.

The victim was taken by a private vehicle to Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

The victim’s name and his condition have not been released.

WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – Students with John F. Kennedy Catholic School Kids That Care Club took steps to fight cancer Sunday.

Club members walked the track to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand. For every mile, the students will donate funds to the organization created to support and raise money for childhood cancer.

Twenty two students from JFK took part. This is the second time the school sponsored the event.

“Our school is so small and to have 22 people is not a lot of people, but it is Sunday, so that is a lot of people for us,” said senior Francesca Frazeskos. “It is helping us raise money and our school does a lot. We do a bunch of organizations.”

The students said they reached their $1,000 fundraising goal before they took a step on the track – raising money as part of “dress down” days for students at school.