WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – The old WYTV anchor desk has found a new home at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center.
The desk was donated Monday to the Interactive Multimedia class at TCTC. Students will use it as they put together broadcasts for class.
The desk will also be used to host streaming events.
HUBBARD, Ohio (WYTV) – Colin Burdette’s accident happened one year ago Sunday.
When his mom, Molly, got the call her son was in an accident she thought, “He’s going to be OK.” Then she saw Colin’s injuries firsthand and knew it was going to be a long road to recovery–one that required Colin getting a medical helicopter ride to Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron.
“He broke almost pretty much every bone in his face. He broke both arms, lacerated his spleen, and of course, had a severe concussion,” Molly said of Colin’s accident, which occurred while he was riding an ATV with friends.
“Last thing I remember is my friend getting off the back ’cause he didn’t want want to get muddy, and I did a donut and sprayed him with mud,” Colin recalled of the harrowing accident.
Colin was put in a medically-induced coma and underwent a 10-hour surgery to repair his face. He went home a few weeks after the accident.
“After I got my jaw unwired, it was a lot easier because I started eating, and I started putting weight back on and my muscles got bigger,” he said.
Throughout the ordeal, Molly could not help but think of the doctors and nurses that helped tend to her son.
“I honestly think that Colin would not have healed as well as he did if we hadn’t gone to Akron Children’s,” she said. “I mean, he doesn’t have a scar on his face. He doesn’t have a scar on his body.”
Right away, the Burdettes knew they wanted to give back to Akron Children’s Hospital. They are running the Akron Marathon on Saturday, with the goal of raising $10,000 for Akron Children’s Hospital. Currently, they have raised $7,000 through the fundraiser.
The Haulin’ with Colin Relay team has some experienced and not so experienced runners, but everyone has the same inspiration — the youngest member of the team, Colin.
“He’s such an amazing source of inspiration. He really has helped all of us more than he’ll ever know,” said Colin’s aunt, Melissa Kerr, who is participating in the race.
Kerr, a veteran runner, said she knew she would always think of Colin during the Akron Marathon. He was in the hospital during the last race.And so, the family decided to make race day a new memory.
“I think it’s going to be fun. I can’t wait until I cross the finish line into the Zip Stadium,” Colin said. “Everyone is going to be there.”
The family knows Saturday is going to be emotional, but it is also a celebration a year in the making and a way to give back to those who helped Colin when he needed it most.
“One thing I loved was, [Akron Children’s Hospital staff] would say, ‘Colin, here’s what you need to do. They wouldn’t say, ‘Mom, here’s what Colin needs to do,'” Molly said. “They gave it to him. It was his injury, his recovery.”
WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – Police in Warren are looking for the person who shot 23-year-old Jarame Provitt Saturday morning.
Provitt can be heard on a 911 call obtained by WKBN moaning in pain, after he was found outside a house on First Street SW in Warren lying in a pool of his own blood, wounded seriously but not fatally.
“I know that this area in particular is a hot spot right now,” Warren Police Captain Robert Massucci said.
Part of the 911 call sounded like this:
A neighbor took Provitt to Trumbull Memorial Hospital, where he briefly spoke to police before being flown by helicopter to Cleveland. Provitt is expected to survive and at last check was listed in serious but stable condition.
“We have several leads. That area’s been pretty hot for us recently as far as shootings go, several shots fired calls in that area, so we have several leads to follow up on, but as of right now, we do not have a suspect,” Massucci said.
Now detectives are still looking for whoever’s responsible for Saturday’s shooting. They’re asking anyone who might have any information to please come forward and contact Warren Police at (330) 394-2521.
STRUTHERS, Ohio (WYTV) – With perhaps a million people attending an open air Mass to be celebrated in Philadelphia on Sunday, local Catholics who are going know there will be a lot of walking involved.
Priscilla Carlucci from Christ Our Savior Parish in Struthers says their two bus-fulls will stay overnight in Reading, Pennsylvania, about an hour west of Philly. “The bus will take us as far as it can go, which is about four and a half miles before Benjamin Franklin Parkway'” says Carlucci. “And then we will take the Amtrak, which will take us approximately a half-mile to a mile into Philadelphia.”
They head east on Friday morning. They say hotels closer to Philadelphia are either sold out or very expensive.
Still, the group is excited. “Everybody that calls me says ‘I am so excited. I cannot wait to see the Pope,” says Carlucci.
Another group from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Warren is also going.
Barb Eggleston from Christ Our Savior echoes the enthusiasm of all. “I can’t find the word to really put across the meaning, how I feel,” says Eggleston. “I’m very excited.”
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WYTV) – When renters move out of a house, they sometimes leave things behind. An East Liverpool police officer wasn’t thrilled with what he found inside a rental property on Jackson Street.
After responding to a call about two dogs stuck on the roof, the Morning Journal says Officer Chad Tatgenhorst went inside the mostly-empty house and found a live tarantula and a live snake.
Police got in touch with former resident Nicholas Anderson who says the dogs and creepy, crawly things belonged to his former live-in girlfriend. They could not get in touch with her.
The dogs were taken to the Columbiana County Dog Pound and Adoption Center where they were described as “very thin”. The snake and spider were taken to the Community Animal Clinic in East Liverpool. No word on where they are going next.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Youngstown police are investigating a Monday afternoon incident on the south side where a child fell from a second floor window.
It happened at a house in the 700 block of Parkview Avenue. The child was taken to Saint Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown; his condition, name and age are not known.
Police say charges are pending against an unidentified man who has been arrested.
This is a developing story. Check back with wytv.com for more information.
BOARDMAN TWP, Ohio (WYTV) – Boardman residents turned out at the Lariccia Community Room in Boardman Park for Candidates and Issues Night Monday night.
Six issues were discussed including the 3.85 mill renewal levy. Police Chief Jack Nichols sent a strong message regarding that. “We’ll be in crisis mode if the levy were to fail,” says Nichols.
Nichols says the department would be forced to lay off officers if the levy goes down.
Among the other issues discussed were the Metroparks 1.75-renewal and .25-additional levy, the Boardman Parks .6 mill issue, and the state marijuana issue.
There are also two Boardman Local Schools renewal issues on the ballot. School board candidates were also on hand.
The event was sponsored by the Boardman Civic Association.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Youngstown police made an arrest in a homicide investigation from last week.
Sir Wolfgang Green, 21, was arrested and charged in connection to the September 16 shooting death of 16-year-old Devon Bailey.
Bailey was found lying on the floor with a fatal gunshot wound inside a home on Cohasset Drive. He was a student at East High School.
Green was arrested early Tuesday after police received an anonymous tip that led them to a home on Summer Street where Green was found.
When police arrived, Green jumped from a second story window and onto a porch roof. He tried to make a run for it, but officers apprehended him.
LEETONIA, Ohio (WYTV) – A Leetonia man is out on bond after a stand-off shortly after 12 a.m. Sunday.
According to the Morning Journal, Donavin Hanna, 24, is facing aggravated menacing charges for pointing a high-powered rifle at two police officers, and threatening to shoot them.
The incident began when Hanna’s girlfriend called police, saying he was upset and breaking things in her house.
No shots were fired and no one was hurt. Investigators believe alcohol was involved.
Hanna pleaded not guilty Monday and is due back in court October 1.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WYTV) – One week after two suspects in a central Ohio murder were arrested in Youngstown, Police in Columbus had to respond to the funeral for the victim.
Officers say there was a large brawl outside the church where the funeral for Dametrious Edwards, 28, was being held. Edwards was found dead in the basement of a home near Columbus. Two suspects in the case were arrested in Youngstown. One is charged with murder.
More than 100 officers responded to the funeral after arguments started outside and the service was put on hold while the church was evacuated.
There were no injuries reported and multiple people were taken into custody.
Police said the funeral did eventually proceed with close friends and family.
According to Columbus police, 37-year-old Danyell Florida is accused of murdering Edwards at a home on Champion Avenue in Columbus.
U.S. Marshals arrested Florida and Kalene Bartlett, 22, last week and both were held in the Mahoning County Jail before appearing at an extradition hearing.
Bartlett is charged with abuse of a corpse.
STRUTHERS, Ohio (WYTV) – Struthers Middle School students are returning to class after a smoke smell was reported in the building.
The students were safely evacuated just before 10 a.m.Tuesday to the Struthers High School Fieldhouse during the investigation by Struthers Fire Department. There was no fire identified, and the cause of the reported smell has not been determined, according to a press release from Struthers City School District.
Struthers Superintendent Joseph Nohra, Jr. said teachers, staff and students are following all of the necessary steps to remove the fumes from the building. He said students will return to the building by 12:30 p.m. to resume the school day.
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Police raided a house on the east side of Austintown Tuesday morning, finding heroin, cash and a four-day-old baby, according to Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force Commander Jeff Solic.
Mahoning County Children Services agents came to the house and placed the baby, who was born Friday, in the custody of a relative who was not at the house during the raid, Solic said.
One neighbor said that starting around 9 a.m., police used a battering ram to break down the door to the house at 293 N. Edgehill Ave. Police found four people inside the home in addition to the baby, and temporarily detained a few of them in handcuffs for questioning, but did not arrest anyone.
Solic said that only three of the people found inside were related to the search warrant.
Police also towed three vehicles from the house.
U.S. Marshals as well as the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force were serving a search warrant at the house, with assistance from Austintown Police.
CHAMPION, Ohio (WYTV) – One lane is now open on State Route 45 just north of Airport Road is after a water main break there Tuesday.
Champion police are still recommending that motorists avoid the area and crews continue to work to repair the break.
All lanes were closed for a few hours at the time of break.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details.
CAMPBELL, Ohio (WYTV) – A candidate for Campbell mayor turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges of felonious assault.
Nick Phillips was wanted in connection to an August altercation at his Sycamore Drive home where the victim, who is the former boyfriend of Phillips’ stepdaughter, claims Phillips punched him so hard it broke his jaw.
Phillips said his daughter’s boyfriend was arguing with Phillips’ wife when he intervened and punched him.
A visiting prosecutor from Youngstown will handle the case, since Campbell’s legal officials have excused themselves.
Phillips is running in the November election.
FARRELL, Pa. (WYTV) – Farrell City Council voted Monday night to withdraw from the Southwest Regional Police Department.
The vote comes after months of negotiations between the two sides. The main sticking point was costs to service Farrell’s 4, 500 residents.
City Manager Michael Ceci said the city was paying $1.22 million for the policing but was looking to cut costs in anticipation of a $250,000 budget cut, after a tax expires that was implemented in 1988 to assist distressed cities. The tax will expire January 2018.
A decision had to made by November or the city of Farrell would automatically be contractually obligated to the Southwest Regional Police Department for another year.
The city has already taken steps to create a civil service commission to hire a police chief and staff a police department.
Shenango Township withdrew from the regional department in 2015 citing budgetary issues.
With Shenango and now Farrell withdrawing from the department, the SWRPD includes Wheatland Borough and West Middlesex.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – Five people were taken to North Side Hospital Tuesday after a two-car accident on the north side.
Police say a car ran a red light at Fifth Avenue and Broadway Street just before 9 a.m. and was struck by an oncoming SUV.
The car was carrying several members of a family, including children.
Police say non of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
The investigation into the accident is ongoing. It is not clear if anyone was immediately charged in the accident.
HUBBARD, Ohio (WYTV) – City of Hubbard water customers who live south of the cellular tower located on Creed Street will have an interruption to their water service from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
According to the Hubbard Police Department, repairs to a pump station on Creed Street will take place Wednesday, prompting the service interruption.
A boil advisory will be in effect following the repair. Water samples will be sent out and results should be back the following day, according to police. At that time, the advisory will be lifted.
Customers should bring water to a full boil for one minute before consumption. Bottled and boiled water should be used for drinking, brushing teeth, washing dishes, food preparation, and making ice.
WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – Trumbull-Ashtabula Group police officers will collect and destroy prescription drugs Wednesday in Warren, according to a press release.
Police will accept the drugs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 23 at the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management facilities at 5138 Enterprise Drive in Warren, the release states.
Officers will accept unused or expired drugs in original containers. If you can’t make it to the dropoff, you can find a list of drug drop-off boxes online.
Police will count the medications and destroy them, according to the release.
The following medications can be turned in:
These medications cannot be turned in:
For more information, you can call 330-675-2765, ext. 119.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – More than 100 local business leaders came to Youngstown State University’s Kilcawley Center Tuesday morning with the goal of communicating what they need to do to improve the manufacturing sector in the Mahoning Valley.
They took part in the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Northeastern OH/Western PA, Manufacturing Career Pathways Summit, sponsored by Hapco, Inc. and the Oh-Penn Manufacturing Collaborative. The summit, which included speakers, break-out sessions with manufacturers and educational exhibits, sought to bridge the gap between employers and job seekers in the manufacturing industry.
Manufacturing employs nearly 40,000 workers in the Oh-Penn region and is the third largest industry behind health care/social assistance and retail trade, according to the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition. But, the coalition said these industries are having difficulty filling the vacant positions.
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor gave Oh-Penn a $3 million grant to help manufacturers find skilled employees in the area to fill jobs. The organization’s goal is to place 300 apprentices in the next five years.
Jessica Borza, sector partnership coordinator for the Oh-Penn Manufacturing Collaborative, said recruiting students into the manufacturing industry is a major goal as well.
“Getting out into the schools and reaching out to young people to educate them about manufacturing career pathways,” she said. “We’re working with the education and training providers to make sure that they know what the skill needs are and are able to adjust their curriculum.”
Oh-Penn will take some of the feedback it received from industry leaders on Tuesday and use it to shape what the organization does in the future.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) – The latest economic development plan for the City of Youngstown was unveiled Tuesday.
The plan is the result of studies taken over several years in cooperation between the city and the Center for Urban Studies at Youngstown State University.
The study divides Youngstown into five regions and sets out a plan to improve and connect each one. Michael Hripko, associate vice president for Student Success, said the plan looks at the city of Youngstown as a whole, focusing on the downtown corridor as well as neighborhoods.
One set of goals looks at making better connections between downtown, the university and the hospital corridors.
“It really represents a long-term strategy with specific steps we can take in the near term,” said Michael Hripko, associate vice president for Student Success. “We are working at improving the quality of life, improve safety and business investment for current businesses and businesses looking to locate here in town.”
Funding for the project was provided by a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration
