AKRON

Intruder fires gun
AKRON: A robber burst inside an Akron home Thursday night, firing two shots before fleeing with a woman’s purse.
Two women, ages 75 and 37, were inside the home in the 800 block of Wiltshire Road when the man forced his way inside about 10:30 p.m. Police said he fired a gun twice and then entered a kitchen and stole a purse belonging to the younger woman. According to the owner, the purse contained about $60 and several credit cards.
No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490. Anonymous tips can be left via the Internet at http://akronohio.gov/asp/tip.html.

Robberies reported
AKRON: An Akron man was whipped with a pellet gun during one of several robberies reported Thursday and Friday morning in Akron.
The man, 48, was walking about 12:35 a.m. Friday on Grand Park Avenue when he was approached by four men who demanded money.
When he said he had none, one robber fired three shots from a pellet gun and struck him with the weapon. The four robbers drove away in a blue four-door car.
About 11 p.m. Thursday, a woman, 51, was leaving her job at Manor Care Nursing Home when a gunman robbed her of her purse.
A woman, 20, was walking near Callis Drive and Ogle Terrace about 12:45 p.m. Thursday when a teen gunman jumped out of bushes and demanded money. The woman threw a dollar on the ground and the bandit picked it up and ran.
Anyone with information about any of these robberies is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490. Anonymous tips may be left at http://
akronohio.gov/asp/tip.html.

Gun permit taken
AKRON: A motorist, 74, who stopped his car for a couple walking down South Arlington Street was robbed of his pants, a gun permit and cash.
The Springfield Township man told police he was driving in Southeast Akron when a man and woman flagged him down about 4:30 a.m. Thursday. They each got inside his car and ordered him to drive away.
They eventually stopped at a vacant house on Henry Street, where the man was ordered to remove his blue jeans and surrender his car keys and wallet. The couple fled, leaving the man alone with his car. His wallet contained a concealed carry weapon permit, bank cards and about $25.
The female robber was described as white and in her mid-30s, with possibly no lower teeth. She had brown curly hair and a medium build. Her partner was also white and in his late 30s.
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490. Anonymous tips can be left via the Internet at http://akronohio.gov/asp/tip.html.

School reception
AKRON: A reception to welcome Sam Chestnut, the new head of school at the Lippman School, will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at 750 White Pond Drive.
Chestnut was named to the position June 24.
For information, call 330-836-0419.

Cuyahoga County
I-77 work delayed
CLEVELAND: The Ohio Department of Transportation has postponed plans to close Interstate 77 northbound between Interstate 480 and Interstate 490 this weekend because of the threat of rain.
The state agency had planned to shut down the highway Friday night through Saturday night for major paving work.
ODOT said it will announce a new closing date. The $9.3 million resurfacing project is scheduled to be completed in October.

Jackson Township
Interim president
JACKSON TWP.: Thomas A. Chiappini, chief operating officer and treasurer of Stark State College, has been named interim president.
Chiappini has an associate’s degree from Stark State, bachelor’s from Kent State and MBA from Ashland University.
He replaces John O’Donnell, who resigned to accept a similar position at MassBay Community College in Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Chiappini is being paid $225,000 in the interim role.
The two-year, tax-supported college has hired the Association of Community College Trustees in Washington, D.C., to conduct the search for a $30,000 fee plus traveling expenses.

Maumee
Woman in hospital
MAUMEE: A Wooster woman who stopped Thursday morning to help victims in a crash in Maumee was injured herself when a truck ran through the accident scene.
The Toledo Blade reported that Diana Dixon, 48, of Wooster, jumped from a freeway viaduct and fell onto the Ohio Turnpike median to avoid being hit by flying wreckage.
She was in critical condition at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Three people at the scene were killed when the truck, hauling two trailers, crashed through wreckage from the earlier accident on Interstate 475/U.S. 23. No one had been seriously injured in the original accident.
The 5:25 a.m. collision shut down the busy freeway’s northbound lanes for more than eight hours while investigators from the State Highway Patrol sorted out what they termed a very complicated accident scene that left wreckage from cars, trucks and a motorcycle scattered over the highway.
Those killed were James South, 68, of Monclova Township, Ohio, the driver of a pickup involved in the initial accident; Dale Barnhiser, 52, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, a motorcyclist involved in the second collision; and Jodi Lubas, 40, of Maumee, who had stopped her car beyond South’s wrecked pickup to offer assistance.

NORTH CANTON
Candidate quits
NORTH CANTON: Former Councilman Jim Repace has withdrawn his petition to run for an at-large seat on the City Council.
Repace served as councilman-at-large from 2005-07. He is a former president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1985, the union that represented Hoover Co. employees.
His withdrawal leaves a field of seven potential candidates for three at-large seats.
Incumbents Marcia Kiesling and Mark Ceretta have filed petitions. Challengers Dan Griffith, Chuck Osborne and Alan Wells also have filed. Dan Lasser and Roger J. Manse have taken out petitions but have not filed them.

Revere schools
Special meeting
BATH TWP.: The Revere school board will have a special meeting Tuesday in the Revere High School Library.
The meeting agenda will address extended days for various personnel in the guidance, psychology and librarian fields, as well as considering the hiring of Sarah Smith as an intervention specialist for Hillcrest Elementary School.
The meeting will take place immediately following a planned reception to welcome newly hired Revere High School Principal Phillip King to the district. King, who was hired July 19, comes to Revere from Parma City Schools.
King and his family, including his wife, Kendra, a Revere graduate, will be greeted by staff and community members from 6 to 7 p.m. in the high school library.

Summit County
Sheriff to run again
AKRON: Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander announced Friday that he will seek re-election in 2012.
He is serving his third term.
“The Summit County Sheriff’s Office has been able to maintain a high level of service through the economic downturn,” according to a news release from Alexander. “This has been accomplished by cutting costs, seeking alternate funding sources, and collaborating with other agencies.”

Wickliffe
Catholics to gather
WICKLIFFE: The Fest, a one-day outdoor Catholic family festival, will be held Sunday on the seminary grounds of the Center for Pastoral Leadership, 28700 Euclid Ave.
The event, which begins at noon, features live music; games; activities for children, adults and seniors; an outdoor Mass and fireworks. About 34,000 people are expected to attend the annual Catholic Diocese of Cleveland family festival, which is in its 11th year.
The Fest is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity Health System, Notre Dame College, Marc’s, PNC Bank and the Cleveland Indians.
For the schedule and a full list of activities, performances and vendors, go to http://www.thefest.us.