AKRON
Man shot in face
AKRON: An Akron man is wanted in connection with a shooting in which a victim was struck in the face.
The male victim, 30, was treated at a local hospital and is expected to survive, police said.
An arrest warrant was issued later for Davone Irvine, 19, of Copley Road.
Irvine is accused of shooting the victim during a confrontation Friday afternoon in the 700 block of East Avenue.
Suspect named
AKRON: Police detectives have identified a suspect in connection with this past weekend’s shooting death of an Akron man.
Anthony R. Smith, 21, was shot in the chest shortly after noon Saturday while standing outside a house on Eighth Avenue near Kelly Avenue. He was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital, where he later died.
On Monday, police issued a warrant for Randy A. Thomas, 21, of Akron.
Thomas is accused of aggravated murder, according to police and court records. Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Ward meetings
AKRON: Four Akron council members will hold meetings over the next two weeks.
A Ward 1 meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Patterson Park Community Center, 800 Patterson Ave. At-large Councilman Jeff Fusco will run the meeting for Councilman Jim Hurley, who will be out of town. Toree Stokes of Mustard Seed Development Center will discuss help for homeowners facing or going through foreclosures.
Marilyn Keith, the Ward 8 councilwoman, will have a block watch meeting at 6 p.m., followed by a ward meeting at 6:30 p.m., at Northwest Family Recreation Center, 1730 Shatto Ave. Michelle Garro, a neighborhood advocate, and Debra Clayton of GASP (Guardians Advocating Child Safety and Protection) will discuss sexual predators and how a neighborhood can be proactive.
Bob Hoch, the Ward 6 councilman, will have a ward meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Ellet Community Center, 2449 Wedgewood Drive. There will be an open forum and discussion.
Donnie Kammer, the Ward 7 councilman, will have a safety meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Lifesprings Church, 1828 Marigold Ave. in Firestone Park. Representatives from community policing, the detective bureau and the fire department will speak.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Kickoff for Knodel
GREEN: City Councilman Ken Knodel will host a campaign kickoff fundraiser from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Menches Brothers restaurant, 3700 Massillon Road.
Food and beverages will be provided.
Requested donation is $35 per person, payable at the door.
For more information, call 330-896-9708.
Flagg fundraiser
AKRON: The Committee to Elect Jill Flagg Judge of the Barberton Municipal Court will host a wine tasting fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Uncorked Wine Bar & Gallery, 22 N. High St., Akron.
Requested donation is $75 per person.
For more information, email flaggforjudge@gmail.com.
CANTON
Debt refinancing
CANTON: Taxpayers in the city school district will save about $677,000 in interest on bonds sold to finance school building improvements as the result of action taken Monday by the Canton Board of Education.
Members agree to refund $23.6 million worth of bonds originally sold in 1999 for a capital project that rebuilt or remodeled most school buildings.
“It’s somewhat like refinancing your house,” said Richard Milligan, chairman of the board’s Finance Committee.
The new interest rate will be 2.5 percent. The existing rate is 4.74 percent.
This is the second time the debt was refinanced at a lower rate, Treasurer Jeff Gruber said.
The remainder of the debt may be refinanced with tax-exempt bonds in 2015, Milligan said.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
Chief put on leave
JACKSON TWP.: Township trustees once again have placed Police Chief David Zink on administrative leave.
Lt. Ty Bissler has been appointed as acting police chief, effective April 12.
Zink has been under investigation since early March. He was accused of sexual harassment in November 2012.
At that time, he was suspended for a month then put on administrative leave after a female officer accused him of making several unwanted sexual advances toward her.
Zink denied all accusations and returned to work Feb. 1.
Agents with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are conducting the investigation of the sexual harassment allegation.
Township Administrator Marilyn Lyon said last week that Zink would be put on administrative leave until further notice.
Neither Zink nor the trustees could be reached for comment.
Zink, 49, joined the Police Department in 1986. He was named chief in March 2010. He earns $91,271 a year.
Bissler has been with the department since 1994.
MEDINA COUNTY
Health-care talk
The Wadsworth Area Chamber of Commerce will host an informational seminar on the Affordable Care Act from 7:30 to 9 a.m. April 30 at Rawiga Country Club, 10353 Rawiga Road, Seville.
U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Wadsworth, and Dino Sciulli of Dorman-Sciulli Advisors will be presenters.
Tickets are $20 and include breakfast. Reservations are due by April 25 and can be made by calling the chamber at 330-336-6150.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Volunteer class
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Heaven Can Wait Rescue and Adoptions will be conducting a spring volunteer orientation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the business room at Panera Bread, 689 Howe Ave, Cuyahoga Falls.
Volunteers need to commit to two events per month, be 18 or older and have Internet access. To sign up, go to www.heaven-can-wait.com by 10 a.m. Thursday.
For more information, contact 330-328-8699 or adoptions@heaven-can-wait.com.
WAYNE county
Charges expected
DOYLESTOWN: A 25-year-old man is dead and multiple drug charges are pending against two suspects after police found a methamphetamine lab Saturday night inside a home in the 500 block of North Portage Street, authorities said.
Methamphetamine poisoning is suspected.
The body of Ray A. Beatty II was found inside a bedroom when a patrol officer entered the two-story home after being flagged down about 7:15 p.m., Doylestown police Chief Brian Dressler said.
Officers later obtained permission to search the residence, the chief said, and found a meth lab in the basement.
Multiple drug charges are pending against a Barberton woman, 40, and another man, 42, who was living at the residence, Dressler said.
The chief said no children were in the home.
A spokesman for the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said the agency is awaiting completion of toxicology tests before ruling on a cause of death.