Fibers link found between victim and Elyria suspect
FBI tests show turquoise cotton fibers on Angela Galloway's clothing match fibers from Ray H. Smith Jr's work shirt. Smith, 37, faces the death penalty if convicted of the Dec 24 1997 murder during a Friendly's robbery in Elyria Ohio.
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Elyria
FBI
Ray H. Smith Jr
Angela Galloway
Cleveland
Gregory A
White Salas
Smith
Galloway
Friendly
Broad Street
White
Emh Regional Medical Center
Foundry Waste Test Ordered in Wellington Landfill
Sterling Foundry in Wellington agrees to state oversight tests that may close its 8 acre landfill at 201 Erie St. The EPA will supervise waste tests and water well drawings and maps, while a site suitability report determines disposal viability. Court order signed by Judge Bedleski names EPA action.
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Elyria
Sterling
Wellington
Common Pleas
Mark A. Bedleski
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Erie St
Sterling Foundry
Daniel Curtiss
Jennifer Detwiler
Betty Montgomery
EPA
Firefighter pleads guilty in cover up
Elyria firefighter Rick Thrasher 86 pleaded guilty to falsification a first degree misdemeanor for helping cover up an insured claim by fellow firefighter Kurt G Blair 36 Blair pleaded guilty to theft a first degree misdemeanor and was ordered to restitution and probation background report to be prepared before sentencing Blair was connected to Thrasher's painting business and the insurance claim involved a fall while painting a house in Elyria last August
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Elyria
Rick Thrasher
Thrasher
Common Pleas
Mark A. Bedleski
Kurt G. Blair
Blair
Bedeski
Betty Blair
Dennis Will
Will
TraveLite fixes recalled Fisher-Price Power Wheels in Ohio
In Wellington, TraveLite Inc. repairs recalled Fisher-Price Power Wheels Barbie Jeep and other battery cars after a 1998 recall tied to wiring defects causing fires. The company trained from Fisher-Price materials to service at its 100 Industrial Ave. shop, filling a regional repair gap once reports highlighted no Lorain County centers.
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Wellington
TraveLite Inc
Fisher-Price
Lorain County
Parma
Brooklyn Heights
Mentor
Akron
Gretchen Thomas
Chronicle
Troy Pitts
Noah Hamrick
Adam
Elyria
TraveLite
Industrial Ave
Fisher- Price
Chronicle-Telegram
Steve Smith
Grafton seeks fixes for rising rail traffic
Grafton faces more rail crossings as CSX and Norfolk Southern take over Conrail routes through Lorain County. Train counts rise from 14 to 34 daily in the north and 17 to 54 on the Columbia Station to Rochester line. Proposals include an extra ambulance and Elm Street overpass or underpass to aid emergency access.
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Grafton
Lorain County
CSX Transportation
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Conrail Railroad
Conrail
Norfolk Southern
Columbia Station
Rochester
CSX
North Ridgeville
Dewey Road
Amherst
Sprague Road
Gore Orphanage Road
Shari Kerner
Elm Street
Elm
Main Streets
LaGrange
Wellington
Man steals fire department car leads three city chase
A man stole a Ford Taurus from the Rocky River Fire Department and led Westlake police on a pursuit through three cities. He fled on I-90 with siren and dash light active, striking a cruiser near Avon and disobeying traffic controls during the chase.
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AVON
Rocky River Fire Department
Westlake
Hilliard and
Wagar Roads
West
Retiring pressman recalls career at The Chronicle-Telegram
Louie Major, longtime pressman at The Chronicle Telegram, retires after a 1960 start as a Hungarian refugee who learned English on the job. He describes changes from lead plates to offset printing, weight shifts in plates, and learning to read English backwards. Major plans fishing and gardening in retirement with wife Mary Carol and six children in LaGrange Township.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Louie Major
Major
Szoce
Hungary
Joe Bakos
Louie
Mary Carol
LaGrange Township
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the Chronicle-Telegram
Jundr
Brandon
Peter A. Pitts
Jeff Mohmman
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Pressman
Mike Sakal
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