Murder suspected in car explosion near Toledo
Federal officials say the car blast that killed Elaine Lach, wife of Clay Center mayor, appears intentional and not accidental. Investigators from ATF, Wood County prosecutor, and Lake Township police are probing possible murder or homicide links. Lach, 59, died after the Saturday night explosion on Ohio 51 near Northwood.
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Toledo
Clay Center
Robert Stellingworth
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Wood County Prosecutor’s Office
Lake Township
Elaine Lach
St. Vincent Medical Center
Brucker
St. Charles Hospital
Stellingworth
Eve Dauer
Destiny or dad in Mathna’s political path and townhome row
Marga Peggy Mathna 38 daughter of former Lorain mayor Woodrow Mathna has spent life around politics. Since 1985 she has served on the Washington staff of U S Rep Mary Rose Oakar and was named staff director of the Economic Stabilization subcommittee. She credits her father for early campaigns and recalls campaigning at age 6 or 7. A Georgetown townhouse purchase in 1985 drew scrutiny though the House ethics committee found no unethical conduct. the townhouse is for sale.
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Lorain
Margaret
Peggy” Mathna
Mathna
Woodrow Mathna
Cleveland
Washington
U.S
Mary Rose Oakar
D-20
Georgetown
Dakar
House
Mary Rose
North Olmsted teen awarded NSF graduate fellowship
David A. DiCarlo, a North Olmsted resident who entered Case Western Reserve University at 15, is among 21 Ohioans named as National Science Foundation graduate fellows. He will study physics at Princeton after graduating from CWRU in May at age 17. DiCarlo earned advanced credits, tutored at Johns Hopkins, and received multiple scholarships. He is the son of James and Joanne DiCarlo.
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North Olmsted
Case Western Reserve University
DiCarlo
Oberlin College
CWRU
Ohio
Johns Hopkins University
James and
Joanne DiCarlo
Crime Fear Gap: Elderly Worry More Than Teens Victimized
A Justice Department data compendium shows elderly fear crime most while teens suffer most. High school areas report the strongest victimization with theft with or without contact rising among youth. urban Blacks face higher victim rates than Whites, revealing a mismatch between fear and danger in crime statistics.
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Justice Department
Coast Guard
Snowbound deliveries bring babies to Newark hospital
In Licking County Ohio, two women Mary Cooper and Sandy Bonham went into labor during a snowstorm. Fire squads in Johnstown Hartford battled nearly foot-deep drifts using snowmobiles tractors and four wheel drive to reach homes. Cooper delivered in a truck then reached Licking Memorial Hospital Newark after an arduous rescue. Bonham delivered at home and reached Johnstown where an ambulance ferried her to the hospital. Rescuers described the mission as long and fatigued with delays caused by a jackknifed truck and heavy snowfall.
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Ohio
Fire Department
Johnstown
Hartford
Licking County
Mary Cooper
Sandy Bonham
Licking Memorial Hospital
Newark
David
Harold Keller
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Cooper
Keller
Mrs. Cooper
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