Kitten Rescues Fizzle as Elyria Tree Remains Unmoved
Terri McKitrick frets over a sable kitten perched high in a tree outside her Warren Avenue home. Despite food, water, and repeated calls to the fire and police departments and local humane groups, rescuers have not reached the cat nicknamed Kitty Kitty. Neighbors report distress as the howling animal delays rescue efforts and disrupts daily life.
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Elyria
Terri McKitrick
McKitrick
Warren Avenue
Fire Department
Joan Gottschling
Lorain County Animal Protective League
Language now clear for UK exchange students in Ohio
British ninth graders Sasha Berridge and 12 peers completed two weeks in Sheffield Ohio as part of the UK USA Exchange program. They bonded despite initial language barriers by visiting Taco Bell Cleveland Cavaliers games and malls while staying with local host families. In June, 18 Sheffield students and two teachers will visit Sheffield England to attend Hinde House school.
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Stephanie Mihalek
Sheffield
Ohio
Sasha Berridge
Claire Smith
Emma Huntington
Sasha
Claire
Emma
England
United States
Cleveland Cavaliers
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Brookside High School
Sheffield Middle School
Hinde House School
Treatment agency eyes county growth
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services chief executive Thomas Stuber envisions expansion as the agency becomes a major provider across Northeast Ohio. New community centers in North Ridgeville, Vermilion, and Wellington offer drop in access while demand outpaces capacity.
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Elyria
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc
Thomas Stuber
Ohio
Stuber
Laurelwood Hospital & Counseling Cen
North Ridgeville
Avon Belden Road
Vermilion Ymca
Wellington
Testimony sought in rape case against Lorain man
Prosecutors said furniture store operator David Epstein offered a 17-year-old a "special scholarship" while delivering furniture and asked a newspaper delivery woman in her 20s to accompany him to Aruba citing an "understanding" with his wife. No charges filed yet. prosecutors plan to use the testimony to buttress other accusers. Epstein, 51, faces trial on multiple counts including rape and kidnapping.
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Elyria
David Epstein
Aruba
Epstein
Eppy
Broadway
Lorain
Common Pleas
Edward M. Zaleski
Hidden Creek Drive
Parole Time Limits Could Open Motions on Guilty Pleas
An Ohio appellate ruling questions whether inmates were held beyond the maximum time stated at sentencing under truth in sentencing rules. The Sixth District Court of Appeals heard about thousands of possible motions to set aside guilty pleas if parole decisions were illegal. The Woods case in Lucas County illustrates the issue as the parole authority imposed additional prison time after a post release violation.
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Toledo
Ohio
6Th District Court of Appeals
John Kinkela
Ohio Adult Parole Authority
Melvin Resnick
Common Pleas
Lorain County
Thomas W. Janas
Lynett M. McGough
Parole Authority
McGough
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Jon Richardson
Milton Woods
Woods
Lucas County
Old tires spark Firelands High track upgrade plans
Firelands High and dozens of Ohio schools will replace aging cinder tracks with recycled scrap tires. Superintendent Finn Laursen notes state grants and loans support the project, aiming to cut costs and ease pollution from tire piles. Firelands received $100,000 from the state to build an eight lane track.
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Firelands
Finn Laursen
Avon Middle
Laursen
State Controlling Board
Firelands High School
Wastewater district in Lorain County faces EPA rejection
Lorain County Rural Wastewater District known as LORCO seeks to install sewer lines in Eaton and part of Carlisle Townships but struggles to find wastewater treatment. Over two years area towns Lorain Elyria North Ridgeville and the regional sewer district rebuffed LORCO and the Ohio EPA joined last month. Executive director Fred Alspach says negotiations failed despite good faith efforts as EPA cites Black River pollution and insufficient discharge permits. Local officials insist the district is not singled out.
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Elyria
Lorain County
LORCO
Eaton Township
Carlisle Township
Lorain
North Ridgeville
Northeast
Fred Alspach
Black River
EPA
Alspach
Black River Basin
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Irene Belcher
Texington Avenue
BRUCE
Eyes
Ters
LCADA
Paul Williams
Windy Leise
Firelands High
Henrietta
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
T.J. Moraco
the Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
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