Petition drives form against Lorain County tax vote
Two anti tax groups plan separate Saturday petition drives in Amherst Avon Elyria and nearby towns to challenge the 0.25 percent Lorain County sales tax that took effect April 1. Local reform advocates push for a seven seat county council and appointive instead of elected treasurer recorder and coroner.
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Amherst
Lorain County
Moore
Avon
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Wellington
Gerald Innes
Avon Lake
Gerald Phillips
Brandon Bobbitt
Libertarians
Main Street
Park Ave
Bobbitt
Innes
Kristin Bauer
Chronicle
Joseph Castro
Fairview
Rowland Nature Preserve Lake
Greater Cleveland
Young Marines
Elyria Township
Griswold Road
Blake Popka
Parma
Andrew Drummond
Lakewood
Linda Castro
Avon Lake man sentenced in $500 hostage case
Avon Lake man Aaron Walton-Smith 26 received one year nine months in prison after pleading guilty to weapons under disability carrying a concealed weapon improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle obstructing official business and aggravated menacing. Jordan Sharp reported the Jan 21 hostage incident outside a North Ridgeville home where Brandon Sharp was held at gunpoint before Walton-Smith was arrested. Brandon Sharp faces drug charges awaiting trial while Amanda Woods also was arrested on warrants.
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Elyria
Avon Lake
Aaron Walton-Smith
Jordan Sharp
Walton-Smith
Brandon Sharp
Stoney Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Amanda Woods
11-year-old attacked by pit bull in Lorain home
An 11-year-old boy, Tristan Fox, was bitten by a medium-sized pit bull on West 19th Street in Lorain. Police say neighbors intervened, and the dog will be quarantined for 10 days. the owner was not home.
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Lorain
Tristan Fox
West 19Th Street
Tristan
James Price
Mallory Keathley
Lorain County to Host OVI Checkpoint Next Week
The Lorain County OVI Task Force plans a federally funded checkpoint within the coming week to deter impaired driving. Lorain County saw 288 alcohol crashes in 2016 with 14 deaths and 192 injuries, and already in 2017 six OVI crashes have caused seven fatalities.
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Lorain County
OVI Task Force
1959 Anti-Tank Shell Exploded In Elyria
A 106 mm recoilless rifle shell stamped 1959 was detonated Saturday by Lorain County Bomb Squad with Wright Patterson Air Force Base technicians in Elyria. The ordnance was found last week in a box from an estate sale in North Ridgeville and detonated after discovery. Police warn residents to contact authorities with any suspected old ordnance.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force
Randal Koubeck
North Ridgeville
Koubeck
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
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