Cape Canaveral rocket drama fuels engine future probe
Cape Canaveral builders and investigators focus Friday on engine prospects after a rocket toppled and had to be destroyed over the Atlantic. West Palm Beach police brush off jokes about a "Keystone Cop" image while defending a capable department. Udall resigns due to Parkinsons, the four child mother relocates with new partner amid tragedy. University of Akron researchers probe why coffee tastes better. Iraq says 52 Scuds exist, no nuclear devices reported.
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Kurdish refugee tragedy shapes regional crisis in Iraq
US warns Iraq against harming struggling refugee Kurds as humanitarian strife deepens. Turkey reports mounded graves at a refugee camp where hundreds of infants died amid the Kurdish exodus from Iraq. Iran notes Iranians adopting Kurdish elderly and orphans across communities.
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Juvenile or adult ruling on 17 year old in stabbing case
Elyria area report notes a Monday decision anticipated on whether the 17 year old defendant in a fatal stabbing will be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. Local items include hospital birthing center plans and a gateway project arena proposal.
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Elyria
Budget cuts hit Elyria recorder office as staff to take unpaid days
Elyria County records her budget squeeze continues with Recorder Dorothy Essex trimming payroll by 47000 dollars. Fifteen staffers will work four days a week, each taking one unpaid day, slowing deeds and mortgages processing but avoiding layoffs. Essex notes the changes are temporary while funding remains tight. She will not replace David Blevins as he moves to Midland Title Co.
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Dorothy Essex
Essex
David Blevins
Recorder’s
Midland Title Co
Lorain County deputies seek injunction over layoffs
Elyria Lorain County deputies union will file for an injunction next week to halt layoffs effective May 5. Twenty three of 36 road deputies were notified, part of 67 total layoffs to meet a restricted county budget. President Dave Ferry says the action aims to protect public safety and deputies on the road. Thirteen deputies will remain to cover calls for 18 townships.
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Sheriff's Deputies Union
Martin J. Mahony
Dave Ferry
Lorain County Sheriff's Deputies Association
Ferry
Lorain County
Families of Iowa sailors remember blast victims
In Cleveland AP report families of two USS Iowa sailors, Hartwig and Gedeon, gathered to honor them and reflect on the tragedy. Hartwig’s family disputes Navy suicide allegations, while investigations consider accidental causes. Legal actions seek damages from the Navy, with a reopening of the technical probe.
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Cleveland
Kathy Kubicina
Clayton Hartwig
Robert James Gedeon
Lakewood
Kubicina
Hartwig
Navy
Hartwigs
Virginia
Rain expected to end by Sunday area wide
North Ridgeville observer Ray Diederich noted 0.75 inch of rain by 7 p.m. Friday with saturated ground causing runoff. Elyria streets had standing water during downpours while no flood reports were filed. TV forecast says rain ends Sunday with highs in the low 50s. Mike Goddard cited similar outlook for the weekend. Matt Lahetta, 9, walks in rain in Elyria wearing galoshes.
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North Ridgeville
Diederich
Elyria
Dick Goddard
TV-8
UG Ma Sud
Elke Ou
Goddard
Matt Lahetta
Matt
Cocaine suspects swallow evidence in sting case
Lorain County police busted Daniel L. Allen and Geraldine Grantham after a $1,200 cocaine buy with a confidential informant. The pair planned to steal the money and keep the drugs, but officers arrested them when Allen allegedly swallowed the packages during a frisk at a west side improvised station, per Capt. William Cameron.
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Geraldine Grantham
West Side
Allen
West 24Th Street
Lorain
Grantham
Oakwood Drive
Elyria
Capt
William Cameron
Heroic mailman delivers aid in Elyria incident
A gusty noon wind tore a door from 77 year old Elizabeth Denn and knocked her to the ground as she reached for her mailbox. Dean, the mail carrier, rushed to assist, saying she tried to call for help but was unheard. Denn was seriously injured.
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Elizabeth Dean
Elyria
Elizabeth Denn
Dean
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