Record Cold Hits Lorain County Crops
A record low of 24 degrees in Lorain County, beating the 1959 25 degree mark, raises early estimates of crop damage. Farmers report frost on bare ground and anticipate key damage over the next days, with fruit trees potentially moderating losses if blossoms aren’t set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Ray Diederich
North Ridgeville
Jerry Long
Long
Lester Lynd
Jonathan
Pataskala
Toll free phone service push continues in Cuyahoga County
North Ridgeville residents hear approach to obtain reduced rate toll free service via Alltel and Ohio Bell. If talks fail, public utilities board may schedule a hearing to assess need and feasibility. Lorain woman hospitalized after live-in partner slashed neck with razor. investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridgeville
Cuyahoga County
Richard L. Goodman
Niles
Goodman
Alltel System
Ohio Bell
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Lorain
Jewell Lynn Jones
Pennsylvania Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Breakfast Club gives Elyria High DH students real restaurant work
The Breakfast Club is a student run on campus restaurant for developmentally handicapped DH juniors and seniors at Elyria High School begun in February with a $9000 JTPA grant. It employs 25 regular workers and about 15 substitutes and aims to provide hands on experience in waiting tables, busing and grill duty while building self worth and prospects after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria High School
Margaret Kidd
Terry Olive
Olive
Somme
Susan Cross
Abortion Parental Notice Law Overturned Draws Mixed Reactions
Lorain County family planning leaders celebrate a federal ruling striking down the 24 hour parental notification requirement for teen abortions. They argue the law would not improve teen pregnancy prevention and could endanger vulnerable teens. Ohio Right to Life counters say the ruling undermines parental counsel in serious medical decisions.
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Nora Tucker
Lorain County
Tucker
Ohio
Richard Celeste
U.S
Ann Aldrich
Cleveland
She
Stephanie Varga
Right To Life
North Ridgeville man relocates home machine shop
John Lear moved his commercial machine shop from his residence at 7950 Race Rd after a Lorain County judge ordered relocation by April 13 due to residential zoning. Lear plans to operate at a new Race Road site zoned light industry. He also sues the city for $750,000 alleging zoning discrimination.
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North Ridgeville
Cleveland
Avery Friedman
John Lear
Lorain County
Lear
Cirigliano
Race Rd
Race Road
Friedman
U.S
Did born-again-Christian kill his wife in Ohio case
The 1983 Delaware Ohio case of Patty Matix murdered in a Columbus hospital lab is recalled with Bill Matix a suspect who was cleared. The couple later faced violent crime ties in Florida, including a fatal 1985 double murder linked to an FBI shootout with Michael Platt.
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Jones
Delaware
Ohio
Bill
Patty Matix
Angel of Death
Columbus
Patty
Matix
South
Florida
Michael Platt
FBI
Miami
Platt
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Spiegelberg Orchard
National Weather Service
Dayton
Weather Service
William Fulton
Fulton Farms
Fulton
N.A
Steve Novak
C-T
Steve Fogarty
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Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Bill Matix
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