Lorain delays cellphone policy change to later in year
Lorain Schools will postpone changes to the cellphone policy into the second half of the school year. At a board meeting, educators questioned the plan to require sixth through 12th graders to keep phones in magnetic pouches, a system estimated to cost about 76 500 dollars, while current policy allows phone use between classes, before and after school, and at lunch if not disruptive.
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Carissa Woytach
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain
Board of Education
Sheryl DiFranco
Lorain Education Association
Julie Garcia
Michael Scott
FirstEnergy to pay $20 million in Ohio bribery deal
Akron based FirstEnergy Corp will pay 19.5 million to the Ohio attorney general and 500000 for an independent consultant as part of a deal to resolve its role in a 60 million bribery scheme. The agreement requires cooperation with investigations and ends civil action, with executives previously charged.
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Akron
Ohio
FirstEnergy Corp
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Summit County
FirstEnergy
Attorney General
Chuck Jones
FirstEnergy Services Corp
Michael Dowling
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Sam Randazzo
Jones
Dowling
Larry Householder
Matt Borges
Ohio Republican Party
U.S. Department of Justice
Ohio officer indicted for murder in Ta'Kiya Young case
Franklin County grand jury indicts Brendon Township Officer Connor Grubb on murder, involuntary manslaughter, and felonious assault in the shooting of 21 year old Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child after a shoplifting stop. Grubb to be arraigned with warrant issued. Family and union react with pain and calls for accountability.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ta’Kiya Young
Young
Brendon Township
Connor Grubb
Grubb
Franklin County
Ter
Brian Steel
Nadine Young
Ohio Supreme Court urged to suspend attorney license
The Board of Professional Conduct of the Ohio Supreme Court recommended an 18 month suspension for attorney Gerald Walton, with conditions. It found Walton failed to inform a client about lack of malpractice insurance, possible refund of an uncompleted advance, and to keep advance payments in a special bank account. Walton has faced prior suspensions, dating back to 2016 and 2023, and has practiced since 1980. The Supreme Court will decide whether to adopt the recommendation.
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Board of Professional Conduct of the
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Gerald Walton
Supreme Court
Walton
Lorain County Bar Association
Lorain County awards state grants to fix HVAC and kennel
The Lorain County Board of Commissioners accepted 1 million in state funding to repair the County Administration Building and add to the Lorain County Dog Kennel in Elyria. Grants come from the Ohio Office of Budget and Management with no local match required. A 750,000 Strategic Community Investment Fund grant funds the HVAC upgrade on Middle Avenue, while 250,000 pays for the kennel addition on Hadway Street.
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Lorain County Board of Commissioners
Lorain County
Elyria
Ohio Office of Budget and Management
Middle Avenue
Hadway Street
Fechko Excavating
Medina
South Boone Road
Columbia Township
Royalton Road
Jeff Riddell
Wakeman Man Killed in Pittsfield Township Motorcycle Crash
Charles Ford a 54 year old Wakeman resident died in a two vehicle crash on US Route 20 near Route 58 in Pittsfield Township Monday evening. Ford riding a 2017 Yamaha struck a westbound Ram driven by Edward Koenig 64 of Wellington who suffered non life threatening injuries and was airlifted to Mercy Health Allen Hospital in Oberlin.
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Wakeman
Pittsfield
State Highway Patrol
Charles Ford
U.S
Wellington
Mercy Health
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
New hearing ordered in Lorain fentanyl case
A federal appeals court ordered a new hearing to determine if 34 year old Gregory Ralston who was convicted of possessing and selling fentanyl should have his 15 year sentence reduced. The 6th Circuit unanimously rejected his appeal but agreed the sentencing guidelines may warrant retroactive relief.
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U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gregory Ralston
Ralston
Lorain
Lorain and
Elyria
FBI
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