City workers may face health plan premium hike
Elyria officials warn health insurance costs may rise for city employees after a spike in claims. Safety Director Timothy Coey cited several claims above 10,000 and said a continued pattern could push payroll deductions higher for about 1,300 covered people. The city pivoted to Advanced Administrators as new third party administrator with lower fees after terminating NGS America over a hold harmless dispute.
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Elyria — City
Safety Service
Timothy Coey
Coey
Ris
Ohio
NGS America
NGS
Advanced
Independence
Elyria nurse speaks on health care crisis anger and risk
Elyria mother Joan Massie told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing at Metro Health Medical Center that unpaid medical bills and a cancer diagnosis threaten her family. She fears losing their home if she marries her child's father for insurance, highlighting widespread uninsured and underinsured in Ohio and the nation. Massie joined another uninsured parent as speakers in a national tour on health system reform.
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Cleveland
Joan A. Massie
Elyria
Massie
Metro Health Medical Center
U.S. Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
John
Lasky
Jordan
Seis
John Glenn
Howard “Metzenbaum
Ohio
Senate
George Walcaeh
Levwalne
Theéwearing
Mitchell
Rushdie surprise appearance at First Amendment event in New York
Author Salman Rushdie attended a First Amendment anniversary celebration under tight security in New York, drawing attention amid ongoing debates on free expression. The report notes the ceremony's security measures and Rushdie's brief, notable appearance.
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Salman Rushdie
N.Y. A-3
Kennedy kinship case ends in acquittal at Palm Beach
In about an hour a jury rejected the rape charge against William Kennedy Smith, the 31-year-old nephew of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Smith expressed gratitude to the jurors and said he hopes to begin work as a doctor. The accuser, a 30-year-old Jupiter woman, said she has no regrets and spoke of enduring hardship to help others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach, Fla
William Kennedy Smith
Smith
Palm Beach County
Jupiter, Fla
Tree prices weather economic storm
Families selecting their Christmas trees may notice that the cost of old Tannen baum hasn't gone up much. Despite the stable prices and recent mild weather, however, tree shoppers haven't showed up in droves at the tree groves. "It's about the same as it was last year," Avery Wilcox of Wilcox Farms, 17620 Diagonal Road, said.
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Avery Wilcox
Wilcox Farms
Diagonal Road
Ex-Columbia trustee cleared in NOACA case
Former Columbia Township Trustee Dean Hitchens and two current or former board members faced charges of forgery uttering falsification of documents and obstruction of official business in connection with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. Judge William T Aurelius dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
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Columbia
Noaca
Redfern Road
Hitchens
Towrd Pizzedaz
Claudia Mejak
C-T
Columbia Twp
Dean Hitchens
Qwrs
Phon
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Frederick E. Pizze
Elyrians indicted in plot by gun shop killing linked to airport spree
CHARDON AP Authorities say Norman Smith Jr. and Kenneth Wicks plotted a shooting rampage after robbing a gun shop and killing its owner. A Geauga County grand jury indicted both men on two counts of murder with capital specifications and one count of aggravated robbery. Christopher Crook, 26, was arrested for allegedly supplying the murder weapon.
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Geauga County
Norman C. Smith Jr
Elyria
Kenneth D. Wicks
Cleveland
Christopher Crook
Crook
Chardon
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