Lorain County approves 2025 budget totaling 86.7 million
Commissioners set the 2025 county budget at just over 86.7 million with projected tax revenue near 87.2 million leaving about 430 thousand unspent. Board members note hard work to balance funds and plan for prosecutor elect Tony Cillo and sheriff elect Jack Hall while auditors report higher conveyance fees and lower sales tax.
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Dave O’brien
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County
Riddell
David Moore
Moore
Ecutor
Tony Cillo
Jack Hall
Craig Snodgrass
Lorain County Homeschool Chorus Performs at Wesleyan Village
Children from the Lorain County Homeschool Carolers performed for residents at Wesleyan Village in Elyria on Friday. Kelly Soltis fixes daughter Kinsley's headband so the 4 year old can return to performing as part of the Lorain County Homeschool Chorus.
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Lorain County
Wesleyan Village
Elyria
Kelly Soltis
Kinsley
Biden signs stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown
President Biden signed a short term funding bill keeping the government open through March 14 and providing 110 billion dollars in disaster relief and farm aid. The measure funds current operations, restores Key Bridge rebuild funding, and excludes several provisions from the initial proposal.
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Joe Biden
Congress
House
Senate
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
RFK
Washington, D.C
Donald Trump
Biden
Ohio lawmakers advance Lorain County bills signed by governor
Lorain County representatives in the Ohio Statehouse saw multiple measures head to Gov. Mike DeWine for signature after Senate Bill 100, led by Sens. Nathan Manning and Nickie Antonio, broadened electronic tracking rules. The measure bans installing tracking devices without consent and requires removal on revocation, with penalties up to 180 days in jail or 1000 dollars, plus possible fourth degree felony for repeats.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Mike DeWine
Senate
Nathan Manning
North Ridgeville
Nickie Antonio
Lakewood
Lorain library stabbing suspect indicted for attempted murder
Roy Lee Fennell, 44, with no listed address, was indicted by a Lorain County grand jury on one count of attempted murder two counts of felonious assault one count of tampering with evidence and one count of resisting arrest in connection with a November stabbing at the Lorain Public Library. The incident at West 6th Street and Reid Avenue left a 23 year old man with a neck wound. A security guard restrained the suspect until police arrived.
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Aman
Lorain Public Library
Roy Lee Fennell
Lorain County
Fennell
Maggie Lieux
D.H
West 6Th Street
Reid Avenue
Lorain
John Merritt
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Board of Commissioners
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Wesleyan
Carissa Woytach
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Marianna Sotomayor
Washington Post
Ohio Statehouse
the Chronicle-Telegram
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