Snowfall Closes Lorain County Schools Amid Record Snow
Northern Ohio woke to the heaviest snow of the season with six inches on the ground and two more inches forecast. Lorain County schools mostly closed while Amherst and North Ridgeville stayed open. roads were slippery but traffic moved, with I 90 and Route 2 snow covered. Elyria Patrol reported a few minor accidents.
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Prison site pickers visit Grafton Friday
A three member state committee will tour Grafton on Friday to evaluate it as a 650 bed minimum security prison site. Gov plan cites 240 local jobs and over five million dollars annual payroll. other candidate communities include Windham Youngstown Richland County and Warren.
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Millionth Lorain County civil suit filed in 1824 court
Attorney Sam Tassie filed Marshall Gates vs The Village of Wellington marking the 100000th civil lawsuit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court since it opened in 1824. Gates claims wrongful arrest by Wellington officer Augustine J. Aviles on February 8, 1987 and seeks 10000 in compensatory damages plus 25000 in punitive damages before Judge Floyd D. Harms.
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Gun traced to Lorain dealer tied to envoy son murder
Lorain drug dealer Ramon Velazquez is named as a key figure in a gun-trafficking probe linked to the March 17 1986 slaying in New York City of Felix Valdez Perez's son Jose Perez. Velazquez fled to the Dominican Republic. associates in Lorain and Brooklyn allegedly transported and sold handguns used in the case. About 453 handguns have been traced to the network, with a quarter connected to the Perez murder investigation.
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Cgal
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Thomas Acosta
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Amtrak
Contras face revised aid strategy after defeat
Washington sources say the CIA will likely increase air drops to the Contras to deliver weapons and supplies bought under last year’s $100 million program before February 29 when authorization lapses. Officials predict a near round‑the‑clock airlift as the House vote blocks new Contra aid, with contingency plans including withdrawing fighters and relocating personnel. Emergency meetings are planned to decide the next strategy.
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Berea Blames Equipment for Water Contamination Readings
Mayor Stanley J. Trupp and Ohio EPA official Dan Underwood blamed faulty testing gear for failing to indicate correct chemical amounts needed to treat Berea's drinking water. The misreadings suggested chlorine and ozone levels were safe, though they were not, as coliform bacteria signaling contamination prompted a plant shutdown and switch to Cleveland water. Residents were advised to boil water before use.
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Dan Underwood
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
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