Lorain City Faces Grant Misuse Probe and Refund Demands
An independent audit finds Lorain misspent 138139 in 2009 grant funds on items including a Chicken Shack concession stand and chairs. The Lorain County district seeks explanation or return of up to 279021, while officials dispute some figures and justify purchases under grant rules.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Jim Cordes
Tony Krasienko
Ted Kale
Chicken Shack
Crete Path
Cordes
Chase Ritenauer
Red Cross blood workers strike at Avon Donor Center
Four women picketed the Red Cross Avon Donor Center as a strike by about 250 Northern Ohio Blood Services Region employees began. They cited unfair benefits, understaffing, and ongoing contract talks with Teamsters Local 507 while organizers warn of potential blood drive cancellations.
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AVON
Red Cross
Avon Donor Center
Center Road
American Red Cross Northern Ohio Blood Services
Lorain
Jacqueline Manuel
Elyria
American Red Cross
Teamsters
Brigitte Key
Cleveland
Key
Christy Sabaka
Sabaka
Mayfield Heights
Ohio
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Melissa Greer
Jivka Nikolova
Midview to improve crisis alerts after bus crash
Midview superintendent John Kuhn pledged a faster parent notice system and closer work with first responders after a bus crash on Capel Road. Fourteen students were treated and released from EMH Medical Center and St. John Medical Center after the 2:48 p.m. incident.
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Eaton Twp
Midview
John Kuhn
Eaton Township Fire Department
Midview Middle
East Intermediate
EMH Medical Center
Elyria
St. John Medical Center
Westlake
Capel Road
Kuhn
Grafton
Eaton
Columbia
Resar
Ohio Highway Patrol
Amanda Petry
Brinda defends city media policy as information control
Elyria mayor Holly Brinda defends a new policy barring city employees from talking to the media as a way to manage information flow. She says it is not muzzle but micromanagement and expects easing with time, while observers note its timing around liquor permit news for Uncle Vic’s Night Club.
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Elyria
Holly Brinda
Brinda
Chronicle- Telegram
Division of Liquor Control
Uncle Vic
Duane Whitely
Whitely
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mayor urges ~1M in cuts to preserve carryover
Brinda's first State of the City address pins a 1 million dollar budget cut to protect a 3 million carryover. She cites cuts from the local government fund and estate tax elimination as driving a general fund shortfall of about 1.8 million, signaling more cuts to come.
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Elyria
Holly Brinda
Brinda
Wesleyan Village
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Eaton Township
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