Murder charges filed in 2008 Lorain Park attack case
An Ohio inmate serving a 33 year sentence for the 2008 unprovoked attack on Shawn Stevens in the Carlisle Reservation has been indicted for murder after Stevens died in 2019. Matthew Plas, 41, was charged by a Lorain County grand jury and ordered held on $100000 bond.
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Matthew Plas
Shawn Stevens
Lorain County
Vermilion Receives $370000 for Crosswalk Signs
Vermilion gained Ohio Department of Transportation funding to upgrade downtown crosswalks along Liberty Avenue Route 6 with many new signs. City officials plan to remove excess signs while reusing select signs, aiming for safety and preserved historic visual appeal with work to start and complete by early summer.
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Chronicle
Vermilion
Northwest
Ohio Department of Transportation
Liberty Avenue
Tony Valerius
Main Street
Grand
Decatur
Valerius
Council
Jim Forthofer
ODOT
Forthofer
Kaitlyn Thompson
Grandson seeks no contact lift in grandmother case
Pamela Watters asked Elyria Municipal Court to lift a no contact order with her grandson Joseph Ward who is charged with murder and felonious assault after he beat his grandfather Malcolm Watters to death with a shovel on Rugdon Drive. Ward, 20, faced questions about his mental state as his case moved to Lorain County Common Pleas Court and his attorney flagged a possible insanity defense.
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Melissa Kobasher
Plas
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Lorain County
Elyria
Joseph Ward
Malcolm Watters
Rugdon Drive
Ward
Pamela Watters
Kenneth Lioux
Chronicle-Telegram
Robert White
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Savage campaign accused of election material disclosure violation
Ripton mayor Bob Meilander filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission on February 20 alleging Anthony Savage failed to identify the paid source of campaign materials for his 54th House District bid. Kellie Deeter and Savage face off in the March 19 Republican primary.
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Ohio Elections Commission
Ohio House
Anthony Savage
Bob Meilander
Ripton
Savage
Wellington
A. Savage
Kellie Deeter
Norwalk
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