Ohio road death toll dips in 2011 amid more DUI arrests
Ohio traffic fatalities in 2011 were 970 confirmed plus 49 under investigation, with a possible total near 1,019, down from 1,080 in 2010. Patrol officials credit stepped up enforcement of impaired driving, noting 23,000 plus DUI arrests, about 1,500 more than 2010, as final counts await spring finalization.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Anne Ralston
John Born
Born
Ralston
Shadow of Rix Mills Remains in Painter Patton’s Echoes
Contemporaries recall Paul Patton’s hometown as a once busy Appalachian hub now diminished by strip mining. Only 13 houses and a church remain. the church Kept Patton’s paintings alive with scenes of a town altered by mining and time. Joy Watson Johnson recalls vanished roads and lost stores once thriving near Zanesville.
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Rix Mills
Paul Patton
Patton
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Rich Hill
Joy Watson Johnson
Margaret Tom West
Rix Mills Presbyterian Church
Johnson
Hus
Nick
Felicity
Rix Mills Road
McDaniel
Ports vie to host tall ships for Lake Erie bicentennial
Lake Erie ports in Ohio Michigan and Canada seek hosting duties for 2013 tall ship events marking the 200th anniversary of Commodore Perry's Battle of Lake Erie. More than 10 ports have applied for a two week celebration around Labor Day with a September 2 reenactment near South Bass Island and 15 ships hoped to participate.
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Cincinnati
Lake Erie
Ohio
Michigan
Canada
U.S
David Zavagno
Perry Group
Oliver Hazard Perry
South Bass Island
Lorain Port Authority
Rick Novak
Novak
Dead puppy found at Longfellow Middle School locus
Police found a dead puppy in a school driveway at 300 block Louisiana Avenue and two surviving pups cuddled for warmth near a curb. The two females, a Labrador pit bull mix, were taken to a veterinarian as Patrolman Broz urged charges if an owner is identified. Temperature was in the 30s with rain.
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Lorain
Longfellow Middle School
Louisiana Avenue
R.T. Broz
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