Storm damages roofs as area endures early year storm
A powerful thunderstorm struck the area shortly after 8 30 this morning ripping roofs and downing lines. More than 300 Lear North Elementary students were sent home after a roof section blew off. No serious injuries reported though several pupils sustained minor injuries. Six mobile homes at Pine Ridge were damaged and a roof blew off a home on Lear Nagle. A 150 square foot roof section at Down Products in Westlake was blown away and gas and water lines ruptured.
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North Ridgeville
Lear North Elementary
Jack Moore
Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park
Lear Nagle
Robert Carter
Cuyahoga County
Down Products, Inc
Bassett Road
Westlake
Crocker Road
Medina
C-T
Fred McGann
Winds Hit Elyria and North Ridgeville, Damaging Buildings
A sudden morning wind burst damaged multiple buildings in Elyria and North Ridgeville. Commodore Arms Apartments lost a roof forcing 12 residents to relocate, while Lear North Elementary School suffered a west wing roof collapse, injuring six children though none seriously. One resident, Matt Kizina, described plaster falling as the ceiling unfurled like a deck of cards.
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Elyria
North Ridgeville
Commodore Arms
College Park Drive
Lear North
Matt
Family fatal shooting ends in suicide in North Olmsted
Clifton Snowden shot dead his wife Patricia Mahon Snowden 20, the couple s two daughters Shyla Ann 3 and Amber Lyn 1, and Snowden s mother in law Ellen Mahon 49 before killing himself after a broken marriage. Neighbors and officials noted Snowden was a reliable employee who rejected multiple offers of help from police and mental health services as his family implored him to seek counseling. The Mahon family home at 4042 Fielding Drive remains privately shielded as investigators review the tragedy.
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North Olmsted
Clifton Snowden
Mahan
Fielding Drive
Patricia (Nee Mahon) Snowden
Shyla Ann
Amber Lyn
Snowden
Ellen Mahon
Millionaire seeks work after winning lottery prize
Paul Smolak, a 31 year old Pittsburgh area resident set to receive 50 000 dollars yearly for 20 years from the Pennsylvania Lottery, says he is unemployed and searching for a job despite his fortune. He was laid off from a beer distributor in August after five years there and lives with his parents in Creighton. Weather brief notes indicate flurries, cloudy skies, and chilly highs around 26 degrees with winds 15 to 25 mph tonight and Tuesday.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Smolak
Smolak
Creighton
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Family Slayer
North Olmsted Department of Human Resources
Donald Copeland
Joyce Snowden
Lorain Road
Bankers Life & Casualty Co
Center Ridge Road
Lenny Shaw
Patricia Ann Snowden
North Olmsted High
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Quarry Road
Oberlin
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