Gas line gap eyed in fatal home blast
North Ridgeville investigators tie a two inch gap in an underground gas line to a Christmas Day explosion that killed Florence Morris aged 67 and left her husband Charles 68 critically injured. The line service and installation history are under review by city officials and Columbia Gas of Ohio.
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Otten Road
Florence Morris
Charles
Metro- Health Medical Center
Cleveland
Fire Department
Morris
Andy Wagner
Cold snap to grip region with teens to single digits
Forecasters warn of an upcoming deep freeze with teens daytime highs and overnight lows near 2 to 10 degrees. Snow possible Monday as a high pressure ridge moves southeast from the Dakotas, while a Carolina low pressure brings light snow to southern Ohio and scattered flurries in northern Ohio.
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Kansas-Texas
Tom King
National Weather Service
Carolinas
Ohio
King
Flashy Safety Town robot debuts in Lorain County Mobile Town
The DARE safety officer demonstrates a traffic signal robot planned as the centerpiece of the Sheriff's Mobile Safety Town. The robot, cost 6100 dollars and funded by the Stocker Foundation, will teach children traffic and personal safety at Midway Mall during Lorain County Children's Week, with a contest to name it and sponsor-made buildings on a mobile town display.
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DARE
Joan Mowry
Sheriff's Department
Elyria
the Chronicle-Telegram
Sheriff’s Department
Sheriffs Deputies
Fred Hughes
John Mowry
the Chronicle
Mowry
Neighborhood House Association
Lorain County
James Drozdowski
Stocker Foundation
Hughes
Midway Mall
Nostradamus says a 1996 debut of a world-ending leader
English professor Jim Farrelly argues Nostradamus predicts a future anti Christ figure born in 1966 and entering public life at 30. He claims the man will lead a Middle Eastern government, wear a blue turban, and push a magic button that triggers global destruction. Farrelly insists the prophecies have some track record and urges readiness.
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Nostradamus
Jim Farrelly
University of Daytona
Farrelly
Survey on workplace stress grips American workers
A survey by Accountants on Call finds 75 percent of workers experience stress on the job ranging from daily to weekly. About 25 percent report daily stress, 12 percent feel stressed almost every day, 9 percent are bothered several days weekly, and 29 percent face stress only once or twice weekly. Fourteen percent report stress both areas.
Stolen Blazer and drugs found in Elyria shop raid
Elyria police arrested General Transmission owner Sam Abraham after a Friday raid found a stolen 1991 Chevrolet Blazer, six grams of cocaine, a scale, and a .357 handgun at the Lake Avenue shop. Abraham, 33, is jailed facing receiving stolen property two drug counts weapon under disability and criminal tools charges. He faces a Monday court hearing. Police also allege he cleans junkyard transmissions and markets them as rebuilt. Abraham has a long prior record including thefts and a 1987 felony assault and kidnapping.
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General Transmission
Sam Abraham
Lake Ave
Scott Sargent
Abraham
Elyria City
Sargent
Lake Avenue
John Koglman
Michigan
Kentucky Federal Penitentiary
Cuyahoga County
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