Mayoral race in Elyria shapes up with petitions filed
In Elyria, five challengers and Mayor Bill Grace have filed petitions for the Democratic mayoral primary. Councilwoman Mary Siwierka and Elyria Schools board member Holly Brinda also seek mayoral bids, with Siwierka weighing at large council reelection as she ponders her own path.
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Elyria
Grace
Mary Siwierka
Lorain
Elyria School Board
Holly Brinda
Siwierka
Molnar weighs bid as Krasienko seeks Lorain mayor post
Lorain officials show Mayor Tony Krasienko has pulled a petition for a second term while Councilwoman Anne Molnar has pulled petitions for mayor and Council. Molnar says she will join the race if Krasienko is on the ballot, with more than 80 signatures for mayor and over 100 for Council. Fifty signatures needed to run.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Molnar
McCloud family asks leniency at sentencing for murder
In Lorain Ohio Ronald McCloud Jr. faces a death or life sentence after being found guilty of aggravated murder in the rape and killing of Janet Barnard at Living Water Christian Fellowship Church. His mother Cynthia McCloud pleaded for mercy, citing abused upbringing and prison trauma.
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Elyria
Ronald McCloud Jr
McCloud
Cynthia McCloud
Janet Barnard
Living Water Christian Fellowship Church
Lorain
Barnard
James Burge
Edward Zaleski
Raymond Ewers
Tony Cillo
Ronald McCloud
Cillo
Daniel Wightman
Strickland Bans Future Ownership of Wild Exotic Animals
Governor Ted Strickland issued an emergency executive order banning future ownership breeding sale or trade of dangerous wild animals including bears coyotes lions tigers jaguars leopards cougars alligators and crocodiles. The move follows the death of Brent Kandra mauled by a large black bear kept by Sam Mazzola on a Columbia Township property near Lorain County.
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Lorain County
Ted Strickland
Strickland
Sam Mazzola
North Marks Road
Columbia Township
Brent Kandra
Mazzola
Elyria Smoke Shop Hit By Pickup Burglary
Perry Patel owner of Smoke s R Us in Elyria says thieves plowed into his store at 570 Lake Ave around 3 30 a m in a pickup and stole about 4000 worth of tobacco products from 70 to 80 cartons. Police noted tire tracks in fresh snow and the check cashing facility remained unsettled.
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Elyria
Patel
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