Sheffield votes to fund police and fire amid budget shortfall
Sheffield officials assure emergency services jobs remain safe unless revenue drops. A 0.5 percent income tax levy on the May ballot could raise 250 000 to 300 000 dollars to preserve current staffing. Some council members doubt passage while others push public education on the measure.
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Sheffield
John Hunter
Jean Ackerman
Leo Sheetz
Pete Rudkin
Pensigan
Tve
Hunter
Death row convict seeks life sentence in 1991 murder
Prosecutors urge the death penalty for Daniel Wilson in the 1991 Amherst murder of Carol Lutz after he locked her in a car trunk, punctured the gas tank, and set the vehicle ablaze. Wilson’s defense argues a jury instruction error warrants a life sentence and cites a 6th Circuit ruling on his intoxication defense.
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Elyria
Daniel Wilson
Amherst
Wilson
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Wilson Burge
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Carol Lutz
Suspect in slaying apologizes
A man charged in the slaying of a young mother and abduction of her 4 year old son apologized as he was led into jail. Charlie Myers said he took the child to keep him away from a parent who had died and expressed sorrow for the crime.
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Montgomery County
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North Ridgeville school board interviews six candidates
The North Ridgeville Board of Education conducts interviews with six candidates for the remaining year of William Harnish’s four year term. Harnish resigned in December after health problems. Four men and two women applied, with two more to be interviewed in a later closed session.
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North Ridgeville
William Harnish
Maria Suez
Harnish
Reg Ney
Diecca Dee
Ridgeville Education Center
Syez
Parents of disabled girl sue Oberlin Schools
In Lorain County a 13 year old girl with Down syndrome is at the center of a lawsuit filed by her parents against Oberlin Schools alleging negligence and violations of federal protections for disabled children. The suit says the girl, then 12 and a fifth grader at Prospect Elementary, was sexually assaulted by two classmates in a special needs class. Attorney Arlene Craft represents the family.
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Oberlin Schools
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Arlene Craft
Prospect Elementary
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