Wellington residents allowed to return after gas spill
Brookside Village mobile home park residents returned home Friday after a Jan. 12 gasoline spill that forced evacuations for over a week. Patty and Jack Sumpter praised emergency response while two EPA air tests showed benzene levels below six parts per billion, clearing the all clear by Wellington Fire Chief Mike Wetherbee.
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Brookside Village
Mobile Home Park
Patty Sumpter
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Jack Sumpter
Lorain County
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Wetherbee
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Charles Roberts
Cody
Judy Wallace
Ohio unemployment falls to 8.1 percent in December
Ohio's jobless rate slid to 8.1 percent in December from 8.5 percent in November as thousands left the labor force. The November rate had dropped a half point from October's 9 percent, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and wire reports.
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Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Wellington Crash Injures Two in Route 18 Collision
Two people were injured in a Route 18 crash near Pitts Road in Wellington Friday night. One victim required extrication. both were taken to area hospitals as snow fell from about 6 p.m. Troopers from the Ohio Highway Patrol investigated the incident hours later.
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Pitts Road
Ohio Highway Patrol
Eaton Township Fire Chief attacked in trustee letter
Eaton Township Trustee Donna Hicks criticized Fire Chief Jason Brooks in a December 6 letter accusing him of insubordination and causing a turbulent work environment. The memo cites three infractions including mis scoring a lieutenant appointment test and missing monthly officer meetings and mandatory Lorain County Fire Chiefs Association sessions. Brooks has six weeks left on probation as trustees consider his future.
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Eaton Twp
Jason Brooks
Brooks
Eaton Township
Donna Hicks
Hicks
Lorain County Fire Chiefs Association
Man pleads guilty in spree of car break-ins across counties
Lorain County prosecutors say Mark S. Wallencheck pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damaging tied to a 2009 crime spree across seven northern Ohio counties. The 41-year-old faces prison time after admitting to an October 23, 2009, car break-in at Lorain County Metro Parks.
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Mark S. Wallencheck
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Wallenbeck
Anne Maiden
Avon Schools
Wallencheck
Dennis Will
Lorain County Metro Parks’ Columbia Reservation
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