Bus depot moves to Lorain from Sheffield
Lorain will gain a First Student Inc. bus depot relocating 1.6 miles from 3747 Colorado Ave to 1800 Colorado Ave on June 25, with 168 jobs moved. The 15,000-square-foot facility will be replaced by a similar size depot repurposed for a trucking operation, housing a 101-bus fleet and updated offices. Mayor Chase Ritenauer says no tax incentives or city negotiations were involved. First Student operates 650 locations nationwide transporting about 6 million students daily, including about 3,000 in Lorain County.
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Lorain
Student Inc
Sheffield
Colorado Ave
Brad Sprague
Sprague
Ritenauer
First Student
U.S
Lorain County
Keystone Plays Today for Title in Akron
The Wildcats are one win from a perfect season and a third state softball title after a 4-0 semifinal win over Poland Seminary. Elyria’s title bid ended with a 3-1 loss to Lebanon pitcher Tara Trainer, leaving the Pioneers at 26-3 for the season.
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Keystone
Akron
Wildcats
Aces Perfection
Poland Seminary
Elyria
Lebanon
Tara Trainer
Pioneers
Wetherbee rejects plea deal over fatal June crash
Gerald Wetherbee Jr balked at a plea that could have cut his prison time for the June crash that killed Tommy Tomasheski and his 11 year old son, while seriously injuring the couple’s daughter and Lorain County Cpl. Tom Tomasheski. Prosecutors would drop an unrelated sex offender registration case if he pleaded guilty to all crash charges, a deal Judge James Burge urged him to consider.
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Elyria
Gerald Wetherbee Jr
Tommy Tomasheski
Lorain County
Tom Tomasheski
Danielle
Wetherbee
Frank Janik
County Common Pleas
James Burge
Burge
Gerald Wetherbee
Tony Cillo
Parks program signup fair today in Elyria
The Elyria Parks and Recreation Department hosts a one stop registration fair from 9 a.m. to noon at the East Recreation Center 1101 Prospect Street. Registration covers swimming sports and summer camp activities for the coming season.
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Elyria
Priest hurt after car crashes into Wolfey's Bistro
A 2006 Ford Focus owned by the church struck Wolfey's Bistro at 1069 E Broad St Elyria around 1 53 p m injuring the driver Rev Gaetano Menegatto in stable condition at MetroHealth Medical Center Witnesses say Blasko helped the dazed priest and a nearby dining party left before the crash.
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Elyria
Steve Blasko
Dick Whelan
Gaetano Menegatto
Wolfey’s
E. Broad St
Blasko
Focus
Menegatto
Fathers of St. Joseph
Avon
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland
Claudio Iori
St. Joseph
Iori
Church
East Broad Street
Chuck Homel
Chronicle
Kasich Signs Texting Ban Into Law in Ohio
Ohio motorists are banned from reading writing or sending text messages while driving as Gov. John Kasich signed the measure making Ohio the 39th state to prohibit texting behind the wheel. The law takes effect 90 days after signing with a six month window before tickets. warnings and information may be issued first.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Kasich
Governors Highway Safety Association
Kasich
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