Overcrowded Lorain County Jail Hits 224 Prisoners
Lorain County jail, amid record low occupancy earlier in the week, surged to 224 inmates, 61 over its 163 capacity, after 37 Thursday and 23 Friday bookings. Sheriff Capt. Joe Bell cites warm weather, rising misdemeanor arrests, and double violations for driving with suspended licenses as factors driving the spike and notes ongoing strain on processing, kitchen, and court shuttle operations.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Joe Bell
Belden Elementary Rockets Soar In School Wide Launch
Midview Belden Elementary students launched about 30 model rockets after two months of rocketry study funded by a Ross Foundation challenge grant. Fifth graders Robin Brainard Amanda Grime and Kathy Kidny helped compute heights with altitrack tracking units while NASA and Rocketdyne observers watched.
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Ross Foundation
Eaton Township
Steigerwald
Robin Brainard
Amanda Grime
Kathy Kidny
Judy Budd
NASA
Carol Galatin
Rocketdyne
Cleveland
Repeal of Piggyback License Plate Tax Gains Momentum
Lorain County wide effort to repeal the $10 county tax and the $5 city piggyback taxes gathers steam with more than 1,000 petitions circulating in Elyria Amherst and four cities Avon’s petitions filed with 236 signatures and 230 supporters. DePola Wagner lead the drive with deadlines in June 15 16 and a ballot aim for November 7.
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Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
Anathing DePola
Avon
DePola
Micheal Wagner
Lorain County
Richard Vaught
Peter Reifschneider
Vaught
Wagner
Woodrow Mathna
Wellington
Sheffield Lake
Judge Opposes Early Parole for Drunk Driver Rodney Bowling
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Lynett McGough fights parole for Rodney Bowling after sentencing him to 3 to 10 years for a 1975 drunk driving crash that injured Robert Brock of Amherst and left him in a coma 13 years until his 1987 death.
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Elyria
Lynett McGough
Rodney Bowling
Robert Brock
Amherst
Brock
Bowling
USX Kobe ties celebrated with sushi lunch at Elyria club
USX Corp hosted Kobe Steel at Elyria County Club for a welcome lunch with 150 leaders and officials. The event featured sushi tastings and a golf round, aided by a Japanese etiquette expert, as tensions rose with a local protest over the USX Kobe partnership led by ex-employee George Matyas.
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USX Corp
Elyria County Club
Kobe Steel, Ltd
California
Ohio
Kobe
Greg Hatmaker
USX
Hatmaker
ASX
Japan
Cleveland
George Matyas
Kobe Steel Ltd
Matyas
E 28Th Street
Kobe Steel
Honda
Pearl Harbor
Lorain
Alex Olejko
United States
Highway Patrol tests portable breath tester device
The Ohio State Highway Patrol tests a palm sized Preliminary Breath Tester to gauge probable cause for arrest in drunken driving cases. Lt. Ken Morckel of the Elyria Post states the device is not meant as court evidence but aids on the spot testing.
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Highway Patrol
Elyria
State Highway Patrol
Ken Morckel
The
Elyria Post
Ohio State Highway Patrol
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