Fire funding boosts Elyria firedept staffing hopes
Elyria officials expect federal changes signed by President Obama to expand Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants enabling rehiring laid off firefighters. Mayor Grace aims to apply though guidelines are pending with a few weeks before the window opens. Local 974 president Marks says staffing has often limited stations and calls the potential funding essentially free to bring back laid off personnel for four years.
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United Way Lorain County Maintains Funding For 2009 10
United Way of Greater Lorain County will distribute 1.6 million to 51 health and human service programs across 27 agencies for 2009 10, beginning July 1. Donor designated funds add 409000. Executive director Gerald Skully notes staff cuts kept allocations stable while demand rises.
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Man receives ten year term for baby sitter death
Damien Hiley was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing 2 year old Nicolas Shaw while he was babysitting. Nicolas died after injuries from rough housing at his Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland. Nicolas's mother said she forgives Hiley, while his family cried outside the Lorain County Court.
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Prosecutors say husband blocked help after wife run over
Prosecutors allege John Biszantz refused medical aid for Erin Biszantz after she leaped from a Mercury Mountaineer and was struck by an SUV on Boone Road. He allegedly waved vehicles past, returned home, told children the injuries were fake, and confiscated phones. He faces involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges.
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Drive-in owners allege lights stayed on past curfew at park
An attorney for Aut O-Rama Twin Drive-In owners claims the Ohio Sports Park left two baseball diamonds lit past the 10 p.m. court-ordered curfew on two weeknights. Charles E. Mills filed the motion with County Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski as part of the dispute between the drive-in and the park.
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Michael Jackson's Final Hours Focus on Exercise and Private Doctor
Police towed the cardiologist’s BMW from Michael Jackson’s home amid questions about the circumstances of his death. An AP source said heart attack likely caused the cardiac arrest that killed the 50 year old superstar as fans mourned outside his Gary Indiana boyhood home.
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