Lorain County to honor Medal of Honor heroes this May
Lorain County plans a May ceremony honoring Charles J. Berry and four other residents who earned the Medal of Honor. Berry, born in Lorain, posthumously received the award for shielding comrades at Iwo Jima in March 1945. The county seeks relatives to join the observance tied to Ohio’s bicentennial.
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Lorain
Charles J. Berry
U.S
Berry
Foxholes
Wo Juma
Lorain County
Joe Magazzine
Magazzine
Pacific Theater
Iwo Jima
Elmwood
George Croghan Reid
U.S. Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Prosecutor Nolan to Lead Parma Police overtime probe
Lorain County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Nolan named as one of two special prosecutors to investigate alleged overtime and sick leave abuse in the Parma Police Department. Nolan, ex chief of Cuyahoga County’s major crimes division, says the review will take months and will proceed without preconceived notions.
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Lorain County
Michael Nolan
Parma
Nolan
Cuyahoga County
Greg White
Jeff Manning
Robert F Corts
the Plain Dealer
Joseph L. Wagner
Timothy Heider
Common Pleas
Edward M. Zaleski
Zaleski
Cookies for troops drive gains national attention
Donna Dove owner of Donna's Diner on Broad Street and Fran Beatty organize community cookie baking to support soldiers abroad. Calls have come in from across the region and as far as California after Fox News picked up the Chronicle Telegram report. First session runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday with another session planned the following week.
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Donna Dove
Fran Beatty
Dove
Donna
Broad Street
California
Fox ® News
Chronicle-Telegram
Tove
Christina Jolliffe
Blue Star Service Banners Return Amid War Fears
The piece notes a revival of Blue Star Service Banners as war looms, citing their WWII meaning and a scene from Saving Private Ryan. It mentions banners depicting four stars for four sons of William and Margaret Ryan outside their Peyton Town home and how gold stars indicate fatalities.
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Blue Star Service
Private Ryan
William
Margaret Ryan
James
Daniiel
Peter
Sean Ryan
Peyton Iown
Shirley Messaros
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 12
Elyria
Kristin Yarbrough
Ice coats Lorain County trees after thawing ice storm
Local experts describe the ice as like diamonds on branches with no major damage reported. Rex Lees Orchards notes light icing and trees built to handle weight. Metro Parks says lower branches melted, while a warm spell prompts sun and a forecast of mid fifties to low sixties.
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Elyria
Ruth Spiegelberg
Spegelberg
Lorain
Fruday
Rex Lees Orchards
Henrietta Township
K.C Crombie
Rex
Gary Gerrome
Lorain County Metro
Metro Parks
Carlisle
Gerrome
Senator Pushes E-check Fee Plan in Ohio Pollutant Test Debate
Ohio Senate Transportation Chair Jeffry Armbruster of North Ridgeville leads opposition to a per vehicle fee aimed at funding E-check exemptions for new cars. The House budgets exempt more cars while funding penalties through a 50 cent daily rental-car fee. Republicans weigh impact on motorists and industry emissions in counties with testing requirements.
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Columbus
Senate Transportation
Jeffry Armbruster
North Ridgeville
Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
House
Southwest
Ohio
Armbruster
Transportation Committee
E Check
Senate
Doug White
White
U.S
EPA
Fremont man faces death penalty in 11 year old Chanel Barhett case
Shaquale Woodhouse, 24, of Fremont is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the alleged killing of Chanel Barhett, an 11 year old former Lorain student. He also faces aggravated burglary, burglary rape, abuse of corpse and evidence tampering counts. Grand jury returned the charges. Woodhouse has not entered a plea. Chanel, a Croghan Elementary School student, was found dead in a wooded area. coroner cites asphyxiation. Woodhouse held on 1 million dollar bond and due in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Monday.
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Waandtia Dietz
Ial
Chronicle-Telegram
Fremont
Lorain
Shaquale Woodhouse
Sandusky Ave
Chane Barhett
Sandusky County
Tom Stierwalt
Speci Woodhouse
Bremont
Sam Derr
Woodhouse
Chanel
Elyria
Monte Huss
Huss
Christina Barnett
Macc
Lnanel
John Rate
Sandusky County Common Plers Court
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Chuck Camera
Elmwood Cemetery
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Szantos
Tims
Kirk Lombardy
National Weather Service
Lombardy
Jeff Mohrman
Mohrman
BRUCE
Toledo
Adrian Cinerman
John Duffin
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