Wrongfully imprisoned man to be awarded $1 million
Ricky Jackson, once sentenced to death for a killing he did not commit, will receive over $1 million from Ohio for wrongful imprisonment. The 58 year old was jailed after a 1975 conviction based on coerced testimony by a 13 year old eyewitness, who later recanted.
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Cleveland
Ricky Jackson
Cuyahoga County
Jackson
Eddie Vernon
Vernon
Ohio Innocence Project
Wiley Bridgeman
Ronnie Bridgeman
Kwame Ajamu
North Ridgeville eyes new middle school amid 58.1M bond plan
North Ridgeville Schools Superintendent James Powell described a major transition as the district builds a new middle school for grades three through eight. He cited voter support for a 58.1 million bond and a 4.5 million stadium project, plus a strengthened budget and a 59 percent local funding share, with the state providing 35 percent.
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North Ridgeville
James Powell
Powell
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Avon Lake High Veterans Revealed After Years of Dust
Avon Lake councilman John Shondel sought details on two WW II veterans from Avon Lake High School. Army veteran James Wood, class of 1942, served in the Pacific Theater, while George Price, class of 1940, has unclear service history. Canadian genealogy researchers and local residents contributed new information after a Chronicle-Telegram story.
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Avon Lake
James Wood
George Price
John Shondel
Canada
Chronicle- Telegram
Scrawl on jail wall tied to cell brawl in Lorain County
In Lorain County Jail Benjamin Davis allegedly wrote on a cell wall that sparked a fight with cellmate Zachary Long. Davis is charged with shooting Robert Caudill at the Lake Motel in Lorain and later stealing his car, with Davis confessing to acting alone.
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Benjamin Davis
Lorain County
Robert Caudill
Davis
Caudill
Lake
Lorain
Amherst
Dennis Will
Zachary Long
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