Blair proposes Tasers to trap feral cats in county plan
Elyria officials discuss using Tasers to stun feral cats for capture and spay neuter. Commissioner Lori Kokoski cautions Tasers are for dogs defense only, while Dog Warden Jack Sziempa says the idea was explored but not endorsed. Population control figures from local shelters are listed.
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Elyria
Betty Blair
Blair
Lori Kokoski
Jack Sziempa
Sziempa
Elyria Council OKs 2008 Budget Amid Fire Station Closure Debate
Elyria approves its 2008 budget 6-4 at a five minute meeting amid anger over a plan by Mayor Bill Grace to permanently close the Broad Street fire station. Residents denounced the vote as rushed and called for the mayor's removal while seeking funds for firefighters.
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Elyria
Garry Gibbs
Mark Craig
Larry Tanner
Kevin Krischer
Council
Ken Burkhard
7Th Ward
Jim Slone
Slone
Bill Grace
Broad Street
County to Install Cameras After $75,000 Train Station Damage
Copper thieves damaged the historic New York Central station on Depot Street in Elyria causing nearly 75 thousand dollars in repairs. The county plans four thousand dollar cameras and nineteen and a half thousand dollars in lighting funded by federal grants to reopen the site as a transportation hub.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle Photo
Karen Davis
New York Central
Elyria
Depot Street
James Cordes
Cordes
Lorain officer to serve three day suspension for bar incident
Lorain police officer Corey Earl will serve a three day suspension after an internal probe found he violated department policies by entering Scorchers bar on January 30 while on duty to wish a woman a happy birthday. The incident followed a heated exchange about a county corrections officer Thomas Pruitt, with Earl later contacting sheriff’s captains.
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Lorain
Corey Earl
del Rivera
Barl
Scorchers Bar
Rivera
Earl
Thomas Pruitt
Pruitt
Expelled Amherst student allowed to return to class
Freshman Mike McGannon will return to Amherst Marion L. Steele High School on Monday after a county court granted a temporary restraining order. He was expelled for 80 days over a pill he said was Tylenol but school officials said was Xanax. The family and attorney continue to challenge the expulsion and the school district will proceed with the appeals process.
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Elyria
Mike McGannon
Amherst
Marion L. Steele
County Common Pleas Court
Edward Zaleski
Mike
Robert Boynton
Zaleski
Boynton
McGannons
Mike Gillam
Gillam
Jeanne Kornick
Kornick
McGannon
Board of Education
Zachary Simonoff
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