Head Start Case ruling assigns suit to state AG
An appeals panel rules the Ohio Attorney General's Office must handle the wrongful imprisonment claim by Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen from the 1990s Head Start child sex abuse case. The 9th District Court of Appeals split 2-1 with Judges Carr and Flagg-Lan zinger in favor, while Hensal dissented. The case seeks compensation after both were freed when charges were dismissed following new trials.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Attorney General's Office
9Th District Court of Appeals
Donna Carr
Jill Flagg-Lanzinger
Attorney General's Office
Lorain County
Smith
Chris Cook
Allen
Common Pleas
Raymond Ewers
Tomlinson
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Appeals Court
Ewers
Attorney General’s Office
Ing
Attorney General's
State of
Ohio
Ohio Court of Claims
Pinning ceremony honors fourteen Vietnam veterans in Amherst
Fourteen local Vietnam veterans who served between 1955 and 1975 were honored during a Friday ceremony in Amherst marking National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The event at the Lorain County memorial included lapel pins from the Vietnam War Commemoration and guest speakers Tom Temerario and Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell.
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Tom Temerario
Maj
Michael Davis O’donnell
Lorain County Memorial
Amherst
Lorain County
Lauren Hoffman
Chronicle-Telegram
Don Attie
Lorain
Attie
Nathan Perry
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
NSDAR
Mary Jane Burger
Lorain Senior Center Seeks Support After Grants Denied
Lorain’s senior center reports several 2022 and 2023 grant denials, despite being the city’s only senior hub and polling site. JR and Nancy Lee lead operations, expanding programs and updating space on limited funds, including a wheelchair friendly door behind a small step. The center relies on volunteers and has received a total of 165000 from county, election board, and city since COVID, with 50000 from the county.
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Carissa Woytach
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain
Nancy Lee
JR Lee
COVID
Election Board
Jack Bradley
Lorain Building
Hannah Kiraly
Lorain Senior Center
Lorain-Medina CBCF Receives ACA National Accreditation
The Lorain-Medina Community Based Correctional Facility earned national accreditation from the American Correctional Association after a September audit scoring 99.5 percent. The 130-bed facility serves Lorain and Medina counties with cognitive behavioral treatment and educational opportunities to reduce recidivism.
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Lorain-Medina
CBCK
American Correctional Association
Thomas Stickrath
Commission On Accreditation For Corrections
Ohio Department of Public Safety
CBCF
The
Association
CBCE
ACA
Mike Willets
Lorain
Medina
Lorain County Common Pleas
Drink Local Tap honors North Ridgeville teacher
Megan Wood, a seventh grade STEM teacher at Ranger High-Tech Academy, was named the Drink Local Drink Tap Teacher of the Year on March 22 during World Water Day events. The nonprofit, based in Cleveland, honors her five years with the Wave Maker Program teaching about the water crisis and local impacts.
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North Ridgeville
Megan Wood
Drink Local Drink Tap
Wood
Ranger High-Tech Academy
Organi
North Ridgeville City
Avon Elyria road work to cause delays through Monday
Avon and Elyria motorists face delays through Monday due to road projects. Elyria crews repair East Bridge Street East River Street with one lane and a temporary light, detours posted, no U turns. In Avon Schwartz Road resurfacing between Nagel Road and Westlake limits will slow traffic, two lanes open, completion by July 1.
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Elyria
East Bridge Street
East River Street
Avon Road
Park Avenue
Harrison Street
Schwartz Road
Nagel Road
Westlake
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