Vermilion and Amherst levy outcomes hinge on provisional totals
Vermilion and Amherst districts await final provisional ballots after narrowly approved and defeated levies. Amherst’s 4.4 mill levy failed 3 325 to 3 177, with potential teacher layoffs and tutoring cuts looming. Vermilion’s 4.9 mill levy passed by four votes but faces recounts if provisional ballots shift the margin, prompting possible budget cuts and new funding plans.
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Amherst
Bob Boynton
Boynton
County Board of Elections
Marilyn Jacobcik
Council of Governments
Vermillion
Lorain
Erie
Vermillion Schools
Bruce Keller
Arson suspected in Lorain two West 16th Street fires
Lorain firefighters investigated two separate Wednesday morning fires at 122 W. 16th St. The first blaze started in a basement stairwell and spread to the attic with two Molotov cocktails found. A second fire at the same structure occurred about five hours later with additional Molotov bottles seized for fingerprint testing. A nearby doghouse fire on West 15th Street is considered suspicious. No injuries reported.
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Lorain
West 16Th Street
Dennis Livehak
W. 16Th St
Tod Hall
Livchak
Hall
Livehak
West 15Th Street
15Th St
Carwash theft causes nearly $30K in damage
Elyria police say a burglar damaged West Ridge Water Works carwash on West Ridge Road in an early Wednesday break in. A hatchet or hammer left holes in a wall and the security cameras were disabled while a coin changer and drain spout were damaged. owner David Fenik reported no cash missing and no suspects identified.
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Elyria
West Ridge Road
West Ridge
Company Safe
David Fenik
Botched Ohio execution fuels death penalty debate
Defense lawyers and opponents seized Wednesday on the Lucasville lethal injection amid difficulties finding a workable vein in Joseph Lewis Clark’s 1984 murder case. Clark died after a 90 minute wait as the team battled veins, prompting calls for review and legal challenges to the method.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Lewis Clark
David Bodiker
Clark
Douglas Berman
Ohio State University
Southern Ohio
Lucasville
David Manning
George Pappas
Terry Collins
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