Mercy Health settlement costs Lorain $75,000 in federal suit
Mercy Health and Lorain County reach a settlement in a civil rights case over a body cavity search incident involving Tony Harris. Lorain will reimburse Mercy Health $75,000 via city funds, with hospital and county officials signing the agreement though not yet final until funds arrive and court dismisses the case. The deal includes agreed guidelines for cavity searches and evidence removal, framed after a police stop and hospital evaluation in Lorain.
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Lorain
Mercy Health
Lorain County
Board of Control
Jack Bradley
Safety Service
Rey Carrion
Tony Harris
Lorain Police
Harris
Mercy Hospital
Gateway North Ridgeville project reshapes Lorain Lear Nagle
North Ridgeville outlines a 2030 to 2034 timeline for Gateway North Ridgeville a major traffic upgrade along Lorain Road and Lear Nagle Road. Woolpert project manager Alejandro Chock describes an RCUT at Lorain and Lear Nagle with two roundabouts and cost estimate around 34 million dollars while public officials and residents discuss safety and congestion relief.
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Lorain Roads
Lorain County Community College
University Partnership
Alejandro Chock
Woolpert
Lorain
Lear Nagle
RCUT
Chock
Lorain Road
Lear Nagle Road
Cook Road
Lorain County opens harm reduction vending machine
Lorain County launches a 24 hour harm reduction vending machine outside Family Planning Services of Lorain County at 602 Leona St Elyria offering naloxone first aid kits condoms fentanyl test strips pregnancy tests menstruation products and used needle disposal containers. Officials say the discreet access aims to reach those reluctant to seek traditional services and has already attracted heavy traffic.
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Lorain County
Family Planning Services of
Lorain County Public Health
FPS
Leona St
Elyria
Tammy Bertrand
Ohio
Natalie Karn
Karn
Bertrand
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