Lorain Schools forecast turns brighter after levy
Lorain Schools face potential deficits in 2018 and 2019 but thanks to a lev y passage and stabilization in enrollment show surpluses of 3.65 million this year and 2.13 million next year. Treasurer Dale Weber cites state aid gains and charter enrollment changes as key factors. The district’s general fund is about 100 million with 75.8 million from state money.
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Board of Education
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Elyria launches My Brother's Keeper effort with summit
Frank Whitfield notes no fixed outcome yet for the My Brother's Keeper plan in Elyria. The Lorain County Urban League president and CEO hosted a two hour summit at Middle Avenue to start a community action plan due by July. City leaders and ministers joined Whitfield in a call to action to avoid inaction.
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North Ridgeville to open softball facility this year
A 17,000 square foot indoor softball training center is planned on a 3 acre city land parcel sold to Blue Marble Realty for 10 000. The Leffew family will run the facility with batting cages gym space and special surface near Victory Lane and Lorain Road I 480.
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Blue Marble Realty
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Inmate pleads guilty to jail assault in Lorain County
Benjamin Davis admitted attempted felonious assault for attacking his former cellmate Zachary Long with a plastic spoon shank in Lorain County Jail. He faces potential death penalty exposure for the December murder of Robert Caudill, with a four year sentence imposed on the assault plea.
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Zachary Long
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Lorain
Amherst
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Tiger cub mascot under law at Massillon Washington High
The Massillon Washington High booster club, which supplies a live tiger cub mascot for each football season since 1970, must submit more documentation to keep the tradition within Ohio dangerous animal rules. The state has not yet cited a violation, but requires affidavits proving the cub would live at an accredited facility, be cared for for life, and be shown in a cage preventing public contact.
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