Child Abduction Amber Alert Ends in Fatal Standoff
A 7-year-old girl Oaklyn Alexander was recovered safely after her non custodial father Charles Alexander 43 led police on a high speed chase from Medina County to I 71 in a U Haul. An earlier contact at a grandmother's home preceded a violent confrontation with an officer and a fatal shooting.
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Patrick Rhonemus
Chronicle
Medina County
Terry Grice
Medina Township
Medina
Jefferson County
Oaklyn Alexander
Charles Alexander
Alexander
Oaklyn
Grice
Medina County shooting ends with child reunified with mother
A U-Haul incident on Interstate 71 in Medina Township ended after Ohio Highway Patrol neutralized a threat. A seven year old girl, Oaklyn, was recovered from the vehicle and reunited with her mother as Medina County Sheriffs Office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigate. Alexander died at the scene.
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Dispatch
Alexander
Oaklyn
Heaven
Medina Township
Eastpoint Drive
Safran
Grice
Ohio Highway Patrol Special Response Team
Mom
Medina County
Lisa Deranek
Medina County Sheriff's Office
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Avon Lake council okays interim deal for lakefront redevelopment
Avon Lake officials authorized Mayor Mark Spaetzel to enter an interim development agreement with Avon Lake Environmental Redevelopment Group ALERG to redevelop the former Avon Lake power plant site into mixed use with a public park and residential and commercial components The ordinance passed six to one with Rob Shahmir dissenting The plan includes a 23.22 acre park parcel purchase up to 15 million or 25 percent of future TIF revenue and requires a separate ordinance to establish the TIF and overlay district while rezoning the site to B 3 and aligning with Ohio EPA and VAP requirements by end of 2025.
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Avon Lake City
Mark Spaetzel
Avon Lake Environmental Redevelopment Group
Avon Lake
Rob
Shahmir
Indus
Zach Arnold
ALERG
Ohio Epa
Ohio Voluntary Action
Lorain Southside Gateway project eyed for LMHA sites
Lorain City Council and LMHA discussed the Southside Gateway plan to revitalize the south side from East 28th to East 36th streets, including 430 mixed income units and replacing 111 units of Southside Gardens. Rezoning would apply to LMHA or city owned parcels, with MU, R 3 and other designations under review, funds and environmental cleanups shaping the timeline.
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Lorain
South Side
Choice
East 28Th
East 36Th Streets
Broadway
Grove Avenue
Southside Gardens
East 30Th
Vine Avenue
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority
LMHA
City Garage
East 35Th Street
Whittier Middle School
East 42Nd Street
el Centro
Pearl Avenue
P.C. Campana
East 28Th Street
Oakwood Park Estates
Clinton and
Seneca Avenues
Blyine Avenue
Fulton Road
Repko Field
Mary Springowski
Council
Planning Commission
Kusznk
Law Department
Sylvia DuVall
PC Campana
Old City Garage
Elyria Avenue
Jon Veard
JoAnne Moon
D-5th Ward
Springowski
TFG
Lorain blotter reports since Oct. 24 9:43 p.m. to Oct. 27
Police responded to Mercy Health Lorain regarding a sexual assault at Days Inn on Oct 24. Domestic dispute on Plaza Drive. Drug overdose on Meadowbrook Drive with naloxone given. case referred to Children Services. Crashes, OVI arrests, and traffic stops noted with multiple individuals charged or cited through Oct 27.
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Mercy Health Lorain
Days Inn
N. Leavitt Road
Block Plaza Drive
Meadowbrook Drive
Larah
Darienzo
Lorain County
North Lake Street
Block Park Ave
Sandstone Cafe
Park Avenue
Jessica Dailey
Lorain
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Fairlawn
Brunswick Division of Police
Center Road
Brunswick
Robert Safran
Mr. Alexander
Interstate 71
Youtube
Sara Crawford
Scrawford
Medinagazette.com
Avon Lake Power
Richard Perrins
Lorain City Council
Carissa Woytach
Chroniclet
Amherst Police
Lake St
Kellie Hall
South Amherst
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