Budget crisis prompts sparse turnout in Elyria meeting
Elyria City Council opened a public input session on 2011 budgeting after voters rejected a proposed income tax increase. Only six residents spoke as Mayor Grace and Council heard concerns while planning for potential state budget cuts and a shifted revenue outlook. Council President Forrest Bullocks warned a second planning session only if more residents call the clerk's office.
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Elyria
Forrest Bullocks
2Nd Ward
Resi
Dents
Bullocks
Bill Grace
Oberlin campus alert after multiple assaults
Oberlin police report several attacks on single male students near the campus prompting a dorm-area alert. One arrest was made as Mikal Isom, 19, faces charges of assault criminal trespass and underage drinking after a Nov 4 incident. Isom posted $2,500 bond and wears a monitoring device. The other incidents involved groups of teens punching victims. no robberies reported and police note possible dares.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Mikal Isom
Isom
South Professor
Forest Streets
Lorain County
Michael McCloskey
McCloskey
North Professor Street
Kahn Dormitory
Lorain High time capsule linked to 2009 demolition woes
The Lorain High School time capsule discovery ties into a string of issues from a 2009 demolition project by a hired contractor. City records show delays and concerns around the contractor, with ongoing questions about project scope and oversight.
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Lorain High School
Missing Teen’s Abduction Sparks Lake Search for Victims
Investigators hunt a lake for three missing relatives and a family friend after 13 year old Sarah Maynard is found bound and gagged in a suspect's basement. Sheriff says family may be dead as rescue teams comb parklands and waterways near Matthew J. Hoffman’s home.
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Mount Vernon
David Barber
Sarah Maynard
Sarah
Matthew J. Hoffman
Tea party clash as Lorain County GOP blocks appointments
Randy Newman founder of Lorain County 47th Tea Party accuses the Lorain County Republican Party Executive Committee of a moratorium on filling precinct committee vacancies to sideline his group. Helen Hurst and Ray Noble acknowledge the ban during campaign season but expect it to end after the election.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Randy Newman
47Th Tea Party
Republican Party
Helen Hurst
Ray Noble
Hurst
Noble
Newman
Justin Wooden
U.S
Betty Sutton
D-Copley Township
Ex-Lorain cop may face charges in Lake County
Former Lorain police officer Joseph Montelon faces possible felony charges in Lake County over letters disparaging Lorain Police Chief Del Rivera. Ohio Attorney General Cordray’s office forwarded the Lorain County case, while FBI and federal prosecutors concluded no federal crimes were committed.
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Lorain
Lake County
Joseph Montelon
del Rivera
Wickliffe
Ohio
Richard Cordray
Montelon
Ken Egbert Jr
Lorain County
Mark Bartolotta
Cordray
Ted Hart
Bartolotta
Dennis Will
FBI
Rivera
Terry Gilbert
Will
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