Budget forecasters warn of 6 million gap in 2012 Elyria County
Elyria Lorain County officials say general funds can cover 2011 but forecasting a 6 million shortfall in 2012 prompts possible 10 percent cuts to salaries and layoffs. A 0.5 percent sales tax is being considered, with hearings set next month. County aims to raise revenue or trim expenses, with Commissioner-elect Williams to join in January.
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Elyria
Lorain
Ings
Lori Kokoski
Kokoski
Tom Williams
Betty Blair
Blair
Com
Cleanup rolls on after 26 car derailment in Sheffield
Hundreds of tons of debris were removed from the 26 car derailment site near Ford’s Ohio Assembly Plant. Train traffic was diverted to Norfolk Southern’s Elyria line as crews, including Hutcher Services, clear twisted track and wreckage. No injuries were reported and officials expect debris removal to continue today. The investigation may consider track structure and loading methods, with a report to the Federal Railroad Administration in six to eight weeks.
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Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Abbe
Harris Roads
Sheffield
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk and Southern
Elyria
Ford
Ohio Assembly
Rudy Husband
Hutcher Services
Husband
Federal Railroad Administration
State Scrambles Officials Payments in Ohio House
Ohio Auditor finds the House botched staff pay in 2007 and 2008 with 15 overpaid by nearly 3300 and 48 underpaid by about 4900. Three lawmakers received advances after leaving office, including former Rep. Matt Barrett who repaid 364.35 amid a resignation tied to a scandal.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Mary Taylor
Matt Barrett
Amherst
Barrett
Norwalk
Armond Budish
Columbus Dispatch
Elyria woman injured in SUV rollover crash
An Elyria woman, 47 year old Karen Durbin Salach, was flown to a Cleveland hospital after her 2002 Dodge Durango left Grafton Road near West River, struck a tree and rolled into a ditch. Rain and wind were cited as factors and she was trapped for about an hour.
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Liverpool
Elyria
Cleveland
Grafton
West River
Karen Durbin-Salach
Grafton Road
Nick Clemens
Ohio Highway Patrol
Medina Post
Clemens
Durbin-Salach
Steve Grazier
Gazette
Liverpool Township
Making a Splash Zone in Amherst Plans Discussed
Lorain County Metro Parks will hold four public meetings at Amherst Public Library to discuss a Splash Zone like facility in Amherst. Meetings are scheduled December 1 and December 8 with sessions from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm. A feasibility study is authorized, modeled on Oberlin's Splash Zone.
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Amherst
Rec Center
Lorain County
Metro Parks
Amherst Public Library
The
Parks Agency
Metroparks.cc
Metro Parks’ Board of Directors
Dan Martin
Oberlin
Amherst School Board
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