Ex-pastor avoids prison with probation sentence
Former Westlake pastor Paul Endrei, 56, received three years probation after pleading guilty to endangering children in a plea deal. The victim, who said Endrei taught her that sex was good, read an impact statement detailing trauma from alleged abuse spanning 2005 to 2013. Endrei, former senior pastor of Church on the Rise, agreed to never work as a minister again.
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Westlake
Paul Endres
Jack Bradley
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Miraldi
Endrei
Avon
Donna Freeman
Bradley
Police investigate gas station stabbing in Elyria
Elyria police search for a man involved in a stabbing at Liberty Gas on Middle Avenue. Esteban Fernandez told officers two men approached him to buy marijuana as he was entering to pay for gas. He was punched, kicked, and later treated at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center for facial injuries and a leg laceration requiring stitches. Call (440) 323-3302 with tips.
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Liberty Gas
Middle Avenue
Elyria Medial Center
Esteban Fernandez
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Health benefits of new trails emphasized at town hall talk
Lorain County health officials highlighted walking and biking trails as tools for health and economic growth at a town hall forum launching an active transportation plan. They cited 37 percent obesity among adults and nearly 70 percent of residents overweight or obese, with about 49 percent attempting weight loss.
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Ohio
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Ohio voters cast write-ins and third-party votes in election
Unofficial Ohio results show about 16 000 write-ins and roughly 246 000 third party votes. Names linked to non contenders include John Glenn and Urban Meyer among uncertified write ins. Gov Kasich and Sen Portman figures noted. Trump remains winner per secretary of state data.
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John Kasich
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John McCain
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Secretary of State
Donald Trump
Man indicted on attempted murder and assault charges
North Ridgeville man Christopher Thacker, 30, was indicted by a county grand jury on two counts of attempted murder along with kidnapping felonious assault domestic violence and menacing by stalking stemming from a September 24 attack on his mother Jennifer Thacker 47 and girlfriend Brittany Powell 29 on Sugar Ridge Road. Jennifer Thacker hospitalized four days. Thacker to be arraigned in coming weeks.
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Christopher Thacker
Dave Mahek
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Brittany Powell
Jennifer Thacker
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