Rush hour blackout hits Elyria mall and nearby areas
A burned-out Burns Road transmission switch caused a two hour power outage affecting about 5,000 Ohio Edison customers in Elyria and Sheffield Village. Traffic lights failed, delaying rush hour traffic and prompting police to direct motorists. Some Midway Mall stores closed while homes and schools lost power along Abbe Road and Route 57.
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Elyria
Midway Mall
Ohio Edison
Sheffield Village
Cooper Hawkins
Burns Road
Power Company
Soring Valley
Abbe Road
Hawkins
Elizabeth Taylor to Wed Larry Fortensky This Sunday
Elizabeth Taylor will marry Larry Fortensky this Sunday in her eighth wedding. The gown’s designer Valentino and others signed confidentiality agreements to guard details. Women's Wear Daily published a rendering Friday after discussions with Valentino.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Larry Fortensky
Valentino
Women’s Wear Daily
Ohio EPA seeks cleanup of old medical waste along Black River
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency plans to ask the building owner to remove legacy medical waste from the Black River banks near Elyria. Loran: Spitzer marina receives two week extension to cure delinquent payment. Amherst: Pocketts suit targets three builders. Windy with showers and thunderstorms. high near 70, 80 percent rain chance. Partial clearing and colder tonight with sleet possible as temps drop into the 50s.
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Elyria
Ohio
EPA
Black River
Loran
Spitzer Marina
Police release photo of cabin fire arson suspect
Lorain County authorities have released a photograph of Richard Wadsworth, 26, charged with involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault and aggravated arson after a cabin fire near Indian Hollow Road killed two teens at Bill Wright's 19th birthday party. Wadsworth, an uninvited guest, faces arraignment in Lorain County Common Pleas Court with $100,000 cash bond.
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Elyria
Richard Wadsworth
Carlisle
Lorain County
Martin Mahony
Ralph Gale
Gale
Wadsworth
Hilliard Rd
Mahony
Bill Wright
Indian Hollow Road
Butternut Ridge
Wright
Cy Pinter
Raymond Klan
U.N. team finds Iraq testing nuke missiles
A U.N. inspection team in Iraq reports evidence of Iraqi scientists testing a surface to surface missile capable of carrying an atomic bomb. The 44 member team released a preliminary report in Vienna detailing the findings to the U.N. Security Council.
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U.N
Iraq
Vienna
U.N. Security Council
Pease retirement sparks Lorain County race talk
U S Representative Donald J. Pease announced retirement to care for family, triggering speculation on candidates for the 13th District. Republicans William Nielsen Sr. and Alan Zaleski are favored, while Democrats Ronald Nabakowski Joseph Koziura and Elyria Mayor Michael Keys are also considered, with Zaleski actively testing the waters.
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Grafton
William Nielsen, Sr
Alan Zaleski
D-Vermilion
Pease
Zaleski
Nielsen
Ronald Nabakowski
Joseph Koziura
Elyria
Michael B. Keys
Hazardous material drum spotted near Route 10
In North Ridgeville a yellow wrapped drum labeled hazardous material sits ten feet from Route 10 near Lorain Road for about two weeks. Police and the Ohio Highway Patrol say they have no explanation. A dispatcher offered a tentative guess that roadwork could be involved. A North Ridgeville firefighter noted no contents are known.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain Road
Ohio Highway Patrol
Elyria
North Ridgeville Fire Department
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Ptl
Clyde Hoover
Amherst
Theater Ag
Washington Post
Donald J. Pease
U.S
Dennis Eckart
Janing Exner
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