Lorain police chief sues over anonymous letters
Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera files a $1 million defamation suit against former officer Joseph Montelon in a case tied to his August federal suit. The letters sent from 1995 to 1997 and again around 2007 accused Rivera of crimes and coverups, prompting FBI scrutiny and public criticism.
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Cel Rivera
Department
Lorain
Joseph Montelon
Rivera
Montelon
A.J. Mathewson
Lorain County
Rich Resender
Wickliffe
Ohio
Richard Cordray
Anthony Giardini
Giardini
Force
Terry Gilbert
Gilbert
Ohio school board seeks budget hikes to fund education reform
The Ohio State Board of Education approved requests for budget increases of 2.4 percent in FY2012 and 2.1 percent in the following year to support planned changes in public schools. The moves accompany a state budget gap estimated between 4 and 8 billion dollars and aim to fund a new evidence based model with smaller classes and more teacher training while beginning to ease local school taxes.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Education
Insecticide Spill Evacuates Career Center in Ohio
A teacher dropped a can of insecticide causing a spill at Tri-Rivers Career Center in central Ohio. The incident sent the teacher and three students to a hospital as a precaution. all were released by 5 p.m.
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Marion
Rex Coldwell
Tri-Rivers
Ohio
Charles Speelman
Columbus Dispatch
Swastikas Deface Lott Campaign Signs in Toledo Area
Campaign signs for Rich Iott show spray painted swastikas amid controversy over his World War II German re enactments. Spokesmen for Iott accuse opponents of inciting vandalism while Kaptur campaign notes signs stolen recently.
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Rich Jott
Lott
Anthony Wayne Trail
Wichgreen Farms
Brint Road
Sylvania
Jott
Mr. Jott
Matt Parker
The
Iott Cam
Kaptur
Ohio Supreme Court Upheld $10 Per-Play Prize Limit
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that the $10 per play prize cap on skill based amusement machines is rationally related to protecting local economies and preventing crime. The decision supports keeping token prizes that discourage excessive play while allowing safe, harmless games. Spinners Skill Stop Games challenged the provision as unconstitutional but lost.
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Cincinnati
Supreme Court of Ohio
Skill Stop
Circleville
Pickaway County Skilled Gaming LLC
Stephen Cline
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Elyria discusses next year’s block grant spending
Elyria City Council committees review how to use Federal HUD Community Development Block Grant funds. About 70 percent must aid low income residents or eliminate blight, with amounts potentially surpassing $850,000. Local residents urge buying foreclosed homes and funding a Chapman Lane property for Adopt a School classrooms.
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Elyria
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Council
HUD
Angie Byington
Norm Failing
Howard Street
Mary Brown
Adopta-School
Second Baptist Church
Chapman Lane
Adopt-a-School
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Ohio School Board
Man
Kansas City
Missouri
Chad Michael Harvey
James William Boyd McNeely
Harvey
Audrain County
Jacob Shellabarger
Krista Gibson
Lorain County Community College
Kelly Vargo
Lisa Cornwell
Associated Press
Nikki Fullmer
Nikki
WOBL
Lookout Lorain County
National Lampoon
STYX
Chuck
Madison
Ice
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