Glass shard used in standoff at Lorain County Jail
Inmate Willie Marshall used a glass shard to threaten James Merchant for about 15 minutes in the Lorain County Jail north wing. Corrections officer Joseph Seroka defused the situation. Marshall is isolated. Investigators seek why the shard was accessible, with possible kidnapping and menacing charges.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Martin J. Mahony
Willie Marshall
West 22Nd Street
Lorain
James Merchant
Oberlin
Mahony
Marshall
Lorain City
Gardener Pays Delinquent Taxes. Suit Dismissed
In North Ridgeville Republican mayoral candidate William Gardener paid 435 dollars in delinquent mobile home taxes plus court costs, leading Elyria Municipal Court to dismiss the suit with prejudice. The claim involved Lot 8 in Gibson Trailer Park on Lorain Road dating to 1981 with Gardener owning the trailer.
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North Ridgeville
William Gardner
Daniel Talarek
Talarek
Elyria Municipal Court
George Ferguson
Chronicle-Telegram
Gibson
Lorain Road
Gardner
If I Had the Biggest Pumpkin Ever Kids Write Imaginative Endings
Elyria students younger writers finish the prompt from Steven Kroll's The Biggest Pumpkin Ever read by Marjorie Martin at Spring Valley Elementary. Patsy Mendlik's second graders created creative endings to the line If I had the biggest pumpkin ever.
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Elyria
Steven Kroll
Patsy Mendlik
Spring Valley
Marjorie Martin
Perch limit petition circulates at Port Clinton
Don Mitchell of Hi Way Bait Store opposes a proposed sport perch limit in Lake Erie. Petitions calling on the ODNR to drop the plan will be presented at a Columbus hearing November 16. ODNR considers 30 perch per day for anglers and a separate commercial limit. Mitchell warns of economic impact and potential cross-border fishing.
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Port Clinton
Don Mitchell
Lake Erie
Mitchell
Lakeside
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
ODNR
Gary Isbell
Canada
Jim Waldron
Ridgeville mayoral debate ends with attacks on Hill candidate
In North Ridgeville, Republican William Gardner and independent Lisa West attacked incumbent nominee Deanna Hill at a crowded debate. West claimed Bruewer’s statements warn of a city run by officials if Hill wins. Hill denied the charges and urged restraint after the closing remarks.
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North Ridgeville
Deanna Hill
William Gardner
Lisa West
Ann Bruewer
Hill
North Ridgeville Education Center
West
Bruewer
Cincinnati
Joe
Gardner
North Ridgeville Teachers’ Union
A Trip to Hell Gets One Last Night in Lorain
Lorain residents complained as traffic snarls and permit issues surrounded the Halloween attraction called A Trip to Hell. City Councilwoman Kathy Tavenner cited lack of city permits for a billboard portable sign and pavilion modifications on church land north of Yeager Road and west of Leavitt Road. She defended the church but urged proper advertising and neighborhood disruption relief.
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Hell
Yeager Road
Lorain
Church of the North Coast
Kathy Tavenner
Resi
Taverner
D-8th Ward
Church of the
North Coast
Leavitt Road
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Kristen Halliday
Ridgeville
Benjamin Gleisser
Chronice-Telegram
Siab
Paula Artman
Chronicle
Cindy Lesse
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