Elena stalls off Florida coast as hurricane lashes state
Hurricane Elena stalled offshore delaying eastward movement while drenching west central Florida with heavy rain and tides. A fatality was reported as a tree toppled onto a car in Daytona Beach. Tornadoes damaged mobile homes in Leesburg and Cedar Key faced evacuations as the storm threatened along the coast. Nearly 1 million residents and visitors evacuated or sought shelter. Cedar Key isolated by high winds.
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Ex-area residents batten the hatches as Elena nears
Former North Olmsted residents Chas and Ginny Hicks now in Clearwater batten down before Elena. They queued food and gas while weather updates and cancellations spread. Others from Elyria and Wellington prepared shelters and evacuated, noting rising concern as a gulf coast hurricane impacts the area.
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Duneen
Noted acquittal ends case. civil suit still pending
Sheffield Lake Police Chief Thomas Walthers, a central figure in the Marshall investigation, says the community mixed feelings about the acquittal. The judge will issue Marshall's sentence in four to six weeks, while Breeden pursues a $550,000 civil suit against Marshall and the school district amid ongoing legal action.
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Sheffield Lake
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Breeden
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Ex-soccer star Colin Fowles dies in Florida field shooting
Former NASL player Colin Fowles, 33, was among five gunmen who opened fire on a pickup soccer game in Opa-locka Florida killing him and a spectator. Two others were wounded as police pursued motives and suspects Saturday. Fowles, born in Jamaica, played for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and held U.S. citizenship.
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Fla
Colin Fowles
Saturn plant worries mayor over meeting on GM complex
Spring Hill Tennessee mayor George Jones threatens to vote against a zoning change for General Motors Saturn plant unless state GM and United Auto Workers officials hold a public forum to answer what the $3.5 billion project will bring besides traffic. He says the town risks being torn inside out if makers only seek land and not the community. The City Council is set to vote on agricultural to industrial zoning, with the mayor demanding prior assurances of dialogue.
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Jones
United Auto Workers
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