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AkronMan held in slayings
AKRON: An Akron man has been jailed on two counts of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in two fatal shootings, police said.
Lance I. Brown, 30, of Manchester Road, was arrested Saturday in the shooting deaths of a man outside a West Akron store in August and a man found dead last week outside a vacant house.
In late August, police had issued a warrant for the arrest of Brown in the Aug. 16 death of Gary Bolar, 30, of Madison Avenue, Akron, who was shot in the head while sitting in a car outside the Delia Market, 964 Delia Ave.
The shooting was ''probably over drugs,'' Lt. Rick Edwards said.
Acting on a tip, police said, officers went to a house on Royal Place in North Akron about 5 p.m. Saturday and, after a two-hour standoff, entered the home.
Authorities said they found Brown in a basement cubbyhole.
Police said that after his arrest in the slaying of Bolar, Brown admitted shooting Germaine Harris, 36, of Dayton Street in Akron, during a robbery.
Police said Brown fired a gun several times while trying to rob two men of drugs and money, fatally shooting Harris in the chest.
Police found Harris' body Friday morning outside a vacant house on Newton Place.
Brown is being held in the Summit County Jail.
Also arrested at the Royal Place address was Andrea Blair, 51, who was charged with obstructing justice and illegally having weapons.
4 break into home
AKRON: A Brown Street home was broken into early Sunday by four men armed with handguns.
Akron police say the men ordered the occupants of the house to get on the floor while they took televisions, a video game system, computers, cell phones and cash.
The four were described as black men between the ages of 18 and 22 years old.
They wore blue jeans and black T-shirts, and red bandanas covered their faces.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 330-375-2490.
Awards dinner set
AKRON: Legacy III, which provides housing and support for homeless women in Summit County, will host a Community Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday at the University of Akron Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill.
Eighteen people and St. Stephen's Lutheran Church will be honored.
Cost is $40 and reservations are due Tuesday.
For reservations call 330-375-0071.
Rock the Vote at UA
AKRON: Rock the Vote's Road Trip '08 will stop at the University of Akron at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The event, which will be at 302 Buchtel Common, will include a concert and an opportunity to register to vote and find out about candidates and issues.
Ohio residents have until Oct. 6 to register for the Nov. 4 presidential election.
Clambake on Friday
AKRON.: Judge Lynne Callahan will hold a clambake fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at 2152 Riverview Road near Smith Road.
Callahan is an Akron municipal judge running for Summit County Common Pleas judge in November.
The event will include clams, chicken breast, potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, desserts and beverages.
Donations of $125 per person or $200 per couple are suggested.
For additional information or to reserve a spot, call 330-376-5756 or visit the campaign's Web site at http://www.JudgeLynneCallahan.com.
BATH TWP.
4th sergeant added
BATH TWP.: Bath Township trustees voted Wednesday to approve a recommendation by Police Chief Michael McNeely to add a fourth sergeant's position in the police department.
Trustees said the addition coincides with McNeely's overview of the department and the roles of officers in the department.
Trustees also approved the promotion of officer Kevin Moats to the sergeant's post, effective Sept. 24.
McNeely said Moats would supervise the communications section and LEADS, as well as be the department's new criminal intelligence analyst. That role would require Moats to work with the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, reviewing and then relaying to departmental officers information that could deter criminal acts.
Moats will be sworn at 4 p.m. Sept. 24.
CANTON
Mercy to host event
CANTON: To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Mercy Medical Center is hosting an interfaith prayer service at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in McKinley High School's Umstattd Hall in Canton.
A reception will follow in the school's cafeteria.
Worship leaders will be Rev. Abraham Allende, Iglesia Luterana de Trinidad; Rev. Dwayne Brown, Jerusalem Baptist Church; Rev. Bradford Helman, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish; Rabbi Leah Herz, Temple Israel; and Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System.
Mercy is jointly owned by the Sisters of Charity and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
The reception is free, but reservations are required.
Call 330-489-1333 or 800-223-8662.
COVENTRY TWP.
Swartz Road closing
COVENTRY TWP.: Swartz Road between South Main Street and Glenmount Avenue will be closed to all through traffic beginning today through Oct. 7, Summit County Engineer Greg Bachman announced.
Residential traffic will be maintained by Karvo Paving Co., the project coordinator.
KENT Train cuts phones KENT: AT&T technicians had to restore phone service to customers in the Kent area Monday after a train damaged an overhead cable Sunday morning.
AT&T spokesman Bob Beasley said there were 136 reports of disrupted service.
He said the AT&T cable was damaged by a passing train near Main and River streets about 8:20 a.m. Sunday.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Power restored
AKRON: FirstEnergy Corp. crews have restored power to all Northeast Ohio customers.
FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said electricity was restored to most customers by about 6 p.m. Sunday.
Durbin said the remaining repairs were ''labor intensive,'' requiring a few hours of work to restore power to one or two customers in the Alliance-Salem area.
American Electric Power, which also has customers in Stark County, said that some scattered outages remain throughout the state. More than 99 percent of the nearly 700,000 affected AEP customers now have power, the company said.
A storm Sept. 14 knocked out power to more than 2 million utility customers statewide as high winds — remnants of Hurricane Ike — reached more than 75 mph.
The utility companies have said the work to restore power was slow because the widespread high winds were unprecedented for the region.
REVERE SCHOOLS
Sports Extravaganza
BATH TWP.: The Revere High School Parent, Teacher, Student Association will host the annual Sports Extravaganza on Wednesday.
The event will be 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Revere High School parking lot and the stadium. There will be games for all ages, sportswear and spirit items for sale, raffles and entertainment and food.
The activities are sponsored by student organizations as fundraisers.
The Revere marching band and cheerleaders will precede the introduction of all Revere High School and Revere Middle School fall sports teams and youth soccer and youth football participants at 7:45 p.m. in the high school stadium.
Admission is $2 for adults; $1 for students.
For details about the PTSA Sports Extravaganza, call 330-659-4750.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Fundraiser planned state Rep. Brian Williams
AKRON: A fundraiser for state Rep. Brian Williams will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Bricco, 1 W. Exchange St.
Cost is $15 for young Democrats, $100 per person or $250 for sponsors. The hosts are Lou Berroteran and Tony Gorant.
Williams, D-Akron, is up for re-election in November.
For information, visit http://www.summitdems.org.
TALLMADGE SCHOOLS
Board OKs budget
TALLMADGE: The school board has approved $39,305,225 in appropriations for the current school year — about $26 million of which is allocated to the general fund for operating costs.
The board has instituted $2.1 million in cuts, after the failure of two levy attempts this year. A deficit of $3.4 million is projected for 2011 and the district has placed a 6.9-mill, five-year levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Treasurer Jeff Hostetler said state appropriations of $7.4 million have remained flat since 2003, while district costs for fixed budget items such as utilities and personnel have risen.
WADSWORTH
Church office plan delayed
WADSWORTH: The Wadsworth Planning Commission on Monday tabled a proposal by Sacred Heart Church to construct an office building near Humbolt and Broad streets. The church has indicated that the plan will be revised to eliminate a driveway to Boyer Street.
Commission member and Service Director Chris Easton called the driveway the ''main point of contention.'' Property owners objected to it earlier at a public hearing.
Opponents raised concerns about increased traffic and possible hazards if the driveway were built.
In other business, planning Director Jeff Kaiser is expected to submit to the commission data on short-term adult day-care centers for possible future legislation.
Kaiser told the commission that current zoning allows centers in residential areas but not commercial areas.
Also, Kaiser said city ordinances do not provide a clear definition of short-term adult day-care centers.
WAYNE COUNTY
Candidates to speak
WOOSTER: Candidates for the state legislature will be featured in Conversations with the Candidates from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
The event will be at the Trinity United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall at North and Buckeye streets in Wooster.
Candidates for the Ohio House 3rd District, Republican Ron Amstutz and Democrat Merle Jo Miller, and candidates
]]>seeking the 22nd Ohio State Senate seat,Republican Bob Gibbs and Democrat James Riley, will be featured.Akron
Man held in slayings
AKRON: An Akron man has been jailed on two counts of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in two fatal shootings, police said.
Lance I. Brown, 30, of Manchester Road, was arrested Saturday in the shooting deaths of a man outside a West Akron store in August and a man found dead last week outside a vacant house.
In late August, police had issued a warrant for the arrest of Brown in the Aug. 16 death of Gary Bolar, 30, of Madison Avenue, Akron, who was shot in the head while sitting in a car outside the Delia Market, 964 Delia Ave.
The shooting was ''probably over drugs,'' Lt. Rick Edwards said.
Acting on a tip, police said, officers went to a house on Royal Place in North Akron about 5 p.m. Saturday and, after a two-hour standoff, entered the home.
Authorities said they found Brown in a basement cubbyhole.
Police said that after his arrest in the slaying of Bolar, Brown admitted shooting Germaine Harris, 36, of Dayton Street in Akron, during a robbery.
Police said Brown fired a gun several times while trying to rob two men of drugs and money, fatally shooting Harris in the chest.
Police found Harris' body Friday morning outside a vacant house on Newton Place.
Brown is being held in the Summit County Jail.
Also arrested at the Royal Place address was Andrea Blair, 51, who was charged with obstructing justice and illegally having weapons.
4 break into home
AKRON: A Brown Street home was broken into early Sunday by four men armed with handguns.
Akron police say the men ordered the occupants of the house to get on the floor while they took televisions, a video game system, computers, cell phones and cash.
The four were described as black men between the ages of 18 and 22 years old.
They wore blue jeans and black T-shirts, and red bandanas covered their faces.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 330-375-2490.
Awards dinner set
AKRON: Legacy III, which provides housing and support for homeless women in Summit County, will host a Community Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday at the University of Akron Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill.
Eighteen people and St. Stephen's Lutheran Church will be honored.
Cost is $40 and reservations are due Tuesday.
For reservations call 330-375-0071.
Rock the Vote at UA
AKRON: Rock the Vote's Road Trip '08 will stop at the University of Akron at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The event, which will be at 302 Buchtel Common, will include a concert and an opportunity to register to vote and find out about candidates and issues.
Ohio residents have until Oct. 6 to register for the Nov. 4 presidential election.
Clambake on Friday
AKRON.: Judge Lynne Callahan will hold a clambake fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at 2152 Riverview Road near Smith Road.
Callahan is an Akron municipal judge running for Summit County Common Pleas judge in November.
The event will include clams, chicken breast, potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, desserts and beverages.
Donations of $125 per person or $200 per couple are suggested.
For additional information or to reserve a spot, call 330-376-5756 or visit the campaign's Web site at http://www.JudgeLynneCallahan.com.
BATH TWP.
4th sergeant added
BATH TWP.: Bath Township trustees voted Wednesday to approve a recommendation by Police Chief Michael McNeely to add a fourth sergeant's position in the police department.
Trustees said the addition coincides with McNeely's overview of the department and the roles of officers in the department.
Trustees also approved the promotion of officer Kevin Moats to the sergeant's post, effective Sept. 24.
McNeely said Moats would supervise the communications section and LEADS, as well as be the department's new criminal intelligence analyst. That role would require Moats to work with the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, reviewing and then relaying to departmental officers information that could deter criminal acts.
Moats will be sworn at 4 p.m. Sept. 24.
CANTON
Mercy to host event
CANTON: To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Mercy Medical Center is hosting an interfaith prayer service at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in McKinley High School's Umstattd Hall in Canton.
A reception will follow in the school's cafeteria.
Worship leaders will be Rev. Abraham Allende, Iglesia Luterana de Trinidad; Rev. Dwayne Brown, Jerusalem Baptist Church; Rev. Bradford Helman, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish; Rabbi Leah Herz, Temple Israel; and Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System.
Mercy is jointly owned by the Sisters of Charity and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
The reception is free, but reservations are required.
Call 330-489-1333 or 800-223-8662.
COVENTRY TWP.
Swartz Road closing
COVENTRY TWP.: Swartz Road between South Main Street and Glenmount Avenue will be closed to all through traffic beginning today through Oct. 7, Summit County Engineer Greg Bachman announced.
Residential traffic will be maintained by Karvo Paving Co., the project coordinator.
KENT Train cuts phones KENT: AT&T technicians had to restore phone service to customers in the Kent area Monday after a train damaged an overhead cable Sunday morning.
AT&T spokesman Bob Beasley said there were 136 reports of disrupted service.
He said the AT&T cable was damaged by a passing train near Main and River streets about 8:20 a.m. Sunday.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Power restored
AKRON: FirstEnergy Corp. crews have restored power to all Northeast Ohio customers.
FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said electricity was restored to most customers by about 6 p.m. Sunday.
Durbin said the remaining repairs were ''labor intensive,'' requiring a few hours of work to restore power to one or two customers in the Alliance-Salem area.
American Electric Power, which also has customers in Stark County, said that some scattered outages remain throughout the state. More than 99 percent of the nearly 700,000 affected AEP customers now have power, the company said.
A storm Sept. 14 knocked out power to more than 2 million utility customers statewide as high winds — remnants of Hurricane Ike — reached more than 75 mph.
The utility companies have said the work to restore power was slow because the widespread high winds were unprecedented for the region.
REVERE SCHOOLS
Sports Extravaganza
BATH TWP.: The Revere High School Parent, Teacher, Student Association will host the annual Sports Extravaganza on Wednesday.
The event will be 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Revere High School parking lot and the stadium. There will be games for all ages, sportswear and spirit items for sale, raffles and entertainment and food.
The activities are sponsored by student organizations as fundraisers.
The Revere marching band and cheerleaders will precede the introduction of all Revere High School and Revere Middle School fall sports teams and youth soccer and youth football participants at 7:45 p.m. in the high school stadium.
Admission is $2 for adults; $1 for students.
For details about the PTSA Sports Extravaganza, call 330-659-4750.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Fundraiser planned state Rep. Brian Williams
AKRON: A fundraiser for state Rep. Brian Williams will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Bricco, 1 W. Exchange St.
Cost is $15 for young Democrats, $100 per person or $250 for sponsors. The hosts are Lou Berroteran and Tony Gorant.
Williams, D-Akron, is up for re-election in November.
For information, visit http://www.summitdems.org.
TALLMADGE SCHOOLS
Board OKs budget
TALLMADGE: The school board has approved $39,305,225 in appropriations for the current school year — about $26 million of which is allocated to the general fund for operating costs.
The board has instituted $2.1 million in cuts, after the failure of two levy attempts this year. A deficit of $3.4 million is projected for 2011 and the district has placed a 6.9-mill, five-year levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Treasurer Jeff Hostetler said state appropriations of $7.4 million have remained flat since 2003, while district costs for fixed budget items such as utilities and personnel have risen.
WADSWORTH
Church office plan delayed
WADSWORTH: The Wadsworth Planning Commission on Monday tabled a proposal by Sacred Heart Church to construct an office building near Humbolt and Broad streets. The church has indicated that the plan will be revised to eliminate a driveway to Boyer Street.
Commission member and Service Director Chris Easton called the driveway the ''main point of contention.'' Property owners objected to it earlier at a public hearing.
Opponents raised concerns about increased traffic and possible hazards if the driveway were built.
In other business, planning Director Jeff Kaiser is expected to submit to the commission data on short-term adult day-care centers for possible future legislation.
Kaiser told the commission that current zoning allows centers in residential areas but not commercial areas.
Also, Kaiser said city ordinances do not provide a clear definition of short-term adult day-care centers.
WAYNE COUNTY
Candidates to speak
WOOSTER: Candidates for the state legislature will be featured in Conversations with the Candidates from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
The event will be at the Trinity United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall at North and Buckeye streets in Wooster.
Candidates for the Ohio House 3rd District, Republican Ron Amstutz and Democrat Merle Jo Miller, and candidates
]]>seeking the 22nd Ohio State Senate seat,Republican Bob Gibbs and Democrat James Riley, will be featured.
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