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Car Chase:
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RUMORS: Downtown Restaurant Explosion
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Jack is looking for a trip to Southern Ohio the week of November 16.
Sound Check:
The Black Keys to perform benefit concert at Musica on November 27
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Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio
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Published on Thursday, Nov 20, 2008
AKRON
Pawn shop robbed
AKRON: Two men robbed a pawn store Tuesday.
A worker at Al's of Ohio, 680 E. Market St., told police that two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, entered the store about 2 p.m. and demanded money. A third person stood watch outside the store.
The worker gave the robbers money from a cash register.
Sweep nabs 10
AKRON: Law enforcement conducted a sweep Tuesday night in Akron, arresting 10 people wanted by police.
Akron police, the Summit County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshal's Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the sweep.
Authorities seized 12.4 grams of crack and cocaine, 198 grams of marijuana, $191, one handgun, one shotgun, a digital scale and a marijuana-smoking device.
Ward meetings
AKRON: Bruce Kilby, Ward 2 councilman, will have his monthly ward meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today.
The meeting will be in the Forest Hill Community Learning Center, 850 Damon St.
Ward 2 Councilwoman Renee Greene's ward meeting is at 6 p.m. today at Forest Lodge Center, 260 Greenwood Ave.
AKRON SCHOOLS
Fire set at school
AKRON: Officials evacuated Firestone High on Wednesday morning after someone set fire to toilet paper dispensers in a first-floor boys bathroom.
Students were not able to immediately return to classrooms near where the fire started because firefighters were determining whether smoke had dissipated to a safe level.
BOSTON TWP.
Online auction set
BOSTON TWP.: The Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association's online auction gets under way at 9 a.m. Friday.
The annual auction, to benefit the scholarship program at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center, runs through 8 p.m. Dec. 7.
The Bids for Kids will have about 155 items. You can review the auction items at http://www.cvnpa.cmarket.com.
Last year's auction raised about $29,000.
COLUMBUS
Killer, 53, executed
COLUMBUS: Ohio executed a man Wednesday for the 1992 death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.
Gregory Bryant-Bey, 53, died by lethal injection at 10:41 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
In a three-minute final statement, Bryant-Bey said he'd been framed, convicted on the basis of false evidence and had had poor legal help.
''My brothers and sisters, what can be done to prevent sisters and brothers from being framed?'' he said.
Bryant-Bey was convicted in the Aug. 9, 1992, robbery and killing of Dale Pinkelman, who owned a sports-collectibles and coin shop.
He also faced a death penalty in the Nov. 2, 1992, killing of Peter Mihas, owner of the Board Room restaurant in downtown Toledo.
After police arrested Bryant-Bey for Mihas' death, similarities between the two crimes led to charges in Pinkelman's slaying.
A jury recommended life in prison for Bryant-Bey in the Mihas killing.
KENT
Benefit show Friday
KENT: The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., will be the setting for a ''Music For Disaster Relief'' to benefit the local American Red Cross.
The event — sponsored by the American Red Cross and the Numbers Band — is planned for 7 p.m. Friday.
Admission is $15.
Performances will be by Joe LaRose and Steve Downey, Rachel Wearsch and her Beatnik Playboys, Hillbilly Idol, 15 60 75 (the Numbers Band) and the TwistOffs.
NORTON
Promoted in Army
NORTON: James L. Hodge, a Norton native, has achieved the rank of major general in the U.S. Army.
Hodge is a 1973 graduate of Norton High School and is married to the former Michelle Woodruff, a 1976 graduate of the high school. His mother, Levina Hodge, and sister, Barbara Greig, still reside in Norton.
Maj. Gen. Hodge is the commanding general of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Before taking command of SDDC, Hodge served as commanding general, AMC Southwest Asia and G-4, U.S. Army Central, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. He also served as SDDC's deputy commanding general from August 2005 to September 2007.
Hodge was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in June 2007. He graduated in 1978 from the U.S. Military Academy with a bachelor of science degree and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps.
PLAIN SCHOOLS
Educator resigns
PLAIN TWP.: The school board Wednesday accepted the resignation of curriculum director Mark Hartman.
Hartman has accepted a position with Battelle for Kids in Columbus, an independent, not-for-profit organization that helps educators accelerate student progress by bringing clarity to school-improvement efforts.
The board also awarded a diploma to a GlenOak High School student who left the district in 1974 to serve in Vietnam. Kurt P. Hall was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1978.
REVERE SCHOOLS
Property talks OK'd
BATH TWP.: The school board Wednesday authorized district Treasurer David Forrest to negotiate and enter into contracts for the sale or purchase of property.
Any final purchase would be subject to board approval.
In a companion piece of legislation, Forest was also given authority for letters of intent to carry out due-diligence investigations on potential real estate sites.
According to Forrest, the board's actions give him the opportunity to explore the acquisition of properties in proximity to the Revere Schools campus.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Clinic off this week
AKRON: The Akron Health Department's WIC Clinic at the Summit Lake Community Center, 380 W. Crosier St., will be closed the rest of this week because of a heating problem in the building.
Those with appointments today and Friday will be contacted by WIC staff.
Anyone with questions can call the main WIC office at 330-375-2142.
WADSWORTH
Cable rates on rise
WADSWORTH: The City Council on Tuesday approved an immediate increase in cable television rates.
Enhanced tier rates, now $32.50 monthly, will be $35.75. Rates for customers outside the city will move up to $39.50.
Service Director Chris Easton said the rate hike is due to increases in programming costs including 25 cents per subscriber for local channels.
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