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Published on Monday, Dec 14, 2009
NORTHEAST OHIO
Highway crackdown
A multijurisdictional, high-visibility enforcement effort on state Route 8 and Interstate 77 on Friday paid off, with authorities stopping impaired, aggressive and speeding motorists and encouraging others to buckle up.
During the effort on Route 8 from U.S. 224 to the central interchange in Akron and I-77 from Cleveland through Stark and Tuscarawas counties, there were no fatalities and one crash with injuries.
The campaign resulted in 153 arrests or summonses, including four for operating a vehicle under the influence, 20 safety/child restraint violations, 80 speed or aggressive-driving violations and seven driving-with-a-suspended-license violations.
Two felony apprehensions and two misdemeanor violations were logged.
The Ohio Traffic Safety Office, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, is coordinating efforts like this one to encourage law enforcement to combine resources and affect larger stretches of highway.
KENT
Historic year
KENT: The Kent State Museum will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year with featured events.
The museum's seven galleries and 10,000 square feet of exhibit space feature including high fashion garments from major designers. The museum's most important objects include a quilt made from scraps of Mary Todd Lincoln's dresses and a 1926 evening dress worn by Coco Chanel.
The anniversary schedule will include works by New York George Stavropoulos from Jan. 22 to Sept. 5, an exhibition of Katherine Hepburn's performance wear from Sept. 25 to August 2011 and Paige Palmer's collection of Ohio art pottery beginning June 18.
AROUND OHIO
City aided bad loans
CLEVELAND: A newspaper investigation has found that Cleveland contributed to its foreclosure crisis by helping poorer people buy homes with mortgage payments they couldn't afford.
The Plain Dealer reported Sunday that the city provided loans of up to $20,000 through a federal program but did not check whether recipients could afford to stay in the homes. Cleveland did not change its policy, even as hundreds of people defaulted on their mortgages, many of them within two years.
The foreclosures have decreased the city's tax base, as a significant portion of foreclosed homes were sold in sheriff's sales or sit abandoned.
Chris Warren, Cleveland's chief of regional development, said he's unhappy with how the program's been managed.
Tax decision delayed
COLUMBUS: The inability of state lawmakers to agree to an income tax cut delay means that Ohioans who file early paper returns will get late tax refunds.
The Ohio Department of Taxation is waiting to print tax information booklets until it is certain what the tax rates will be for 2009.
Gov. Ted Strickland and House Democrats want to delay the final 4.2 percent income tax reduction to fill an $850 million budget hole. But most Republicans have refused to go along, saying it's a tax increase.
Because of the printing delay, information won't get to taxpayers until weeks later than normal. That will slow the refund process.
Last year, 51,770 people filed tax returns in January, with 47,113 seeking a refund.
Vaccine surplus
COLUMBUS: Some central Ohio health officials are concerned they may end up with a surplus of swine flu vaccine as public interest wanes.
It's a surprising development after many of the same officials were worried there wouldn't be enough vaccine.
Beginning this week, everyone at least 6 months old will be eligible for the vaccine. But health officials are worried they will be left holding onto the vaccine because of the holidays and falling interest.
Franklin County Health Commissioner Susan Tilgner said hundreds of thousands of high-risk people haven't been vaccinated, and would be vulnerable if a more severe wave of the flu hits this winter.
Columbus Health Commissioner Dr. Teresa Long is encouraging people to look for vaccines at pharmacies and drug stores before attending holiday gatherings.
NORTHEAST OHIO
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