Downtown Fire Ohio Village
Firefighters from several area fire departments work to bring a fire at the intersections of High and Water Streets in downtown under control on Saturday, March 22, 2014, in Garrettsville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Ed Suba Jr.)
Top stories:
A fire that devastated Garrettsville Saturday started on the roof of the Johnson Hardware building in the heart of downtown, the Ohio Fire Marshal's Office said today. (cleveland.com)(Akron Beacon Journal)
A year to the day after Aliza Sherman was stabbed 11 times downtown in broad daylight, a group will meet at the site of her death to honor her life and call for justice. (cleveland.com)(WKYC Channel 3)
The owner of a Youngstown oil- and gas-drilling company pleaded guilty today to ordering an employee to dump tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste into a tributary of the Mahoning River. (cleveland.com)(Youngstown Vindicator)
Area crime news:
A man was shot during a fight over a woman in Akron over the weekend. (WOIO Channel 19)
A suspect in last week's Dollar Bank robbery in Elyria was taken into custody behind PNC Bank shortly before noon today. (Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
An Eastlake man and two juveniles were arrested, accused of selling heroin in the parking lot of the Chardon Walmart on March 18. (News-Herald)
The Lorain County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau is asking the public to help identify an article of clothing possibly worn by a man suspected of shooting an Elyria Township resident in October. (Lorain Morning Journal)
A Sandusky man was arrested Saturday night for allegedly beating a man with a tire iron and dousing a group of people with mace. (Sandusky Register)
While being arrested Sunday, a Wickliffe man allegedly elbowed a Wickliffe police officer in the face. (News-Herald)
Local news – east:
A crash involving a car and an Amtrak train early Sunday morning in Saybrook Township resulted in serious injury and is under investigation. (Ashtabula Star Beacon)
The Richmond Heights School Board is holding a special meeting Tuesday to vote on the approval of a certification of deficit and request for a solvency assistance advance. (News-Herald)
A Youngstown man has sued a Boardman church and unnamed trustees and parishioners, saying his wife was fatally injured in a fall after she tripped on a tablecloth that extended to the floor at a church event, where food was served. (Youngstown Vindicator)
Local news – west:
Students at Elyria High School have returned to the school after being evacuated due to a bomb threat this morning. (Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
A 52-year-old Amherst woman was injured when the car she was driving collided with a train at 8:55 p.m. Sunday. (Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
One of Lorain's bumpiest streets will get a temporary smoothing over, as crews have started grinding off layers of asphalt on West Sixth Street from Reid to Washington avenues. (Lorain Morning Journal)
Akron-Canton area news:
Lockheed Martin says it expects to offer about 380 of its 600 Akron employees the opportunity to transfer to jobs out of state as part of the planned closing of its Massillon Road campus. (Akron Beacon Journal)
As many as 50 people from all over Ohio donated about $2,500 Saturday afternoon to take a sledgehammer to a gas chamber once used to euthanize Medina County's stray cats. (cleveland.com)(Medina County Gazette)
Streetsboro may have a new Volkswagen dealership by October if all goes according to plan, said Bernie Moreno, president of The Collection Auto Group. (Gateway News)