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Roundup: July 24, 2008
Vermilion chooses new finance director
VERMILION — A new finance director is expected to tap her experience in larger cities and guide Vermilion through growing pains, Mayor Jean Anderson said.
Michelle L. Bowens was hired July 7 to take over for departing Director of Finance Wayne Hamilton, who retired due to health issues […]
Skirmish shines negative spotlight on WNBA
The WNBA always seems to crave more attention. Mission accomplished, albeit it without a dunk or fantastic play. The Detroit Shock — and assistant coach Rick Mahorn — were involved in a skirmish with the Los Angeles Sparks, making the WNBA a hot topic on TV, sports-talk radio and blogs. […]
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
WASHINGTON — About 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.
The increase, from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour, is the second […]
Dual Lorain drug busts net gun cache
LORAIN — Narcotics and SWAT officers busted two crack houses Wednesday.
Lorain police received simultaneous search warrants for both residences — 1522 and 1526 Fillmore Ave. — as a result of a drug investigation started by Detective Chris Colon in June.
At 1522 Fillmore Ave., police seized several grams of crack […]
Midview Schools to place levy on November ballot
GRAFTON — Midview’s school board is hoping November’s presidential election and an all-out community effort will bring out voters to support a 2.5-mill permanent improvement levy.
The levy, which failed in March by a 2-to-1 margin, would bring in about $1.2 million a year for five years. It would keep the district […]
Ohio kids in car, mom drinking; she’s convicted
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A jury in northeast Ohio has convicted a woman who left her two children in an unlocked, running car for four hours while she drank at a bar and left with a man.
Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Cartulla of Eastlake was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of child […]