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Court of Appeals rules in favor of Olmsted Falls in former police chief’s lawsuit Updated Dec 31, 2020; OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio -- Former Olmsted Falls police chief William Traine’s lawsuit against the city seeking his former job and damages suffered another setback last week. “On Dec. 24, the Eighth District Court of Appeals, in accordance with established Ohio law, affirmed the trial court’s previous finding that Mr. Traine was not a classified employee of the city and not entitled to an...

Per the Bowling Green charter and the Ohio Revised Code, the Wood County Democratic Party Central Committee members within the City of Bowling Green are tasked with filling the vacancy caused by Neocles Leontis’ death for the position of at large council. The central committee members of Bowling Green will be meeting on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. to choose the replacement. People interested in filling the vacancy should email a resume and a short statement of why they would like to serve on Bowling...

Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge Eugene A. Lucci on Dec. 31 granted a preliminary injunction that requires Willoughby-Eastlake Schools to continue to pay more than 200 non-teacher employees the district temporarily laid off amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. Lucci’s order requires the district to continue to pay the employees’ “salaries and associated benefits, without interruption, until a trial on the merits of this issue can be held.” At a Nov. 19 special meeting,...

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Marietta City Council will not have completed allocations for emergency homelessness reprieve by year’s end. Legislators and other city administrators are looking to other routes for public funds to support a warming center at a local church through the county homeless project, local food banks and vouchers for motel stays to be carried by law enforcement for immediate distribution on cold nights. In January of this year, a Marietta law enforcement officer was cal...

DEAR EDITOR: It’s time to do a clean repeal of House Bill 6, the largest bribery, money-laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio. A repeal would make things right with Ohioans who were asked to bail out the energy company. The bill was tied to bribing GOP lawmakers. HB 6 dates back to July 2019, when Ohio legislators were pressured into passing it and opened the way for House Speaker Larry Householder allegedly to rake in $61 million in a corrupt process that...

According to published reports, two Siberian huskies left their owner’s home in Wauseon on Nov. 24. The dogs’ owner told media outlets she searched for the dogs for three weeks after they went missing, until an anonymous caller told her they had been killed by a local farmer. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and conducted an investigation, in which two individuals said they saw the dogs attacking a calf. “One husky was biting the calf’s neck, while the o...

nhawthorne@tribtoday.com NILES — The findings of an investigation over more than three months could mean the vacancy of the city’s 4th Ward council seat. An investigation was launched in early September after another member of council, Councilman at-Large Ryan McNaughton, made an official request after noting current 4th Ward Councilman Al Cantola purchased a property at 9485 Howland Springs Road in Howland. City law director Philip Zuzolo then had to choose someone to preside over the inve...

Board of Elections seeks to spend grant funds By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com SIDNEY – Working to ensure it utilizes available funds before upcoming deadlines, the Shelby County Board of Elections made plans to spend grant money during its Dec. 21 meeting. The Board of Elections has funds available from two grants – a Center for Tech and Civic Life grant and a Help America Vote Act grant. With the Center for Tech and Civic Life grant, the board voted to spend approximately $5,7...

On December 17, 2020, just days after its decision in West v. Bode (previously summarized by Bricker attorneys), the Ohio Supreme Court issued another major decision for surface and mineral owners in Ohio. In Gerrity v. Chervenak, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6705, the Court formally weighed in, for the first time, on the level of diligence required by a surface owner who is researching severed mineral interest holders in order to serve a notice of abandonment pursuant to the Ohio Dormant Miner...

Dec 19, 2020 ASHTABULA — A dispute over meeting pay caused some sparks to fly at the Ashtabula Area City Schools board meeting on Wednesday night. Board of Education member Timothy Fleming said he is seeking payment for a work session and meeting that were held back to back in November. He said the district has thus far declined to pay him, stating that the board’s policy is that members are only paid for one meeting when two meetings are held back to back. “If the policy w...