They made small talk, exchanged greetings but didn t know each other well.
But on May 21, 2018, she found herself rushing to find Cleveland Hawthorne on his stomach in a nearby church parking lot on Concord Avenue SW. He had been shot in the chest and was taking his last breaths. I was tapping him and saying, Come on, come on, Maxwell recounted, her voice weakening. She heard him moaning. I was just crying, talking to him and he took one last moan, and that was it.
Maxwell described those events while testifying Thursday on the second day of Classie Hawthorne s voluntary manslaughter trial in the shooting death of her husband, Cleveland.
CANTON Richie Harper will walk his 7-year-old son to Dueber Elementary today for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
They are both excited that the first-grader will get to see his friends and teachers again after so many months of virtual learning.
The return is bittersweet for Harper as it comes with the backdrop of knowing that Dueber, a place he attended roughly 20 years ago, likely won’t be open for his son, Chandler Abbuhl, next school year.
Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert last week unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan for Stark County’s largest school district that seeks to lower its operating costs, reduce the number of its facilities and staff to match its declining student enrollment while giving students more choices in school programming and extracurricular activities. If approved by the school board, the plan would take effect this fall.
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted not running for U.S. Senate, others still considering: Capitol Letter
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken, seen here in a 2017 file photo, is considering running for U.S. Senate. (Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press.)
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He’s out, she might be in: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced Wednesday he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, while Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken confirmed her interest in the race, Andrew Tobias reports. Husted said in a statement he wants to be governor someday, and that his current job will help him do that while also making more of an impact.
Ohio Supreme Court to decide limits of Marsy’s Law in kidnapping, rape trial
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ohio Supreme Court heard the State v. Montgomery case with teleconferencing technology. (Ohio Channel)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Allowing a crime victim to sit at the prosecutor’s table and be introduced as a representative of the state during a kidnapping and rape trial prejudiced the jury against the defendant, his attorney argued before the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday.
“This is a case that depended entirely on the credibility of the alleged victim,” said Addison Spriggs, an attorney for Theodis Montgomery, who wants the court to vacate his conviction and order a new trial because she said his trial wasn’t fair.