cross-referenced news and research resources about
Ohio municipalities (cities, towns and villages)
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cleveland.com
February 18, 2018
Additional safeguards are put in place to prevent unnecessary splitting of Ohio's municipalities and townships. For example, large cities like Cleveland and Cincinnati will remain whole within their districts. The plan also includes important protections to assure that Voting Rights Act principles are upheld inÃÂ ...
Marietta Times
February 18, 2018
The Washington County Alert System sent out a text just after noon stating that the Ohio River's crest prediction was raised to 40.1 feet and notifying local residents that parts of Front, Second, Greene, and Putnam streets were closed to allow for merchants move out their wares and for residents to move theirÃÂ ...
Xenia Gazette
February 18, 2018
My southeastern Ohio town in the Appalachian foothills is a small, rural place where the demolition derby is a hot ticket, Walmart is the biggest store, and people in the surrounding villages must often drive for 30 minutes to grocery shop. We hold the unfortunate distinction of being the poorest county in theÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 15, 2018
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH — A new analysis has ranked the 100 safest cities in America and four cities in Ohio made the list. North Ridgeville was ranked as the 13th safest city in the nation and the safest city in the state. NeighborhoodScout, a web-based platform from Location, Inc., compared the safety ofÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
February 13, 2018
With a vote that, by law, should have happened almost a year ago, the state school board on Monday yanked authority to create and oversee charter schools from Ohio's third-largest district. Blocking a major city from sponsoring charter schools is a significant change for Ohio, which used to be one of theÃÂ ...
ABC News
February 13, 2018
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2016 file photo, Gloria Steinem arrives at night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Steinem is weighing in to try to save the last abortion clinic in her Ohio hometown. The 83-year-old feminist icon issued a statement Monday, Feb. 12, 2018ÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 12, 2018
PARMA, OH — Parma is Ohio's best big city to live in, according to a new list that ranks the best cities to reside in every state. The Northeast Ohio suburb is home to nearly 79,500 people which qualified it for the rankings. The list, compiled by 24/7 Wall Street, notes that with a poverty rate of 8.6 percent,ÃÂ ...
Dayton Daily News
February 12, 2018
Ohio's largest metro areas could not keep up. During that time, employment grew 1.4 percent in Columbus, 0.4 percent in Cincinnati and 0.2 percent in Cleveland, the data show. RELATED: Dayton income tax revenue highest in city's history. The Dayton metro area — which consists of Montgomery, GreeneÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 11, 2018
He was wounded when the officers returned fire and was taken to a hospital, Christa Dickey, a spokeswoman for the city of Westerville, said in a phone interview. His condition was unknown, she said. Officials said officers had previously responded to calls about domestic disputes at the property.
cleveland.com
February 8, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - Two Summit County school districts, two townships, a city and a village are seeking tax increases on the May ballot. The largest proposal is for the Woodridge school system, where a five-year, 8.19-mill levy would amount to an increase of $287 a year in the annual property tax bills perÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
February 8, 2018
Green City Council President Chris Humphrey (right) sits next to councilman Bob Young as he states to a room filled with disgruntled Green residents that they should be angry with the Ohio EPA and FERC for paving the way for Nexus to build their pipeline through Green during the special meeting ofÃÂ ...
Kansas City Star
February 8, 2018
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday delayed the execution of a killer set to die next week, citing a letter he received from a juror who recommended death for the inmate at his trial 20 years ago but now believes he should be spared. The Republican Kasich issued a reprieve for Raymond Tibbetts thatÃÂ ...
Columbus Business First
February 8, 2018
2015 estimates of housing units show increases for 21 of Central Ohio's 25 cities, ranging from roughly 3 percent to about 110 percent growth over 2000 ... Subscribers can access the complete online list of Central Ohio's fastest-growing cities, which includes the growth rate for each city and its housingÃÂ ...
The Morning Journal
February 8, 2018
One of the city's pending lawsuits contested the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's issuance of a clean water certificate for the $2 billion project. Another was over a NEXUS effort to acquire 2.5 acres from Green through eminent domain proceedings. Before the settlement NEXUS offered $146,000 forÃÂ ...
Jalopnik
February 5, 2018
Like in New Miami, Ohio, where the cameras were so blatantly rigged that a judge ordered the village to pay back $3 million in fines. ... Legal arguments, aside, the details of New Miami's speed cameras were grosser than normal, as the town of 2,500 signed a contract with Optotraffic, a Maryland firm thatÃÂ ...
Cleveland Scene
February 1, 2018
In an email to Ohio City's SoLo residents, block club chair Julia Sieck revealed that fitness chain Planet Fitness had signed a lease on the Lorain Avenue building formerly occupied by Unique Thrift Store and recently commandeered by the Cleveland Flea. Representatives from ADA Architects, theÃÂ ...
MyDaytonDailyNews
January 31, 2018
Columbus came in second place in Ohio, nabbing the No. 41 ranking overall, according to WalletHub. The city of Orlando, Florida took the overall No. 1 spot while Las Vegas, Nevada came in at No. 2, the study shows. Below is a list of the top cities in Ohio for weddings and the top 10 cities in the country toÃÂ ...
Cleveland Scene
January 29, 2018
For evidence that the communities of Detroit Shoreway and Ohio City are inching toward inevitable unification at the hands of development, one need only look at Tributary. This cocktail bar is currently taking shape at W. 54th and Detroit, in a squat brick building that sits near the border of those twoÃÂ ...
Villages-News
January 22, 2018
A Village of Springdale couple's son and son-in-law are running for Congress and lieutenant governor in Ohio. “It kind of all of a ... Susan and her husband Dick Stimson have lived in The Villages for 16 years, but for the first time Susan has wished she was back in Ohio so that she could vote. While herÃÂ ...
Crain's Cleveland Business
January 21, 2018
Northeast Ohio cities have taken their fight over the state of Ohio's effort to become the collector of local taxes to court. ... provisions of the state budget bill, H.B. 49, that would allow businesses to choose to file their net profit tax forms with the state, rather than the municipalities in which they do business.
Crain's Cleveland Business
January 21, 2018
MRN, the Cleveland-based developer of the East 4th Neighborhood downtown and Uptown in University Circle, is adding a residential component to its nine-story Ohio City office venture. Call it the third trend-setting wave by MRN in the neighborhood near downtown dating from the early 19th century.
EMS1.com
January 19, 2018
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — The city of East Liverpool is switching to a public-private ambulance service after several incidents occurred where no ambulances were available for emergencies. WKBN reported that new firefighters, paramedics and ambulances could be added to the fire department by theÃÂ ...
fox8.com
January 12, 2018
Cars parked on city streets will be ticketed and are subject to towing. Elyria: Residents are encouraged to remove vehicles from the street beginning at noon on Friday. No parking on “snow emergency” streets when snow exceeds 4 inches. Hudson: Emergency snow parking ban from noon on Friday until 6ÃÂ ...
Parkersburg News
December 31, 2017
File Photo Roadhouse Redeemed performed during last year's River City Blues Competition in Marietta. This year's event will be Feb. 16-17 at the Lafayette Hotel. MARIETTA — The Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society will host its 26th annual River City Ohio Blues Competition in February and is seekingÃÂ ...
Lima Ohio
December 31, 2017
While Ohio Auditor Dave Yost said the vast majority of counties and cities are not experiencing fiscal stress, an increase in cautionary indicators suggest that increased fiscal ... 5 letter to Lima City Council, Finance Director Steve Cleaves said the city maintained its financial stability despite the recession.
cleveland.com
December 30, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Brooklyn, Cleveland, Lorain and Painesville are among the 13 cities in Ohio where at least 10 percent of the residents are Hispanic, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to share of Hispanic population for every city and county in Ohio, ledÃÂ ...
WKYC-TV
December 30, 2017
A federal affidavit written by an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent says the teen told investigators she and Soloman exchanged hundreds of emails over a two-week period in November. Authorities say Soloman apparently first encountered the girl in October while investigating an unruly childÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 29, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio - One out of every six residents of the Columbus suburb of Dublin is Asian, representing the highest concentration for any Ohio city, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the Asian population shares for every city and county in Ohio.
cleveland.com
December 28, 2017
CLEVELAND - The median home value in nine Ohio cities tops $300,000, including in Pepper Pike and Hudson, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the median home values for every city and county in Ohio. These estimates for occupied single-familyÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 21, 2017
CLEVELAND - In seven separate Ohio cities, more than half the children are living in poverty, with rates over 60 percent in East Cleveland and ... The separate overall poverty rates also shown tend to be higher in college towns, because the income of students living in off-campus apartments often is notÃÂ ...
Becker's Hospital Review
December 31, 1999
The board of trustees of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica authorized the signing of a patient transfer agreement Monday to keep the city's last surgical abortion clinic operational, according to The Blade. In a statement to The Blade, a ProMedica spokesperson said the patient transfer agreement with CapitalÃÂ ...
NPR
December 31, 1999
The bulk of that money would come from private investors and states and cities. So let's hear reaction now from one city with a big infrastructure problem. Findlay, Ohio sits along the flood-prone Blanchard River. When I spoke with the town's Republican mayor, Lydia Mihalik, I asked her how flood-prone?
cleveland.com
December 31, 1999
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Michigan man shot his ex-girlfriend twice in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood after kidnapping her from her Bedford Heights apartment, according to police. Jeremiah D. Little, 38, of Lansing, Michigan, is charged with felonious assault in Cleveland Municipal Court. A warrant wasÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 31, 1999
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A woman was shot twice Friday afternoon in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, police said. The 25-year-old woman was shot in the chest and her side at 5 p.m. in the 2000 block of Lorain Avenue, Cleveland police said. Emergency crews took the woman to MetroHealth Hospital forÃÂ ...
NBC4i.com
December 31, 1999
COLUMBUS (AP/WCMH) — Columbus is the only Ohio city still in competition for Amazon's multibillion-dollar second headquarters. “The New York ... Amazon said 238 cities submitted proposals for the project that the Seattle-based retailer says could lead to a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs.
Columbus Business First
December 31, 1999
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) already plans to expand its network of Central Ohio data centers for its Amazon Web Services division. ... Unlike cities that offered plots of land, Columbus offered incentives to recoup partial land acquisition costs in the bid prepared by economic development groups ColumbusÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
18, 2017, photo, Columbus community activist Kwodwo Ababio stands outside his New Harvest Urban Arts Center and Cafe in Columbus, Ohio. The city's soaring homicide rate hit home for Ababio recently when a former foster son was shot and killed. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) The AssociatedÃÂ ...
WYSO
December 29, 2017
Ohio's 4th Congressional District, with its beak in Lorain County and its tail feathers near the Indiana border. ... And about 3 miles out of town is the home of Congressman Jim Jordan, whose web site proclaims him one of the most conservative members of Congress, who “believes that families andÃÂ ...
Crain's Cleveland Business
December 29, 2017
A coalition of 11 mostly Republican-led states, including Ohio, urged a federal appeals court to enforce President Donald Trump's executive order punishing so-called sanctuary cities, which largely forbid local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The group filed a jointÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 29, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio - One out of every six residents of the Columbus suburb of Dublin is Asian, representing the highest concentration for any Ohio city, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the Asian population shares for every city and county in Ohio.
Cincinnati.com
December 28, 2017
Cincinnati and other cities nationwide have abstained from reporting everyone that might be in the country illegally. Earlier this year, Cincinnati's Democratic-controlled City Council officially adopted the name, sanctuary city, even though police policies have not changed and do not violate federal law.
cleveland.com
December 28, 2017
CLEVELAND - The median home value in nine Ohio cities tops $300,000, including in Pepper Pike and Hudson, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the median home values for every city and county in Ohio. These estimates for occupied single-familyÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 27, 2017
CLEVELAND - About one-fifth of the residents of some Ohio cities, including Brooklyn, Beachwood and Mayfield Heights, speak a language other than English at home, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the estimates for for every city and county inÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 26, 2017
18, 2017, photo, Columbus community activist Kwodwo Ababio stands outside his New Harvest Urban Arts Center and Cafe in Columbus, Ohio. The city's soaring homicide rate hit home for Ababio recently when a former foster son was shot and killed. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins) The AssociatedÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 21, 2017
CLEVELAND - In seven separate Ohio cities, more than half the children are living in poverty, with rates over 60 percent in East Cleveland and ... The separate overall poverty rates also shown tend to be higher in college towns, because the income of students living in off-campus apartments often is notÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 18, 2017
CLEVELAND - Median family income in Ohio cities ranges from a high of $214,850 in the Columbus suburb of New Albany to below $40,000 in 14 separate cities, according to new estimates released this month by the Census Bureau. Scroll below to find the median family and household incomes for everyÃÂ ...
Toledo Blade
December 7, 2017
Democratic Ohio governor candidate Richard Cordray announces his bid for running during a campaign stop at Tony Packo's in Toledo. ... The campaign appearance was the last of three stops the former consumer watchdog made Wednesday along the I-75 corridor for his statewide tour of Ohio cities.
Cleveland 19 News
December 7, 2017
"Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists," Franklin D. Roosevelt said. "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power," Abraham Lincoln said. President Trump's quote says: "Grab ...
cleveland.com
December 7, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Agents from three federal agencies visited Cleveland City Hall Wednesday night as part of a criminal investigation, according to an IRS spokesman. Agents from the IRS, FBI and Department of Housing and Urban Development were present at the city's Lakeside Avenue offices for ...
Cleveland Scene Weekly
December 7, 2017
We did an animated video of “A Town Called Christmas.” We played that year at Roc Bar in the Flats. We set up and rehearsed. We were going to do it as a live album. We had everything set up and it was raining like mad that day and the roof started to leak. I knew we had insurance, but it was still terrifying.
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