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Ohio is among the top 10 states with the most gun sales, study says
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio is among the top 10 states that sold the most guns in 2023, a new analysis shows. In the first four months of 2024, nearly 5.5 million firearms were sold nationwide, averaging almost 1.4 million each month. SafeHomes.org, a safety product review website, tracked gun sales using data from the […]
University Hospitals-led pilot project trains dispatchers to better respond to mental health crises
CLEVELAND, Ohio — University Hospitals and other local agencies are partnering on a $1.3 million pilot program aimed at improving emergency response for mental health-related calls in Cleveland’s eastern suburbs, the health system recently announced. The pilot project trains dispatchers in Geauga County and the Chagrin Valley region...
Critical City of Akron systems, Akron police unaffected by flawed CrowdStrike software update
A faulty cybersecurity software update affected some non-critical City of Akron services, according to a press release from Mayor Shammas Malik’s office. Scores of other companies worldwide were affected by the outage caused by the CrowdStrike software update, including airlines, banks and health care companies. City services or departments...
Akron Public Schools hires retired police detective as new director of public safety
Akron Public Schools hired longtime Akron Police Detective Alan Jones as its new director of public safety earlier this month. Jones, a 33-year police veteran who retired in June, will primarily be tasked with ensuring the safety of students, staff and visitors on all APS properties. He’ll also manage a staff of about 60 people, including school resource officers and non-police security personnel, and keep up with the surveillance and security technologies the district employs to monitor and maintain student safety.
Trumbull County man sentenced to three years of probation after running away during traffic stop
A man was given three-years’ probation, fined $3,000 and received a one-year driver’s license suspension. David A. Parker, 28, of U.S. Route 6, Rome, was cited for a fourth-degree failure to comply with order or signal of police officer felony. The case involved the defendant fleeing on foot...
Fallback Studios Wants to Keep Ohio Filmmaking Talent in Ohio
Right now, Cleveland is filling in as Metropolis for James Gunn’s Superman film. Last year, Jeff Nichols turned Cincinnati into 1960s Chicago for The Bikeriders. Fallback Studios CEO Kevin Kale believes our town’s time has come and that Hollywood is about to take notice of all we have to offer.
Missing endangered child recovered after Ohio Amber Alert
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The child who was the subject of an Ohio Amber Alert has been safely recovered. A four-year-old child was last seen early Friday morning in west Columbus, in the area of Wedgewood Drive and Eakin Road of the Holly Hill neighborhood. He was recovered in the 600 block of Dexter Avenue, […]
Man found shot along Southern Boulevard
A wounded man is hospitalized following an overnight shooting on Youngstown’s Southside. Police say they found the victim along Southern Boulevard near East Philadelphia Avenue at around 1 a.m. Friday. The hospital’s trauma team went to work on the victim who was last reported to be in stable condition....
Beautiful weekend, gradual warm-up
High pressure will build east across the Great Lakes. A northwesterly flow of pleasant air will prevail. Temperatures will only reach the low 80s, after a week of heat and humidity. Lows tonight will fall into the comfortable upper 50s and low 60s.
Around Windham: Introducing new columnist Nicole Sweet, plus upcoming events in Windham
Hello Bomber Family! My name is Nicole (Spencer) Sweet, and I will be your new column writer for “Around Windham.” As a lifelong Windham resident, it is an honor to update you with all the current events and items of interest along with accomplishments, achievements and general interest items such as births, weddings, engagements, anniversaries, reunions, vacations, graduations, sporting events, etc. of my fellow Windhamites.
Solon library expansion, innovation center construction underway
The Solon library branch expansion and the new Solon Innovation Center’s construction are both underway, and according to Cuyahoga County Public Library Executive Director Tracy Strobel, the process has been smooth sailing. “It has been going fantastic,” she told the Cleveland Jewish News on July 11. “Very smoothly and...
Youngstown man sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to felony drug possession
A man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Marques L. White, 37, of Broadway Avenue, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. As part of the plea agreement arraigned by prosecutors and White’s lawyer, the defendant...
Ohio sees uptick in unemployment rate, lost jobs in June
COLUMBUS, Ohio — New economic data from the state shows that Ohio saw an uptick in its unemployment rate, and that it lost jobs in the month of June. Ohio lost 2,300 jobs during June from the revised May estimate, dropping the total employment to 5,652,900 jobs, according to figures released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The state also did not add as many jobs in May as previously thought.
The key to talking about mental health: ‘Make sure people feel comfortable.’
Chris Hopper said his leadership in mental health education began in 2018, when a colleague gave a moving speech at an event about losing his father to suicide. Knowing that the construction industry has a high rate of suicide, Hopper, executive vice president and general manager of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee for Skanska USA, partnered with the Lindner Center of Hope. The Ohio-based mental health facility helped Hopper implement the Start the Conversation program, in an attempt to remove the stigma from sensitive topics on the jobsite.
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