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Widened probe target in Stepp’s credit card use unclear
Click here to view the statements on Randy Stepp’s board-issued credit card
MEDINA — The Medina school board has asked the state auditor to broaden the examination of district spending controlled by Superintendent Randy Stepp.
But it’s unclear what board members might be looking for.
On Monday, the board amended the agreement authorizing a …Read More
State bans Internet cafes, opponents say jobs lost
Staff and wire reports
COLUMBUS — Storefront sweepstakes parlors appear on their way out in Ohio after state lawmakers delivered a one-two punch Wednesday to effectively ban the businesses statewide and block new startups until the ban takes hold.
The Ohio House and Senate played a part with passage of a pair of bills, defying opponents who …Read More
Vehicle recovered from Mother’s Day carjacking
WADSWORTH — The car stolen from a Wadsworth woman on Mother’s Day has been recovered.
The suspect in the carjacking, Antoine D. Petty, 22, of Fairlawn, had his case bound over Wednesday from Wadsworth Municipal Court to a county grand jury.
Antoine Petty
Suzi Snyder
The grand jury will report Friday whether Petty was indicted on a …Read More
Grand jury hears accused student’s case
MEDINA — A University of Akron football player accused of robbing a Brunswick tobacco products shop at gunpoint was bound over to a Medina County grand jury following a hearing in Medina Municipal Court on Tuesday afternoon.
A grand jury met Wednesday, but will not report until Friday.
Seth Cunningham
Seth Cunningham, 21, of 3175 Central Park …Read More
Water board ousts member second time
LAGRANGE — Pittsfield Township Trustee Mark McConnell again was removed from the Rural Lorain County Water Authority board Wednesday after questions were raised about the legality of a secret ballot process used to vote him off the board last week.
The revote was closer than the first vote last week, when the 26-member board voted 17 …Read More
Convicted killer Steven Cepec sentenced to death
Convicted murderer Steven Cepec was sentenced to death Thursday for killing a 73-year-old Chatham Township man during a home invasion almost three years ago.
Cepec, 44, is the first person to be sentenced to death in Medina County in 60 years and will be the only Medina County resident on Ohio’s death row.
A jury found Cepec …Read More