Fri Feb 10 2012
Kasich would derail passenger train plans
Governor candidate John Kasich reiterated his opposition Aug. 25 to a plan backed by Gov. Ted Strickland to connect Ohio’s big cities by passenger rail.
“The 39 mph high-speed train is dead when I become governor,” he said, adding later, “We don’t have the money to operate it, we don’t have the money long-term to fund it ... [and] I’m still trying to find somebody in Ohio that wants to get on that train. No, no, we have to shut it down before it gets too far.”
The state has received $400 million in federal backing to establish passenger rail services between Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland.
Strickland supports the initiative, saying it’s a first step toward establishing eventual high-speed rail services throughout the state. Earlier this year, he called opponents of the plan “cheerleaders for failure.”
— Capital Bureau
Grant to help monitor sex offender info
Columbus — The state has received federal grant money for a system to alert sheriff’s officials about possible errors in phone numbers and e-mail addresses provided by sex offenders required to register the information with local authorities.
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said Aug. 27 that the grant of about $156,000 will create a system to automatically alert offenders and sheriff’s offices five days before offenders are required to re-register. It also will track provided phone numbers and e-mails that are no longer valid and incorrect.
Cordray says the grant also will pay to extradite to Ohio up to 50 of the most serious sex offenders who moved out of state without notifying local authorities as required.
— Associated Press
Soldier found dead at U.S Army Reserve Base identified
Twinsburg — The soldier who was found dead in the arms room of the U.S Army Reserve Base on Chamberlin Road Aug. 27 has been identified as Sgt. Thomas E. Penn, 43, of Atwater.
According to the 807th Medical Command’s Public Affairs Office, the soldier died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound from one of the unit’s weapons in the arms cache, a “tightly secured facility” to which the solder had “unaccompanied access” as supply sergeant for the 371st Minimal Care Detachment.
The type of weapon used was not indicated. The shooting remains under investigation by the Army, according to 807th Public Affairs Officer Maj. Matthew Lawrence.
Penn, a member of the U.S. Army for nine years, was married and raised a foster child with his wife.
The $20 million, 170,000-square-foot U.S. Army Reserve Base opened in early 2008.
The 807th Medical Command’s headquarters are based in Fort Douglas, Utah.
— Twinsburg Bulletin
6-foot python pops up at Metropark
North Royalton — A python more than 6 feet long has given people a slithery scare at a nature park near Cleveland.
Startled visitors at the Mill Stream Run Reservation in North Royalton found the large snake on a picnic table Aug. 29, soaking up the sun.
Metropark rangers captured the reptile, whose skin was covered in a pattern of brown geometric shapes.
It’s suspected the python either escaped or was dumped in the park by its owner.
Rangers say if they don’t find the owner they’ll hand the snake over to the Cleveland Zoo.
— Associated Press
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