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Leigh Barr

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Leigh Barr

    Process begins to end E-Check in Northeast Ohio, but federal approval is still needed (opens the original)

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    Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday directed the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to begin the process of ending the emissions-testing, or E-Check, program for drivers in Northeast Ohio. The move comes after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency redesignated the region as meeting federal ozone standards in June. However, the E-Check program will continue until a final decision is made by the federal government. "Decades of work to reduce pollution have finally paid off to the extent that we no lo

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Leigh Barr

    Old Route 8 bridge in Akron demolished to make way for new span (opens the original)

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    Demolition experts brought down two closed sections of the state Route 8 bridge over the Cuyahoga River Valley in Akron on Sunday. The span, built in 1953, is being replaced by two new bridges to carry northbound and southbound traffic. Crews used “controlled” explosives to collapse the bridge's support beams in a matter of moments. "Today we have reached another significant milestone in our SR 8 bridge replacement over the Cuyahoga River Valley,” Ohio Department of Transportation District 4 Dep

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Leigh Barr

    Former Canton police officers sentenced to probation in custody death of Frank Tyson (opens the original)

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    Two former Canton police officers will not serve any additional time in jail in connection with the 2024 death of Frank Tyson, who died while being taken into custody. On Thursday, visiting Judge James Kimbler sentenced Beau Schoenegge to 90 days in jail, with 86 days suspended and credit for four days of time already served. Schoenegge will be on probation for three years and will not be eligible to work for any agency with policing or arresting authority. He entered a guilty plea in August to

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Leigh Barr

    Repairs to begin on closed Brookpark Road bridge over Cleveland Metroparks (opens the original)

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    The Ohio Department of Transportation says structural repair work is expected to begin as early as this week on the Brookpark Road bridge spanning the Valley Parkway and the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation, but the bridge is expected to remain closed until the work is completed around Thanksgiving. ODOT closed the bridge on Sept. 3 due to deterioration of the support columns holding up the driving surface. The closure includes the portion of Brookpark Road (state Route 17) between W

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Leigh Barr

    Voting by mail remains unchanged despite Trump order, Cuyahoga County officials say (opens the original)

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    Cuyahoga County election officials say voting by mail remains unchanged for the November election despite ongoing legal battles over a Trump administration executive order affecting mail ballots. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Anthony Perlatti held a virtual media briefing Friday to address the many questions he says the board has received on voting by mail and confusion over the president’s executive order. "The current rules that were in effect for the May election are in effect n

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