AKRON
800 to attend heroin vigil
AKRON: Heroin Is Killing My Town, a grass-roots group dedicated to fighting the heroin epidemic, is holding a call to action and candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lock 3.
Billy Pfaff, the founder of the Pinehurst, Mass.-based coalition, encourages attendees to wear purple and bring photographs of people they’ve lost to heroin during the candlelight vigil at the park at 200 S. Main St.
Pfaff’s goals are to open up more hospital beds for emergency detox; get Akron police to carry Narcan, which treats opioid overdoses, and increase the size of the drug unit; and convince Ohio Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency.
Pfaff started a petition to declare a state of emergency, hoping Akron will be able to receive federal funding for the high number of deaths in the state.
Eight hundred people on Facebook said they would attend. Find more info at https://www.facebook.com/heroiniskillingmytown/home.
Shooting, break-in reported
AKRON: Police are investigating a break-in and shooting at a home in the 600 block of East Buchtel Avenue that happened just before midnight Saturday.
A 20-year-old woman told police an unknown suspect entered a rear sliding glass door, shot her in the leg and fled. She was transported to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the Police Department’s daily report. Police did not have a description of the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call 330-375-2490.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Meeting explains adoption
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Summit County Children Services is sponsoring a free foster care and adoption information meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cuyahoga Falls Library, 2015 Third St.
The meeting will inform attendees about foster care and adoption, including what and how long the process is, what kind of support the agency provides and the costs involved with adopting. Agency staff will be available to share basic information about children coming into care.
For information, call 330-379-1990.
Sheriff’s personnel honored
AKRON: Summit County Council on Monday honored sheriff’s personnel who assisted with security at last month’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Councilman John Schmidt, who presented a commendation to the workers, noted that there were no serious problems at the event.
“We’re just happy to have people come here to Northeast Ohio and spend money,” he said with a laugh.
About 30 sheriff’s personnel helped with the convention.
BATH TOWNSHIP
Revere eyes tax cut for firm
BATH TWP.: The Revere Board of Education will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in a special meeting to consider a proposed Tax Increment Financing agreement between National Interstate Insurance and Richfield Village.
The meeting will be in the board room at the Revere Administration Building, 3496 Everett Road.
Police: Mower driver drunk
MASSILLON: It is possible to be arrested for drunken driving with a lawn mower, Massillon police say.
Case in point: Massillon police arrested a man Friday night and charged him with drunken driving on a riding lawn mower.
The man, who was not identified, was arrested near Walnut Road and Duncan Street SW, east of the Tuscarawas River, after police received a complaint at 9:21 p.m. of a traffic hazard there.
Police said they found the man on a mower in the left turn lane of Walnut and Duncan. The man showed “numerous clues of impairment” and was arrested, they said. Tests showed his blood alcohol content was 0.294, over three times the legal limit, police said.
Police said this was the man’s sixth OVI arrest since 1991.
Ohio law says people are prohibited from operating any vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Massillon police said.