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Coast Guard calls off search for plane
CONNEAUT — An aerial search of Lake Erie turned up no evidence of a plane crash, or any other mishap, according to the U.S. Coast Guard in Cleveland.
A report of an object spotted offshore of Conneaut late Tuesday afternoon resulted in a helicopter search of a wide expanse of the frozen lake, a Coast Guard spokesman said Tuesday. The search was fruitless, and there are no plans to resume the operation, he said.
Around 4:30 p.m. Monday came a report that someone scanning the lake through a telescopic sight, or other long-range optics, saw an object on the ice about three miles away. The report came from the 1100 block of Lake Road, authorities said. That initial report mushroomed into fears a plane had crashed.
A land-based response team from the Coast Guard’s Ashtabula station was sent to Conneaut to observe but saw nothing from the team members’ vantage point at Township Park. Spectators and television new crews also flocked to the site.
The incident is being attributed to a “false alarm,” he said.
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Ledge Road in Madison township: THE SITE OF TERRIBLE ABUSES?
A quiet section of Ledge Road, an apparent idyllic rural area, may have been the site of terrible abuses heaped upon family members, according to the Madison Township Police Department.
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Ashtabula City Council to honor fallen Marine
A resolution honoring a fallen Marine will be presented at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, according to the agenda released Friday by Clerk of Council LaVette Hennigan.
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The Great Geauga County Fair celebrates 188 years of fun
The oldest fair in the state of Ohio, The Great Geauga County Fair, kept moving right along Saturday morning as visitors pulled out their umbrellas and went about their business.
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County officials, county port officials to meet with Sen. Sherrod Brown Tuesday
Ashtabula County Port Authority members and county commissioners will pitch the economic importance of Plant C to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Ohio representatives from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) at a meeting Tuesday.
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SMALLEST IN THE U.S. GROWING FAST
The abutment walls for the new covered bridge in Geneva were poured this week, clearing the way for timber to rise soon at the West Liberty Street site.
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Schools to enter winter with fewer snow days
For years, Ashtabula County’s harsh winters and spring storms made school superintendents wonder whether five state-sanctioned calamity days were enough to last the year.
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Reckless ATV driver faces many charges
A Conneaut man who sped an all-terrain vehicle down a residential street, past children and adults a few steps away, to elude police, faces numerous charges in Conneaut Municipal Court.
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Buckeye Local Schools celebrate report card results
The Buckeye Local Board of Education and administration on Friday celebrated the achievement of having two “excellent” buildings on its state report card.
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