AKRON
Suspect arrested
AKRON: The man sought in Sunday’s shooting death of an Akron man is being held in the Summit County Jail.
Terrance Minor Jr., 28, was booked into the jail about 9 p.m. Monday. He was wanted on a warrant charging him with aggravated murder.
He is accused of shooting Demetrion D. Wilson, 20, during an altercation Sunday outside Wilson’s home on Day Street. Wilson died later at Summa Akron City Hospital of a gunshot wound to his chest.

South Main closing
AKRON: Bridge construction will close a portion of South Main Street between Firestone Boulevard and Wilbeth Road for six hours a day beginning Wednesday and extending through Friday.
The road will be closed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday. Similar closing times will occur Thursday and Friday to allow workers to continue repairs.
Traffic will be detoured from Firestone Boulevard, Firestone Parkway and Wilbeth Road. Signs will be posted.

Center still open
AKRON: The Volunteer Center remains a program of United Way of Summit County and focuses on providing free one-on-one volunteer referral and placement, among other activities, United Way officials said Tuesday in seeking to avoid confusion with two other nonprofit groups that have merged.
The two other groups — the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) in Akron and Business Volunteers Unlimited of Cleveland — are now one organization. The name for the combined organization, effective Tuesday, is BVU: Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
The two groups are separate from the United Way’s Volunteer Center, which along with referral and placement of volunteers, offers “Done-in-a-Day” projects for small groups of employees, an annual Day of Action, coordinates a Corporate Volunteer Council, and provides educational training programs and volunteer management workshops, according to United Way.

CLEVELAND
Fraud sentencing
CLEVELAND: A Macedonia woman was sentenced Tuesday to 75 months of supervised release and ordered to repay more than $3 million from her April guilty plea on federal fraud charges.
Sarah Fleming pleaded guilty to using personal information of 14 people to commit identity theft and mortgage, tax and credit card fraud. In addition, she was accused of conspiring with others to fraudulently obtain more than $1.8 million in mortgage loans for properties in the Cleveland area and in North Carolina.
Prosecutors also said she and associates filed at least 141 false federal income tax returns in 2008 and 2009.

CUYAHOGA FALLS
Health fair
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The Islamic Society of Akron and Kent is hosting a free Women’s Health Fair from 2:30 to 5:50 p.m. Sunday at the Islamic Community Center, 152 E. Steels Corners Road.
Free blood and sugar tests will be available. Presentations will be made by Dr. Saira Ismail, family medicine; Dr. Jennifer Cummings, cardiology; Dr. Riffat Qadir, otolaryngology; Dr. Marina Magrey, rheumatology; Dr. Muntzra Qadir, psychiatry; and Sarah Reyna, nutrition.
The event is being offered in cooperation with City Cardiology Associates, Summit Pulmonary and Internal Medicine, Summit Gastroenterology Associates, and Drs. Mubashir, Marquinez and Rehman Inc.

LAKE SCHOOLS
Plans for building
LAKE TWP.: The Lake Board of Education approved the purchase of materials and labor for a new maintenance building at its meeting Monday night.
All Steel Structures Inc. will construct the 40-by-40 building adjacent to the district’s transportation offices on Kent Avenue. Cost of the project will not exceed $22,000.
Also Monday, attorney Jon Troyer addressed the board regarding an email the administration sent to teachers and staff of Lake schools regarding their securing pledges from people in the community to support the bond issue and levy on the Nov. 8 ballot. He questioned whether this violates any Ohio elections laws.

STOW
Robber nabbed
STOW: A Stow man faces robbery and kidnapping charges in three cities following his arrest Tuesday morning.
Joe R. Schratz, 40, is accused of robbing or attempting to rob stores in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls and Stow.
Stow police say Schratz is a suspect in the robbery of a Speedway gas station on Fishcreek Road late Monday night. He is accused of taking an undisclosed amount of cash and forcing a clerk into a storage cooler.
Stow police say Schratz is also a suspect in a Walgreens pharmacy robbery that occurred early Tuesday in Cuyahoga Falls. In addition, Schratz is a suspect in the attempted robberies in Stow of a Sheetz gas station on Steels Corners Road and a Taco Bell on Graham Road.
Akron police also accuse Schratz of trying to rob workers at the drive-through window of the Steak ’n Shake restaurant on Home Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Police said he was rebuffed by workers and drove toward Cuyahoga Falls, where police arrested him on State Road.
Schratz was being held in the Summit County Jail.

SUMMIT COUNTY
Speed limits drop
AKRON: Summit County Council this week agreed to lower the speed limit on three roads in Richfield and Boston townships.
The speed limit will drop from 55 mph to 45 mph on Wheatley Road, Townsend Road and Southern Road. The change was prompted by complaints from residents and a request by Councilman Nick Kostandaras, said Heidi Swindell, a spokeswoman for county Engineer Al Brubaker.

Council hire
AKRON: Summit County Council has agreed to promote Mark Potter to council chief of staff.
Potter, 32, of Cuyahoga Falls, had been working as the council’s senior research analyst. He will replace Darlene Mims, who took a job with the county Department of Job and Family Services.
Potter, who has worked for the county since February 2008, is a former reporter with the Record Publishing Co. He has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Akron and a graduate certificate in applied politics from the Bliss Institute.
His salary will be about $65,700.

Deputy contract
AKRON: Summit County Council has approved a three-year, $1.77 million policing contract between the sheriff’s office and Northfield Center Township.
The contract, which runs from January 2012 to December 2014, devotes 5.5 sheriff’s deputies for police protection in the township.

STATE NEWS
Issue 2 support
COLUMBUS: A group of Ohio business executives is urging voters to uphold a new state law that places restrictions on public employee unions.
The Ohio Business Roundtable is endorsing Issue 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, urging a yes vote to affirm what it calls “reasonable and common sense reforms.” The group says the changes will help local communities manage finances and deliver services without raising taxes. It says localities face fiscal challenges it attributes primarily to labor agreements.
The new law bans public employee strikes and restricts collective bargaining rights for more than 350,000 teachers, police officers, state employees and others.
It was passed without any Democratic votes and signed by Gov. John Kasich in March. Voters are being asked whether to keep or repeal the measure.
— Associated Press