http://www.wksu.org/news/ WKSU News Headlines en-us Copyright 2008, WKSU Radio Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:02:56 -0400 WKSU RSS Generator 1.1 Although Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser Most is also in charge of the Blossom Festival, he's conducting only one concert there this season. It's tomorrow night. When we talked with Welser-Most, we found out that he has a couple of surprises planned. David Roden reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22233 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:00:23 -0400 letters@wksu.org (David Roden) Arts & Culture Proposed route cuts and fare increases have generated more outrage from Cleveland-area bus riders than local public transportation officials bargained for. RTA faces a $20-million deficit because of rising fuel costs and decreased state funding. The transit agency says cutting service and raising ticket prices are its only real options. So far this week, an estimated 1500 people attended public hearings on the matter. Hundreds packed the downtown Cleveland Library for a sometimes rowdy hearing last night. Because of the crowd's size, RTA had to schedule another hearing for today. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22232 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:54:45 -0400 niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier) Politics & Government Barack Obama's trip to Youngstown this (Tuesday) morning was billed as a town hall on energy. But the 2 thousand people packed into the Austintown Fitch High School gym were as focused on jobs, education, Iraq and even term limits as they were on energy. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22230 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:33:52 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Politics & Government Norwalk Furniture is back in business and its 800 jobs likely will stay in Northeast Ohio. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22229 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:29:41 -0400 rabinowitz@wksu.org (Amanda Rabinowitz) Business Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is meeting with voters in Austintown this morning and in Berea this afternoon. WKSU Morning Newscater Tom Parkinson spoke with WKSU's M.L. Schultze on the scene in Austintown. WKSU's M.L. Schultze and Tom Parkinson report. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22228 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:45:25 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze and Tom Parkinson) Politics & Government The first hearing on proposed transit service cuts and rate hikes for Cuyahoga County public transportation service drew a crowd in Cleveland last night service. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich was among those attending the hearing. He told officials that the RTA should be lowering fares and extending service instead of increasing fares and cutting routes. Other transit riders said they don't like the fare increases but would prefer paying more over having services cut. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22227 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 08:51:29 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Politics & Government Cuyahoga County's public transportation system expects to hear plenty of complaints this week from people who don't like proposed rate hikes and route cuts. But the Greater Cleveland RTA says it has few choices. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22225 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:47:07 -0400 schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze) Politics & Government Eight-term Akron Congressman John Seiberling is remembered as a relentless advocate for peace and the environment. Seiberling died of respiratory failure Saturday at age 89. From his efforts to create the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to writing impeachment articles against President Nixon, Seiberling was at the forefront of the issues and events that shaped Northeast Ohio and the nation for decades. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22224 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:39:19 -0400 rabinowitz@wksu.org (Amanda Rabinowitz) People & Places Longtime Akron area congressman John Seiberling has died. The former Akron area congressman died of respiratory failure at his Copley home Saturday morning. WKSU's Tom Parkinson reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22222 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:58:23 -0400 parkinson@wksu.org (Tom Parkinson) Scores of people who want to change national policy on health care, energy and economics showed up at a Cleveland hotel today to tell Democrats how to do it. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. http://www.wksu.org/news/story/22221 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:36:06 -0400 schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer) Politics & Government