Teacher in critical condition after trying to rescue student in Lake Erie
A 9-year-old girl is hospitalized in stable condition after a near-drowning at Cleveland Metroparks’ Huntington Beach.  According to the park, Diamond Harris was at the beach at Bay Village Monday as part of a school trip from Hopewell Day Treatment Center. Seven lifeguards responded when the girl and her teacher, 46-year-old Laura Recco, were seen struggling in the water. Recco reportedly is hospitalized in critical condition.

Area police departments adding officers
Several area police departments are adding officers with a new 7-million dollar federal grant. Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and the Cuyahoga County Sherriff’s Office will hire a total of 34 officers and deputies – all of them must be recent military veterans. The Beacon Journal reports Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic is concerned that the requirement that the new officers are veterans may violate civil service rules, but he says he’ll hire the officers anyway.

Telemarketing scam ring dismantled
Ohio officials say they've broken up a telemarketing ring that stole millions from people in 41 states over the last five years. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says the 18 suspects convinced the land owners to pay fees of much as $16,000 to guarantee the sale of their land for more than it’s worth. There were never any buyers or sales completed.

Judge calls Fair Finance defendants flight risks
A federal judge has ordered Indiana businessman Tim Durham and a business partner jailed until they are sentenced for swindling investors of 200-million dollars – many from Northeast Ohio. The judge said Monday that former Fair Finance owner Durham and partner James Cochran were flight risks. A federal jury in Indianapolis last week convicted Durham, Cochran and accountant Rick Snow. Snow has been ordered to house arrest.  The men were charged with looting Fair Finance for personal use and conspiring to hide the company's depleted condition from investors.

Warren massage parlors to close for a year
Eight northeast Ohio massage parlors suspected as fronts for prostitution would close for a year under an agreement with Warren city officials who sought to shut them down. The tentative agreement requires the spas to remove signs from their buildings and give up their licenses during that time. The city began taking steps to revoke the licenses and had subpoenaed spa clients to testify as prosecutors took legal action.

Demolition makes way for museum expansion
After more than 40 years of trying, a building standing in the way of an expansion of Cleveland’s Dunham Tavern Museum is coming down. Demolition began yesterday on the former clothing factory that stands where an urban green space is planned. The Euclid Avenue frontage for the historic tavern will now be the same as it was when it opened in 1824.

Chevy Cruze recalled
Owners of the Lordstown-built Chevy Cruze will receive recall notices in the next few weeks. General Motors announced the recall last week, saying that a problem with the engine shield could cause fires. Letters will be mailed around July 11^th, instructing owners to schedule the free repair at a Chevy dealership.

Cuyahoga County laying off more workers
There was round of layoffs in Cuyahoga County yesterday.  Executive Ed Fitzgerald laid off 10 workers Monday that he says will save about 700-thousand dollars in salaries and benefits. It was Fitzgerald’s second round of cuts this year. He’s cut 20-million dollars from the payroll since he took office in 2011. The layoffs Monday include workers from the clerk of courts office, fiscal office and IT.