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Ohio
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Cleveland's rock roots featured in RNC logo
Top headlines: Rep. Clyde calls for Husted to count un-postmarked ballots; Police investigating ISIS message at YSU
by WKSU's AMANDA RABINOWITZ
and CORY YORK |
Morning Edition Host
Amanda Rabinowitz | | |
Morning headlines for Tuesday, November 24, 2015:
Cleveland's rock roots featured in RNC logo
Dieblod expansion reaches agreement
Rep. Clyde calls on Husted to count un-postmarked ballots
Police investigating ISIS message at YSU
Kent State professors may soon go on strike for first time
Chipotle cleaning up e-coli contaminated restaurants in Ohio
Rental bikes arrive for RNC
Demonstrators march, call for prosecutor to recuse himself from Tamir Rice case |
Cleveland's rock roots featured in RNC logo
Cleveland's location as the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been incorporated into the logo for the 2016 Republican National Convention. The logo for next summer’s convention unveiled Monday features a red GOP elephant walking atop a blue electric guitar with three white stars. Cleveland-based Falls Communications designed the logo.
Dieblod expansion reaches agreement
One of northeast Ohio’s landmark corporations, Diebold, may be getting a lot bigger. The banking security company has reached a buyout agreement with one its main competitors, Germany’s Wincor-Nixdorf, AG. They are the world’s number two and number three makers of ATMs; behind NCR. If the merger is approved by both companies’ shareholders Diebold-Nixdorf, as it would be known, would be number one in the industry. The deal will cost Diebold $1.8 billion, and is projected to be completed in about a year. And revenues of the combined company are projected to be $5.2 billion. Each company will keep its current headquarters. Diebold’s is in Green.
Rep. Clyde calls for Husted to count un-postmarked ballots
An Ohio Democrat is calling on the state's Republican elections chief to order counties to count certain absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election that lack a postmark. But a spokesman for Secretary of State Jon Husted says counting them would violate Ohio law. At issue are absentee ballots mailed to local boards of elections that arrived on or after Election Day without a postmark. Nearly 900 such ballots were rejected in Summit County. Representative Kathleen Clyde of Kent says that voters have no control over whether their ballots are postmarked and not counting them is unacceptable. A spokesman says Husted has been in touch with the U.S. postmaster general's office and is awaiting results from Summit County's investigation into the non-postmarked ballots.
Police investigating ISIS message at YSU
Police are investigating messages supporting the Islamic State group that were painted on a large rock at Youngstown State University. Staff discovered the messages when they arrived on campus Monday morning. The messages on the rock read: "We are coming," ''France Deserves Destruction" and "YSU supports ISIS." Employees painted over the messages with white paint and some students re-painted the rock with an American flag. The university doesn't believe the messages indicate any credible threat but campus police have reached out to other law enforcement authorities and are searching for the person or persons responsible.
Kent State professors may soon go on strike for first time
Professors at Kent State University overwhelmingly authorized their union to call a strike if contract negotiation talks break down. The Kent State chapter of the American Association of University Professors represents nearly 800 tenure track professors. The union and the university administration are selecting a fact-finder after mediation failed over raises and medical benefits.
Chipotle cleaning up e-coli contaminated restaurants in Ohio
Chipotle says it is deep cleaning three northeast Ohio restaurants implicated in an outbreak of E. coli that is has sickened dozens of people nationwide. Stores in Parma, Legacy Village in Lyndhurst, and at Montrose in Copley Township are undergoing testing of ingredients and equipment for the bacteria. The Beacon Journal reports a store near the University of Akron was not affected as initially reported. The Center for Disease Control has not identified which ingredients have spread the contamination across six states.
Rental bikes arriving for RNC
Downtown Cleveland is getting hundreds of rental bikes in time for next summer's Republican National Convention. Cuyahoga County's Board of Control has approved a five-year, nearly $450,000 contract with California-based CycleHop LLC. Cleveland.com reports the contract calls for CycleHop to install 250 bicycles by the July 18 start of the convention, and 700 in the county by the end of the deal. CycleHop joins San Francisco-based Zagster, which launched a bike sharing program underwritten by local businesses in Cleveland in 2014.
Demonstrators march, call for prosecutor to recuse himself from Tamir Rice case
A group of demonstrators joined the family of Tamir Rice Monday in a protest march in Cleveland. This weekend marked the one year anniversary of the shooting of the 12-year-old boy by police who thought the toy gun he was playing with was real. The group delivered a petition signed by more than 200,000 people demanding Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty to step down from the case. A grand jury is currently reviewing evidence. |
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Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport will have regular passenger service again
