Local news briefs - Jan. 22
TWINSBURG TWP.Ambulance birthTWINSBURG TWP: A 6-pound, 13-ounce baby boy took his first breaths early Sunday morning after he was delivered in the back of a Twinsburg Fire Department EMS ambulance traveling down Hadden Road.Paramedics had been on the way to Hillcrest Hospital, but switched to the Cleveland Clinic emergency department in Twinsburg when the delivery became imminent, according to the Twinsburg Fire Department.Paramedics Alan Sibits and Earl Wilson delivered the boy at 4:56 a.m. in the back of the ambulance.Mother and baby are doing well, according to the fire department.WOOSTERWoman stabbed WOOSTER: Police are searching for a 45-year-old man who fled the home where a woman was found stabbed Saturday morning.The victim suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Wooster Community Hospital. Police on Sunday night said the victim was alive, but more information on her condition was unknown.Wooster police identified Brian Barrington, the victim’s husband, as a suspect.Barrington is white, with brown hair and green eyes. He is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs 185 pounds.He was last seen driving a silver Ford Taurus, Ohio license plate FFK-3543.Police were sent at 11:45 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 4,000 block of Ogden Drive and found the victim.Barrington fled before officers arrived, according to Wooster police.Anyone with information should call the Wooster Police Department at 330-287-5720.NORTHEAST OHIOForum plannedSTREETSBORO: The People’s Alliance for Streetsboro Schools will host a forum Thursday on Ohio House Bill 136, which would change the rules and expand criteria for receiving tax-supported vouchers to private schools.State Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron; Rep. Kathleen Clyde, D-Kent; and Ohio School Board member Bryan Williams will be panel members.The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Streetsboro High School Gymnasium on Annalane Drive. For information, visit www. streetsboropass.com.FAIRLAWNOpen houseFAIRLAWN: St. Hilary School will host an open house from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. Sunday.All are welcome to tour the school, visit classrooms and meet teachers.St. Hilary is at 645 Moorfield Road. For information, call 330-867-8720 ext. 343, or visit www.st-hilaryschool.org.AKRONFree clinicAKRON: Local attorneys will provide free legal advice on a walk-in basis on the fourth Thursday of each month to community members who cannot afford a lawyer. Local attorneys, who volunteer their time, will be available to answer legal questions in a confidential setting. Pre-registration is not required. The clinic is sponsored by Community Legal Aid’s Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP).The next clinic will be Thursday at OPEN M, 941 Princeton St. in Akron. Register between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. See www.Community LegalAid.org or call 877-401-0088. Victim eventAKRON: Burning Bush Church and other Akron-area pastors and activists will host A Voice for the Victim at 6 p.m. Sunday at East Community Learning Center, 80 Brittain Road.Stemming from the 26 Akron homicides in 2011, an effort is under way to raise awareness of violence.Guest speakers will include Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Tom Teodosio and Summit County Juvenile Court Judge Linda Teodosio. For more information, call 330-289-2779 or 330-283-0801 or email wordatbush@yahoo.com.
