AKRON
Suspects’ bond set
AKRON: The two suspects in last week’s shooting death of Carmella Holley, 11, are being held in the Summit County Jail in lieu of $1 million cash bonds.
Vernon D. Singleton, 26, of Akron, and Terrance L. Roane, 18, of Columbus, are charged with murder in the Aug. 3 shooting.
Both are to appear Aug. 24 before a magistrate in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Carmella was inside a Keys Place apartment, eating candy and watching TV with her mother and other family members, when she was struck by a bullet that pierced the wall of the second-floor unit.
She died four hours later at Akron Children’s Hospital.
Police said that a feud between Singleton and Roane escalated into an exchange of gunfire outside the apartment.
Court records show Jonathan T. Sinn is Singleton’s attorney and Kerry M. O’Brien is Roane’s attorney.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Debate on video
AKRON: A video of Monday’s debate between the Akron mayoral candidates is available online.
The video is posted on Councilman Mike Williams’ website, http://www.
williamsforakron.com. The site includes tabs for topics covered in the debate that viewers can click on, allowing them to watch all or part of the debate.
Williams, Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and political newcomer Janice Davis, the three Democratic candidates for mayor in the Sept. 13 primary, faced off for slightly more than an hour.

MEDINA COUNTY

Motorcyclist killed
YORK TWP.: A 26-year-old Brunswick man was killed about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when he overturned his motorcycle and was struck by another vehicle on state Route 18 in York Township.
Michael N. Barnum was pronounced dead at Medina General Hospital.
Barnum was driving east on Route 18 near mile post 7 when he lost control of his 2008 Honda CBR600 motorcycle, overturned and was ejected.
He was thrown into the path of a Toyota Corolla going west, according to the Medina County post of the State Highway Patrol.
The car’s driver, a 39-year-old Litchfield Township woman, was treated at Medina General and released.
Barnum’s motorcycle continued east, striking a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle being driven by a 29-year-old Columbia Station man. He was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.

NORTHEAST OHIO
West Nile found
Mosquito samples containing West Nile virus have been found in Akron and Norton.
Thirteen pools of mosquitoes with the virus were found Thursday in Akron, bringing the total found in the city to 22. The mosquitoes were found on Abington Road, Meade Avenue, Derby Downs Road and Hobart Avenue and at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on East Market Street, the city reported.
Summit County health officials will be spraying in the affected and surrounding areas in the next several days.
In Norton, a mosquito sample collected in the Frashure allotment tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Barberton-Norton Mosquito Abatement District reported.
The positive sample was collected July 26 and confirmed at the Ohio Department of Health laboratories. It was the first positive sample from Norton this year, the mosquito district reported.
Additional spraying is taking place in the Norton neighborhood, the district said.
The district said a large wetland area in Copley Township affects the Frashure allotment, although the agency cannot do anything about mosquitoes there.
The district had a second sample test positive from near the Doylestown sewage plant.
The agency does mosquito monitoring and treatment in Doylestown under contract.
For information, call the Barberton-Norton district at 330-848-2623 or the Summit County Health District at 330-923-8856.

SUMMIT COUNTY
Grant to aid shelter
AKRON: PetSmart Charities has given Summit County $2,280 to buy a high-capacity washer and dryer for the county’s animal shelter.
“These additions ... will help us to continue to provide a safe, clean and welcoming environment for the animals we house, the shelter employees and the citizens who visit,” County Executive Russ Pry said in a prepared statement.
The county also will hold a Volunteer Appreciation/Amnesty Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 26 at the facility at 250 Opportunity Parkway.
WAPS (91.3-FM) will broadcast from the shelter from noon to 1 p.m.
The county will waive the $14 late fee charged to citizens who have yet to purchase a 2011 dog license. The tags are $14 each.
For information, call 330-643-2845 or go to www.co.summit.oh.us/executive/animalcontrol.htm.

Register to vote
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Sept. 13 primary.
The Summit County Board of Elections, 470 Grant St., Akron, will be open until 4:30 p.m.
Voters in the primary will decide mayoral and council races in Akron, Barberton, Green, New Franklin and Stow. The winners might face competition in the Nov. 8 general election.
People who have never voted, recently moved, or married and changed their names need to fill out new registrations. To be eligible to vote, a person must be at least 18 on or before the day of the election, a U.S. citizen, an Ohio resident for at least 30 days before the election, not incarcerated for a felony, and not declared incompetent or prohibited from voting for violating election laws.
Registration is offered at local elections boards, public libraries, public high schools or vocational schools, Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices, other designated agencies, including the Department of Job and Family Services, and by mail.

ADM pay revealed
AKRON: Jerry Craig, the new director of the Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board, will be paid $119,500 in the first year of his three-year contract.
The board may increase Craig’s salary by up to 3 percent a year.
These were among the details included in his contract, which the board released Thursday.
The board chose Craig, who had been serving in an interim capacity, as director in late March, then entered into negotiations on his contract. He previously served as the agency’s manager of clinical services.
Craig will receive the same fringe benefits provided to the board’s other full-time, salaried, unclassified employees, including vacation, holidays and sick leave. Both the board and Craig will pay into the Public Employment Retirement System.

LaRose has hours
State Sen. Frank LaRose, R-Akron, will hold open office hours throughout the district Saturday.
No appointment is necessary.
Hours are:
• 8 to 10 a.m., Barberton City Hall, 576 W. Park Ave.
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, Graefe Room, 2015 Third St.
• 2 to 4 p.m., Twinsburg City Hall, 10075 Ravenna Road.

TALLMADGE
Party on circle
TALLMADGE: There will be a party Aug. 20 on Tallmadge Circle.
The Tallmadge Circle Festival and Light Parade will run from 4:30 to 11 p.m. and feature a beer and wine garden, food vendors and children’s activities. The circle will be closed to traffic.
The Tallmadge Historical Church and Museum will be open from 5 to 8 p.m., the Doug Kaufman Band will play from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and classic hits will be performed by Victory Highway from 8 to 11 p.m.
A 1K run on the circle will kick off at 5 p.m. (sign up at www.active.com) and a bike ride to support injured veterans will start the same time (register at www.
ride2recovery.com.)
This event is a partnership of Tallmadge Chamber of Commerce and Tallmadge Community Improvement Corp.

WADSWORTH
School gear sought
WADSWORTH: School supplies are needed for a Stuff the Bus campaign Saturday aimed at supplying 300 kids with back-to-school items.
The event will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 527 College St.
Needed supplies include dry erase markers, spiral notebooks, boxes of tissues, colored pencils, pens, markers, pocket folders, scissors, Ziplock bags, backpacks, Clorox wipes, index cards, combination locks and cloth book covers.
The Salvation Army and Walmart are sponsors of the event.