AKRON
Fugitive arrested
AKRON: An Akron murder suspect was arrested Friday, ending a pursuit by police and the U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force.
Kennard Gay, 26, was taken into custody by police, sheriff’s deputies and task force members at a Macedonia motel about 11:30 a.m. He was wanted on charges of aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of Melvin Coleman of Akron.
A Summit County sheriff’s deputy is credited with seeing Gay’s vehicle parked at the motel and calling for backup. Macedonia police, deputies and U.S. marshals negotiated a peaceful surrender, Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards said.
Gay also was wanted on charges of attempted murder and felonious assault in a shooting Aug. 18 in the 800 block of McKinley Avenue in Akron. He was listed this week among the marshals’ “Dangerous Dozen” fugitives.

BATH TOWNSHIP
Eco-group to meet
BATH TWP.: Friends of Yellow Creek will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Bath Township Trustees’ meeting room, 3864 W. Bath Road.
The group is interested in the stream that flows through western Summit County into the Cuyahoga River.
For more information, call 330-666-4007.

campaign trail
Fundraiser set
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Russ Iona, a candidate for City Council Ward 8, will hold an appetizer tasting fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Papa Joes, 1561 Akron-Peninsula Road.
The cost is $25 per person.
For more details, call 330-819-9946.

CANTOn
NFL food benefit
CANTON: Tickets are on sale for the annual Taste of the NFL benefit for the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, which takes place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
The event includes samplings of food from local restaurants and beverages from local and national wineries and distributors.
Attendees will get to vote on their favorite dish and the winning chef will represent the food bank at the national Taste of the NFL event at Super Bowl 2013.
Hall of fame enshrinees expected to attend include Floyd Little, Leroy Kelly, Joe DeLamielleure, Charlie Sanders, Randall McDaniel, Jim Taylor, Dave Wilcox and Jack Youngblood.
Tickets are $150 and $250. To purchase, visit www.akron cantonfoodbank.org or call 330-535-6900.

KENT
Woman dies in fire
KENT: A Kent woman was killed Friday during an early morning fire inside a condominium complex, authorities said.
Linda Palmisano, 58, died of apparent smoke inhalation, according to a spokesman for the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.
An autopsy Friday did not reveal any other injuries.
Kent firefighters and investigators with the State Fire Marshal are seeking a cause of the fire, which was discovered about 1:30 a.m. at 760 W. Main St.
No other injuries were reported.
Kent Fire Capt. Dave Manthey said the fire gutted a first-floor condo unit. Palmisano and her husband lived in the heavily damaged condo. Spreading smoke damaged three other units. In all, an estimated $50,000 in damage was sustained.

LAKEMORE
Worker suspended
LAKEMORE: Village administrator Chad Pryor was suspended without pay Thursday and there is a related, ongoing police investigation, Mayor Mike Kolomichuk said Friday.
He declined to comment on the reason for the suspension or investigation.
Springfield Township police, which oversee Lakemore, did not return phone calls.
Pryor, who has been with the village for about three years, could not be located for comment.
A spokeswoman for the Ohio Auditor’s Office, which has been critical of village finances, said the state was unaware of the suspension.

portage county
Tea party seminars
RAVENNA: The Portage County Tea Party will host free seminars from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today at Maplewood Career Center, 7075 State Route 88.
The sessions are aimed at people running in township trustee and school board races in November, or anyone considering a run for those offices in the future.
Two seminars will run simultaneously, with Suffield Township Trustee Tom Calcei and David Brobeck, assistant professor of graduate education at Walsh University, as instructors. To make a reservation, call 330-474-3878.

SUMMIT COUNTY
Drainage hearing
AKRON: Summit County Council will hold a public hearing at 4:30 p.m. Monday on proposed drainage assessments for many subdivision residents in Copley, Richfield, Sagamore Hills, Springfield and Twinsburg townships.
The hearing will take place in council chambers on the seventh floor of the Ohio Building, 175 S. Main St.
The county engineer wants to start assessing drainage fees in the following developments: Copley Commerce Center, Glencairn Forest Phases V and VI, Heritage Woods Phase IV, The Reserve at Kensington, Pepper Hill Estates, Silverleaf Court Phase 1, Wedgewood Phase 5 and Wilhelm.
The proposed assessments range from $55 to $1,097 a year depending on the property.