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Yahoo
18-05-2025
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Flags to fly at half-staff in honor of firefighter cadet who died after medical emergency
*Attached video: Firefighter cadet who died after medical emergency identified CLEVELAND (WJW) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the life and service of Cleveland Fire Cadet Symeon Williams. Williams, 39, experienced a medical emergency during fitness training on Friday afternoon, according to Cleveland city officials. New York Fire Department responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge According to information given to the FOX 8 I-Team, Cleveland Fire and EMS provided immediate medical care before Williams was rushed to the hospital, but city officials confirmed he has passed away. Saturday, DeWine announced that flags will be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Cuyahoga County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus. The order will remain in effect until sunset on the day of Williams' funeral, according to DeWine's office. Wayne Dawson shares update on cancer journey Williams entered the Fire Academy on April 14. He previously worked for Cleveland EMS from 2008-2011, Port Control from 2014-2023, and Sanitation from 2024 until he entered the academy, according to a news release from the Cleveland Division of Fire. Funeral arrangements have not been released. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
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Ohio lawmakers tackle school bus safety after 50+ crashes in 2025
School buses. (File photo from Sandusky City Schools website.) It's only three weeks into 2025, and already, there have been 51 school bus crashes in Ohio. Lawmakers have just introduced a bill aiming to keep students safe. Another crash happened Friday morning. On the way to school, a Cleveland Metropolitan School District bus crashed, with a 9-year-old girl taken to the hospital for 'very minor' injuries, according to Cleveland police. A 33-year-old woman was also taken to the hospital but is in 'stable condition,' Cleveland EMS said. Police are still investigating who caused it. 'I pictured myself in the shoes of the parents getting a call or a visit from a state trooper telling them that their child is not going to come home from school today,' Rudy Breglia, a Lorain County safety advocate, said. Breglia started the School Bus Safety Alliance, a group dedicated to advocating for more resources to protect kids. 'Current Ohio school bus safety features are inadequate,' he said. State lawmakers agree that some districts need help. House Reps. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) and Bernie Willis (R-Springfield) introduced H.B. 3 — which would create a $25 million school bus safety fund dedicated to improving and updating equipment. 'When it comes to buses and transporting our children, we want them to be able to apply for a grant to assist with getting that done,' Thomas said. Schools could apply for grants to buy fully illuminated stop arms, external school bus cameras, seatbelts and more. 'With a little help, they can implement their own plans from training to equipping the buses,' the lawmaker added. Thomas worked as a police officer for decades. He said he had to cite drivers on several occasions for illegally passing a school bus. That's why this bill raises the penalties – making passing a school bus a misdemeanor with a fine of up to 1,000 dollars. Repeated offenses could lead to a license suspension, a mandatory safety course and a $2,000 fine. All the money collected from the fines would be used to fund the grant program. 'If increasing the penalties will cause someone to think twice, then by all means, let's do that because the overall agenda here is children's safety,' Thomas said. This bill has been a passion project for Willis, who is adamant about safety reform. 'It's doing some elevating of the standards around our school buses in the same way that we establish school safety zones around our schools with criminal penalties,' Willis told me back in December when the previous version of this bill was being heard. The bill has bipartisan support, but although Breglia likes it, he thinks it doesn't go far enough. He believes seat belts should be mandatory on all buses. 'They're found in every car, have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and it's a basic safety tool that should be in all our school buses to protect our kids,' Lawmakers and the governor's school bus safety working group debated seat belts, deciding that they should not be mandatory. The bill will be heard in the coming months. Luckily for school safety supporters, Willis is the chair of the Transportation Committee, so it will likely move quickly through the hearing process in the House. Follow WEWS statehouse reporter Morgan Trau on X and Facebook. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
