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90-403: The center combines upscale dining, shopping, and entertainment. Upon its opening, 60% of its stores were new to Ohio. During the summer weekends, the complex hosts a series of outdoor concerts which it has dubbed Legacy Live. Legacy Village was so popular on its first day that police officers were needed to direct traffic. While traffic became more normalized and regulated in the following months,

180-485: A CIA operative. Wilson was a prominent critic of the administration. The decision to compel the reporters to reveal sources was seen in the news media as a license to go after reporters and newspapers in the courtroom for not revealing confidential informants. It was considered a violation of the trust between reporter and said informants. Clifton was vilified in the news media as "having no backbone" and he admitted that people could refer to him as "chickenshit". Clifton told

270-670: A $ 1,500,000 bond proposal whose primary objective was to fund the construction of new elementary buildings in Lime Springs and Ridgeway and a high school in Cresco. Construction of the high school began in 1967, and Crestwood High School opened in 1968. During the transition to the new high school, the original school buildings in the Central Complex continued to be used for elementary and junior high courses. In 1983, these buildings underwent extensive renovations. In July 1991,

360-702: A buyout offer and then 23 more were fired. In 2009, employees agreed to accept a 12% pay cut in exchange for a two-year no-layoff agreement. In December 2012, members of the Newspaper Guild reported that The Plain Dealer management had told them that, after the January 2013 expiration of a no-layoff provision in the union's contract, it planned to eliminate about one-third of the newspaper's staff and cut 58 of 168 union positions. Later in December 2012,

450-475: A city in Howard County, Iowa , United States. The population was 3,888 at the 2020 census , down from 3,905 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Howard County . Cresco was platted in 1866, when the railroad was expanding into the area. "Cresco" is Latin for "I grow". Cresco was incorporated on June 6, 1868. On October 20, 1980, The David Letterman Show was broadcast from Cresco,

540-609: A complaint with the NLRB which it settled in August 2014. The Plain Dealer announced plans to lay off a third of its remaining unionized staff in December 2018 as part of a transition to a "centralized production system". In March 2019, the paper laid off twelve (or fourteen) editors and reporters, and also outsourced its production, dropping another 24 jobs. Eight veteran reporters volunteered to take buyouts to spare others losing their jobs. Cleveland.com editor Chris Quinn blamed

630-531: A comprehensive renovation in 1953. To meet Cresco's ever-changing educational requirements, a new high school building was erected in 1905. Citizens in the independent school district approved the project, with a budget not exceeding $ 25,000, in March that year. The construction bids were awarded in May, and by December, classes were already being held in the newly completed facilities. The structure, 100 feet by 80 feet,

720-479: A four-year program in 1901. The physical infrastructure of Cresco's schools continued to evolve to meet its expanding student population's needs. In 1893, a grade school building was erected on the central campus. This structure experienced a devastating fire in 1917. In response to the growing demands of Cresco's educational landscape, the South Ward grade school was constructed in 1896. This facility underwent

810-606: A hole the exact width and depth of a coffin" in a piece asserting that the narrative regarding Rice's parents' criminal histories "is absent any context whatsoever". NEOMG's handling of the situation was condemned on a national scale by the Huffington Post, as well as internally by Plain Dealer staffers. In the presidential election of 1864 , the paper was strongly opposed to the reelection of Abraham Lincoln . An editorial dated 5 November asked rhetorically, "Do you want four more years of war? Vote for Lincoln. Do you want

900-404: A laboratory. The basement housed the manual training department and the furnace room. The building used a steam heating system and an advanced ventilation system. In 1910, The Howard County Times wrote: "a series of air ducts lead to the cupola where a number of radiators form an upward current that completely changes the air of all rooms in approximately three minutes. Fresh air from the outside

990-439: A new garage and bus barn, and a band room for the music program. The Howard-Winneshiek Community School District was established on July 1, 1960, through the consolidation of public schools. This brought together the public schools of Chester , Cresco, Elma , Lime Springs , and Ridgeway , necessitating the expansion of educational infrastructure to accommodate the growing student population. In December 1965, voters approved

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1080-660: A population of 3.8 million people making it the 19th-largest market in the United States. In August 2013, The Plain Dealer reduced home delivery to four days a week, including Sunday. A daily version of The Plain Dealer is available electronically as well as in print at stores, newsracks and newsstands. The newspaper was established in January 1842 when two brothers, Joseph William Gray and Admiral Nelson Gray, took over The Cleveland Advertiser and changed its name to The Plain Dealer . The Cleveland Advertiser had been published from 1831 to 1841. Some sources attribute

1170-412: A print newspaper only, not a digital edition. Content from each is cross-posted on the other site. Cleveland.com is described by its owners as "the premier news and information website in the state of Ohio". Though it is under the same ownership as The Plain Dealer , cleveland.com was operated by a separate company and had separate staff and offices. The corporate structure underpinning these changes

1260-503: A print newspaper to online delivery of news, as Advance had done when it ended daily delivery of the New Orleans Times-Picayune . Another way that the formation of NEOMG has been viewed is as a strategy to weaken, and ultimately kill, a labor union , by moving tasks from the unionized Plain Dealer staff to the non-unionized staff at cleveland.com. The division of The Plain Dealer into two separate companies,

1350-425: A setback due to small enrollment and ceased operations after two years. In 1935, a new corridor was constructed, linking the 1905 building with the 1919 building. The same year, plans began for the construction of a gymnasium. It was completed in 1938. As part of this expansion, the gymnasium in the 1919 building was reconfigured into a small performance space. Further expansions and additions were made in 1951 with

1440-543: A staff of four union journalists: investigative journalist John Caniglia, travel editor Susan Glaser, art critic Steven Litt, and sports columnist Terry Pluto . On May 12, 2020, it was announced that the final four union journalists would be laid off and offered positions in the non-union cleveland.com newsroom. Under an agreement with the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild, the guild would be barred from participating in union organizing activities in

1530-460: A total estimated cost of $ 13,000. Cresco High School's inaugural commencement ceremony took place on June 18, 1880, in Lyric Hall. The principal, L. T. Weld, delivered an address to the graduating class of six students. Although historical records from this period are somewhat limited, it is known that the high school offered a three-year course of study at the time. The curriculum was expanded to

1620-408: A unionized, print organization and a non-union, online organization, was dubbed a "transparent union-busting schism scheme" by Cleveland Scene an alternative weekly Cleveland newspaper. The labor union representing Plain Dealer employees was called, from its founding in 1933 until its closure in 2020 as a result of these changes, Newspaper Guild Local 1, because it was the first local chapter of

1710-663: A website that analyzes political issues relevant to Ohio and the greater Cleveland area. It also conducted fact-checking and was produced in conjunction with its creator, the Tampa Bay Times . Four years later, the relationship was ended. Although the operation had generated criticism, the decision to drop it was attributed instead to a desire to keep all content on cleveland.com rather than the separate PolitiFact Ohio site, which remains available as an archive. The copy rates are $ 3 for daily or $ 5 on Sunday/Thanksgiving Day at newsstands/newsracks. The full subscription weekly price

1800-487: A week to four: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It continued to publish an edition seven days a week that is available in electronic form at cleveland.com, and in print at stores, newsracks and newsstands. Subscribers to the four print editions have access to the digital edition seven days a week. (Plans announced in April 2013 had called for a reduction to three days of delivery by August 2013, but Saturday delivery

1890-510: Is $ 4.65. These prices only apply to The Plain Dealer' s home delivery area, which are the Northeast Ohio counties of Cuyahoga , Lake , Geauga , Portage , Erie , Ottawa , Summit , Ashtabula , Medina , and Lorain . The Plain Dealer is available throughout the state at select newsstands including in the state capital, Columbus , and anywhere in the U.S. or world via U.S. mail service; prices are higher by mail. In October 2014,

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1980-480: Is approached by a sidewalk from East Peck Street to the south or main entrance. Observing its overall structure, one can see that it is built of pressed brick, standing on a foundation of Bedford sandstone. Rising above the spacious roof is the dome and flagstaff, where the Star Spangled Banner often waves over the heads of the many school children. Engraved on the southern side, above the main entrance,

2070-405: Is first warmed over radiators and then conducted to all the rooms, after which it passes out through the ducts leading to the cupola." Dora Perry, a student and later a teacher in Cresco, provided a detailed description of the new building in the 1906 "Old Rose and Black" yearbook. She wrote: The new high school building that was erected by the citizens of Cresco in 1905 does honor to the city. It

2160-428: Is the date 1905. The building can be accessed through three entrances: the main entrance to the south, and the east and west entrances. Let us enter the building and take a quick glance at the interior. The heating and ventilation systems are well-designed, with radiators placed throughout the building. Down in the basement, we find the manual training room. The seventh grade expects to take up this branch of school work in

2250-530: Is the major newspaper of Cleveland , Ohio ; it is a major national newspaper. In the fall of 2019 it ranked 23rd in U.S. newspaper circulation , a significant drop since March 2013, when its circulation ranked 17th daily and 15th on Sunday. As of May 2019 , The Plain Dealer had 94,838 daily readers and 171,404 readers on Sunday. The Plain Dealer ' s media market , the Cleveland-Akron Designated Market Area, has

2340-508: Is what you make it, the world is as you take it.' To the right of the stairway is the superintendent's office, divided into a public and private office by an oak partition. Its ambiance clearly indicates that both pleasant and unpleasant business is conducted there. On the first floor, there are five grade rooms. The third grade is furnished with large double seats that remind us of the time when we were embarking on our first battles of life. Yet, this room does not exude laziness but rather reflects

2430-585: The Cleveland News and The Cleveland Press , closed in 1960 and 1982 respectively. However, since 2015, a number of nonprofit news outlets have begun reporting including the Cleveland Observer, Cleveland Documenters, The Land, and Signal Cleveland. Cleveland.com which was launched by Advance Publications in 1997, is the sister company of The Plain Dealer . Cleveland.com has only an online presence, while The Plain Dealer provides

2520-522: The Cleveland paper, "I think that by all odds, the Plain Dealer has the best newspaper name of any in the world." Although its first edition in 1842 was captioned simply "The Plain Dealer", the name on the newspaper's masthead included "Cleveland" for much of its history, and dropped the city name sometime between 1965 and 1970. Joseph William Gray owned (initially with his brother) and edited

2610-544: The Constitution destroyed? Vote for Lincoln... Do you want the degraded Negros made your social and political equals? Vote for Lincoln." The Plain Dealer has been criticized in the past by liberal columnists for staking out generally conservative positions on its editorial page, despite serving a predominantly Democratic readership base. In 2004, the editorial board voted to endorse Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry ; after publisher Alex Machaskee overruled it, ordering

2700-470: The Guild that management had misled the union by cutting more employees than had been agreed upon in the 2012 agreement, specifically by reneging on a promise to keep at least 110 union jobs in the newsroom. This concern was heightened when, within 24 hours after the layoffs, NEOMG hired away from The Plain Dealer thirteen of those who were not laid off, leaving 97 employees in the newsroom. The union filed

2790-495: The Holden trustees, including Vail, sold the Plain Dealer to Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. 's newspaper chain for $ 54.2 million, then the highest price ever paid for a U.S. newspaper. Advance Publications Inc. , a New York-based media company owned by Newhouse's heirs, continues to own the Plain Dealer. The Plain Dealer has been the sole major newspaper for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio since its two main 20th-century competitors,

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2880-564: The Lyndhurst police station. Legacy Village officials stated that proceeds from parking tickets were donated to charity. About a month after its opening, architecture critic Steven Litt complained in The Plain Dealer that Legacy Village was "a shopping center in the midst of a vast parking lot". He stated that the design, which sets some restaurants apart from the "village" mall area, created problems for foot traffic, and decried

2970-544: The News Guild, addressed Quinn's remarks, saying "we are baffled how print circulation can be blamed for buyouts at a digital company that we've been told again and again over five years is a separate entity from the Plain Dealer." On March 3, 2020, The Plain Dealer announced that 22 more journalists would be laid off. Their departures were delayed by two weeks, however, because of the COVID-19 pandemic , leading to what

3060-535: The Northeast Ohio Media Group hosted the three Ohio candidates for governor in what would be their only joint appearance. The debate was held before the NEOMG's editorial board (which also serves as the editorial board of The Plain Dealer ) and NEOMG reporters. Incumbent Gov. John Kasich , a Republican, largely ignored his main rival, Democrat Ed FitzGerald . Kasich refused to admit he could hear

3150-489: The Plain Dealer Publishing Company provide content to The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com. One way that contemporary observers viewed the 2013 establishment of NEOMG, in conjunction with the termination of daily home delivery and personnel cuts of the same year, was as implementation by The Plain Dealer' s owner, Advance Publications, of a strategy to change its business from daily delivery of

3240-815: The United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture , later called the Section of Fine Arts , of the Treasury Department . The city newspaper is the weekly Cresco Times Plain Dealer , published on Wednesdays. The Cresco Shopper is published on Tuesdays. KCZQ 102.3 FM is a licensed radio station based in Cresco, known as "Super C". The station's studios, near Elm Street, serve as its central operational hub. Mega Media LTD has owned KCZQ since it began broadcasting in 1991. Notre Dame Catholic School in Cresco and Trinity Catholic school in Protivin offer private education to elementary students. There

3330-413: The addition of the west wing. The next year brought changes in both the composition and governance of the board. In January 1872, the board welcomed new members D. W. Owe and Charles I. White. A series of appointments took place in March of that same year, with Beadle assuming the role of president, John E. Peck appointed treasurer, and White taking on the position of secretary. During the course of 1872,

3420-427: The age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.0% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age in

3510-520: The age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.95. Age spread: 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

3600-415: The board to write an endorsement of Republican George W. Bush , editorial page editor Brent Larkin persuaded Machaskee to withhold any endorsement. The news coverage is generally more neutral, with national and international news often culled from wire services including The New York Times . The paper had been criticized as being too soft in its coverage of Senator George Voinovich from Ohio. It also

3690-426: The board undertook initiatives to further enhance the educational facilities. An allocation of $ 400 was approved for the acquisition of four lots adjacent to the schoolhouse, aiming to provide ample space for future development. Additionally, a tax levy of 10 mills on the dollar was introduced to contribute to the school house fund. In 1878, an east wing was added to the building. The project was completed by 1880, with

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3780-574: The center as a failed experiment in New Urbanism . Despite the criticism, Legacy Village had an extremely successful first year, netting over $ 225 million and pulling shoppers to the area from far-away towns. The complex celebrated with a birthday cake and fireworks. 41°30′12″N 81°30′07″W  /  41.503411°N 81.50185°W  / 41.503411; -81.50185 The Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer

3870-569: The citizens of the Howard-Winneshiek Community School District approved a bond issue of $ 5.975 million to fund construction of a new K-8 building north of Crestwood High School. They also approved the allocation of $ 700,000 from an existing schoolhouse fund balance specifically designated for the renovation of the outlying centers, ensuring that these educational spaces would receive the necessary upgrades and improvements. The total cost of this initiative

3960-403: The city was 39.8 years. 25.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.2% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 19.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,905 people, 1,652 households, and 1,004 families residing in the city. The population density

4050-477: The city. The population density was 1,154.6 inhabitants per square mile (445.8/km ). There were 1,821 housing units at an average density of 543.6 per square mile (209.9/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% White , 0.4% African American , 0.1% Native American , 0.4% Asian , 0.7% from other races , and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population. There were 1,660 households, of which 29.3% had children under

4140-440: The city. The population density was 1,164.2 inhabitants per square mile (449.5/km ). There were 1,846 housing units at an average density of 552.7 per square mile (213.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.3% White , 0.6% Black or African American , 0.6% Native American , 0.5% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 1.2% from other races and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 2.8% of

4230-532: The cleveland.com newsroom for one year. The same day, after three months of serving as Plain Dealer editor and overseeing this period of layoffs, Tim Warsinskey announced that he would be starting in a new role as the senior editor for Advance Local, the parent company of cleveland.com on June 1, 2020. These layoffs were the culmination of a drop over 20 years in membership in the United States' first News Guild (Local 1 of that union) from 340 members to zero. In July 2010, The Plain Dealer launched PolitiFact Ohio,

4320-434: The cleveland.com site a black-and-yellow color scheme, "until someone informed them those are Steelers colors". Since the late 20th century, like other media business organizations, the newspaper has faced reductions in circulation and revenue; it has undergone restructuring and layoffs. The paper's circulation declined from the 1980s through about the first decade of the twenty-first century, then dropped precipitously in

4410-461: The complex was built near an already busy intersection, and Legacy Village did not contain the amount of parking spaces required to by city law, even though Lyndhurst voters had already changed the laws for parking spaces specifically to benefit the complex. Parking meters were installed along the center section of the complex, and "parking tickets" that were not legally binding were issued to those parked at expired meters, which led to increased calls to

4500-431: The criminal backgrounds of Rice's parents in a follow-up piece, pointing out that Rice was playing with a toy gun that officers mistook for a real one at the time of the shooting. As a result, Quinn noted, many people asserted that the shooting was justified. "One of the questions these people raise is why a 12-year-old was walking about in a public place, randomly aiming what looks like a real gun in various directions, to

4590-510: The current spelling of the city name to The Cleveland Advertiser ' s dropping the first "a" from the name of the city's founder, Moses Cleaveland , so the newspaper's name would fit on the masthead but others dispute that story. When the Gray brothers began publishing their newspaper in 1842, they wrote an explanation of their choice of name; after a discussion of several other possible names, they wrote, "but our democracy and modesty suggest

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4680-548: The following decade or so; the following figures (using circulation numbers derived from the same source, though made public only in other sources and in a patchwork fashion) show that in the 24 years between 1983 and 2007 the paper's circulation dropped by 33% (daily) and 11% (Sunday), while in the next 12 years between 2007 and 2019, it lost a further 79% and 62% of its daily and Sunday circulation. On December 18, 2005, The Plain Dealer ceased publication of its weekly Sunday Magazine , which had been published since 1919. Its demise

4770-474: The growing number of students at the grade-school level. In 1919, Cresco opened the east high school building and the West Ward school building. To finance these projects, bonds totaling $ 56,000 were issued. Cresco Junior College, founded on September 6, 1927, was in a renovated house opposite the high school buildings. It enrolled 19 students in its first year and 23 students the next year. The college faced

4860-434: The guild endorsed an agreement with Plain Dealer management accepting the expected layoffs of 58 journalists starting in May 2013, but restoring some of the pay cut union members had accepted in 2009, setting a severance package, and minimizing future layoffs through 2019 (to "just one more modest downsizing"). The agreement also allowed work to "flow freely" between The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com, in particular changing

4950-470: The hard work accomplished by its occupants. Next to the third grade, across the corridor, is the fourth grade. It is similar to the previous room but displays a higher level of intellectual development, evident in the ornamental details on the walls. Moving west, we find the fifth grade. This cheerful room provides an enjoyable learning environment for the children. Then we come across the sixth grade, where eager faces are ready to tackle their daily tasks. Across

5040-623: The lawn surrounding the Court House. Cresco Community Theatre is a nonprofit organization open to anyone with an idea or the desire to contribute. Contributing members decide which shows will be produced on the Cresco stage, and have ranged from famous productions to locally written plays. Cresco is home to the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa , which had its first inductee banquet in 1970. As of April 2010 , 97 members had made outstanding contributions to

5130-596: The media access privilege, saying publishing these names would threaten the safety of the men and women who obtain these permits. An Ohio gun rights group then published Clifton's home address and phone number. The Plain Dealer made national headlines in summer 2005, when editor Douglas Clifton announced that the newspaper was withholding two stories "of profound importance" after Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine were ordered to reveal confidential sources who had provided information on Valerie Plame , Joseph Wilson's wife, being

5220-399: The national press that while he and the reporters involved in the story were willing to be jailed for not revealing sources, the legal department of the Plain Dealer Publishing Company was worried that the newspaper itself would be sued and strongly opposed the printing of the stories. "Talking isn't an option and jail is too high a price to pay", he said. Cresco, Iowa Cresco is

5310-568: The national union now called the NewsGuild . The Plain Dealer News Guild also called NEOMG's formation evidence of Advance's involvement in "union-busting", and repeated the claim in response to subsequent layoffs. In February 2017, Advance Ohio named Chris Quinn editor and publisher. Quinn previously served as vice president of content at NEOMG and was the metro editor at The Plain Dealer prior to that. In 2019, cleveland.com

5400-425: The near future. Across the hall from the manual training department is the furnace room. As we admire the impressive machinery of the heating apparatus, we can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the human mind to invent such intricate mechanisms for the comfort of others. Now, entering the vestibule, we encounter the stairway that leads to the first floor. While standing there, the following words come to mind: 'Life

5490-481: The news organization posted online an explanation of events written by its reader representative. The column cited Quinn's explanation: Shortly after the video was posted, the Kasich campaign contacted him and said it had not been aware a video would be posted online. Quinn eventually decided that his failure to explicitly explain the presence of a video camera was unfair. Further, "I thought that if I stated my reasons,

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5580-399: The newspaper from 1842 until his death in 1862. A series of editors controlled the paper between then and 1885, when real estate investor Liberty Emery Holden purchased it. When Holden died in 1913, ownership of the Plain Dealer was placed in trust for his heirs. WHK (AM) and WJAY were purchased by United Broadcasting Company in 1934 and 1936, respectively. United Broadcasting company

5670-541: The obvious next step would be people going to the candidates and asking them if they had any objection to putting the video back up," Quinn is quoted as saying. "That would mean my error could put people into an uncomfortable situation." The explanation left some critics unsatisfied. As part of NEOMG's coverage of the 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice by Cleveland Police, NEOMG published a stories explaining that Rice's parents had criminal backgrounds. NEOMG Vice President of Content Chris Quinn attempted to justify reporting on

5760-699: The only name that befits the occasion, the PLAIN DEALER." The phrase means "someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly". Their choice of name was probably inspired by The Plaindealer , a weekly paper described as Jacksonian or radical, published in New York City by William Leggett from 1836 to either 1837 or 1839. Several other newspapers in California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Wisconsin, Manitoba, and South Australia later adopted versions of

5850-474: The owner of the Cleveland Plain Dealer had demanded that the unflattering video be taken down. The NEOMG's actions were covered by other media organizations and it was criticized by media observers. Chris Quinn, the NEOMG vice president who sent the letters, declined all requests for comment. At 7 a.m. on the day after the election, which Kasich who was endorsed by the NEOMG won easily,

5940-415: The parent organization's falling revenue on the print side of the operation. "It's just the falling circulation numbers in print, they continue to hamper us", Quinn said. "So we'll—you hate to see them go, they're veteran people, it's a lot of experience. Nothing matters more. But if it fits for where they are in their lives, and we can save some money, we're going for it." Rachel Dissell, a vice president of

6030-425: The point where a witness called 9-1-1 in fear," Quinn wrote in a piece defending his organization's reporting on the incident. Quinn postulated, "One way to stop police from killing any more 12-year-olds might be to understand the forces that lead children to undertake behavior that could put them in the sights of police guns." Cleveland Scene , the alternative weekly, compared Quinn's explanation to "digging himself

6120-450: The population. Of the 1,699 households, 26.8% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 7.2% were cohabitating couples, 28.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 20.7% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 42.9% of all households were non-families. 37.6% of all households were made up of individuals, 17.1% had someone living alone who

6210-547: The poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. The Mighty Howard County Fair takes place in June each year. Originally established in 1868, the inaugural Howard County Fair took place in the Howard County Court House Square. The arts and crafts, as well as produce exhibits, were housed on the top floor of the Court House, while larger exhibits were situated on

6300-569: The print edition), only, while NEOMG gained responsibility for operating cleveland.com and Sun Newspapers (also known as the Sun News suburban papers, a group of smaller, weekly, more suburban-oriented newspapers in the Greater Cleveland metro area also owned by Advance Publications). NEOMG was also made responsible for all ad sales and marketing for The Plain Dealer , Sun News , and cleveland.com. Both NEOMG (later Advance Ohio) and

6390-411: The questions of FitzGerald, who was sitting next to him and insisted that a reporter repeat them. During the debate, a video camera was positioned eight feet in front of the candidates. The resulting video was posted on cleveland.com. A few days later, however, it was removed. When other sites posted copies of the now-deleted video, the NEOMG sent letters threatening legal action. TechDirt reported that

6480-537: The rules to allow work of non-union staff of cleveland.com to be published in The Plain Dealer . Following the agreement about two dozen newsroom employees departed voluntarily. On the morning of Wednesday, July 31, 2013, after having been told in April that layoffs expected for May were "on hold" until the summer, nearly one third of the newsroom staff was eliminated through layoffs and voluntary resignations. The 2013 round of layoffs led to accusations by

6570-611: The same name in the 19th and early 20th centuries. At least three continue: Indiana Plain Dealer , a 2024 combination of newspapers including the former Wabash Plain Dealer , which had served Wabash, Indiana since 1859; the Ouray County Plaindealer of Ouray County, Colorado under names that included "Plaindealer" during 1888–1939 and since 1969; and the Cresco Times Plain Dealer of Cresco, Iowa . Winston Churchill reportedly said about

6660-439: The south corridor is the eighth grade. Here, we witness a noticeable development of mental prowess. On the wall, there is a bust of Lincoln, presented to the grade on February 22nd. This statue reminds us of the lines penned by Longfellow: 'Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime.' Two stairways lead to the second story, and the first room we encounter is the seventh grade. The interior of this room showcases

6750-562: The sport of amateur wrestling . Although Cresco is no longer on a railroad line, it is home to a restored Milwaukee Road FP7 diesel engine known as the Heritage Train, displayed in Beadle Park at the center of the city on Highway 9. Cresco is also the headquarters of Featherlite Trailers . The Cresco post office contains a mural, Iowa Farming , painted in 1937 by Richard Haines . Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in

6840-444: The students' artwork, with their talent displayed on the walls. Among these works, a picture of Robert Burns holds a prominent place. In subsequent years, Cresco underwent additional construction projects that further transformed its educational institutions. In 1913, a new grade school building was erected on the west side of the central campus, at an estimated cost of $ 13,000. This expanded the educational infrastructure, accommodating

6930-568: The winner of a competition to host the show. Cresco's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 43.374491, −92.115121. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 3.35 square miles (8.68 km ), all land. Cresco experiences a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) with long, cold, snowy winters and very warm, humid summers. As of the census of 2020, there were 3,888 people, 1,699 households, and 970 families residing in

7020-455: Was 1,184.1 inhabitants per square mile (457.2/km ). There were 1,791 housing units at an average density of 543.1 per square mile (209.7/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 98.77% White , 0.23% African American , 0.15% Native American , 0.15% Asian , 0.03% from other races , and 0.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population. There were 1,652 households, out of which 30.5% had children under

7110-406: Was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 32,236, and the median income for a family was $ 43,682. Males had a median income of $ 30,088 versus $ 21,444 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,190. About 2.1% of families and 6.8% of the population were below

7200-422: Was 65 years old or older. The median age in the city was 41.1 years. 25.8% of the residents were under the age of 20; 5.3% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 and 44; 24.8% were from 45 and 64; and 20.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,868 people, 1,660 households, and 962 families residing in

7290-427: Was attracting an average of 9.9 million users monthly. In 2006, Cleveland Magazine called cleveland.com "mediocre compared to its peers", while saying that it "has only recently started to improve". In 2012, Cleveland Scene , the alternative weekly, said that "Advance's sites are notoriously poorly designed and borderline unnavigable" and, to demonstrate its non-local management, said that Advance wanted to give

7380-478: Was attributed to rising expenses and the poor economy. The editor of The Plain Dealer , Doug Clifton, said that stories that would formerly have appeared in the Sunday Magazine would be integrated into other areas of the paper. In June 2008, the paper announced that it would cut four sections and an average of 32 pages per week. In August 2013, The Plain Dealer reduced home delivery from seven days

7470-483: Was built out of pressed brick and Postville stone. It reached a height of 84 feet from the grade line to the top of its dome. The cornice and bell tower were made of galvanized iron. Though called a high school, the building held classes for students in grades 3 to 12. The building's first floor consisted of the superintendent's office and five grade rooms. On the second floor was the seventh-grade room, six high-school classrooms, four recitation rooms, an assembly room, and

7560-436: Was criticized in the 2004 election cycle for the U.S. Senate, not providing fair coverage if any to Voinovich's opponent, State Sen. Eric Fingerhut , a Democrat. In 2005, the newspaper twice published lists of concealed weapon permit holders from the five counties around Cleveland. Editor Doug Clifton defended the paper's decision, sparking a feud with a pro-carry lobbyist group. State Senator Steve Austria called it abuse of

7650-409: Was described as "a farewell blitz of vital reporting" on that topic by the soon-to-depart staff. On April 6, 2020, the Plain Dealer's editor announced that ten of its fourteen remaining reporters would be assigned to cover Ohio counties outside of Cleveland, rather than Cuyahoga County . The ten reporters asked to be laid off instead, and on April 10, 2020, they were. This left the Plain Dealer with

7740-585: Was owned by the Forest City Publishing Company, which in turn owned The Plain Dealer . Until 1967, the paper's publishing company, The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, was part of the Forest City Publishing Company, which also published the Cleveland News until its closing in 1960. One of Holden's heirs, Holden's great-grandson Thomas Vail, became the paper's editor and publisher in 1963. On March 1, 1967,

7830-415: Was previously a Notre Dame High School in Cresco. Its final class graduated in 1989. The school board's earliest documented minutes date to December 1871. Among the board's initial members were Augustus Beadle, Edward Gillette, W. R. Mead, S. A. Stone, and W. H. Patterson. During this period bonds were issued and subsequently sold for cash, providing the financial resources to expand the school building with

7920-572: Was retained after complaints from auto dealers, a major category of Saturday advertiser.) The Plain Dealer formerly operated a variety of news bureaus. By the middle of 2014, both the state capital bureau in Columbus and the Washington bureau were shifted to the Northeast Ohio Media Group, as shown by the affiliations of their bureau chiefs. In the early 2000s, The Plain Dealer employed almost 350 reporters and editors; by 2020 that number

8010-495: Was the launch, announced in April 2013 and effective that August, of a "new, digitally focused company," also under ownership of Advance Publications , initially (in 2013) called the Northeast Ohio Media Group (NEOMG) and renamed in January 2016 as Advance Ohio. (The renaming happened several weeks after a major reorganization of the newsroom that included layoffs. ) The original, older parent company, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, kept responsibility for The Plain Dealer (i.e.,

8100-399: Was zero. The elimination of its entire staff took the form of a series of cuts between 2006 and 2020, described below. Between October and November 2006, about 64 employees, or one-sixth of those in the newsroom, accepted a buyout offer to leave the newspaper, reducing the newsroom staff from 372 to 308. In December 2008, the paper reduced its newsroom staff by 50 persons, or 20%; 27 accepted

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