
Eric Halperin
Multimedia Journalist at WCMH-TV (Columbus, OH)
Multimedia Journalist @NBC4i. Former MMJ in WV & RI. @elonuniversity & @ElonLocalNews alum. Tweets are my own. RTs not endorsements. Email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
nbc4i.com | Eric Halperin |Jackie Gillis
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) — One of the two fire stations in Franklin Township will be closing this summer and when it does, the fire chief said response times will be longer. At a special meeting on Tuesday evening, township trustees discussed which fire station to close, the one at 4100 Sullivant Avenue or 2193 Frank Road.
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3 weeks ago |
nbc4i.com | Eric Halperin
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) — There is a new statue in the city of Lancaster honoring Scipio Smith, the man who became the city’s first Black business owner in the 1800s. The statue is along Main Street, not far from where Smith’s tinsmith shop was located. The statue shows Smith holding an open shackle with the day he was emancipated inscribed on it. He was enslaved in Virginia before being brought to Ohio.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Eric Halperin
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) — There is a new statue in the city of Lancaster honoring Scipio Smith, the man who became the city’s first Black business owner in the 1800s. The statue is along Main Street, not far from where Smith’s tinsmith shop was located. The statue shows Smith holding an open shackle with the day he was emancipated inscribed on it. He was enslaved in Virginia before being brought to Ohio.
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3 weeks ago |
wdtn.com | Adam Conn |Anna Hoffman |Eric Halperin
GALION, Ohio (WCMH) – A private ceremony at Marion Cemetery is concluding a week’s worth of remembrance for a Morrow County deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Deputy Daniel “Weston” Sherrer will be laid to rest Wednesday in Marion. A public service to honor and celebrate Sherrer took place during the morning and afternoon at Northmor High School near Galion, with former sheriff and current pastor Steve Brenneman officiating.
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3 weeks ago |
wkbn.com | Adam Conn |Anna Hoffman |Eric Halperin
GALION, Ohio (WCMH) – A private ceremony at Marion Cemetery is concluding a week’s worth of remembrance for a Morrow County deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Deputy Daniel “Weston” Sherrer will be laid to rest Wednesday in Marion. A public service to honor and celebrate Sherrer took place during the morning and afternoon at Northmor High School near Galion, with former sheriff and current pastor Steve Brenneman officiating.
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“My dream is to be a policeman. I want to catch the villains and I’m willing to risk my life for the people in the United States.” -Handwritten note from Deputy Sherrer as a child @nbc4i

TODAY: People are gathering to lay Morrow County Deputy Daniel Sherrer to rest. He was killed in the line of duty on Memorial Day. On the program, you can see something he wrote as a child, “My dream is to be a police officer. I want to catch the villains.” https://t.co/HhnY0HadTn

Law enforcement from around the state lining up at Northmor High School in Galion to honor the life of Morrow County Deputy Daniel Sherrer. Service starts at 11am. Private ceremony happening after at cemetery. @nbc4i https://t.co/oXawamy6G6

U.S. Marshals Service tells @JackieGillisTV that Daveonte Dixon was arrested in Obetz earlier tonight.

Two days after he was accused of shooting two Mifflin Township police officers during a traffic stop, Daveonte Dixon is in custody. https://t.co/ec0FNeGwAQ https://t.co/J8n5odLv3Z