Isabel Lawrence

Sep 26, 2024 | abc10.com | Isabel Lawrence |Jessica Miller

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Clippers in one hand and bucket in another, Grace Bader peeked her head over a mound of shrubbery lining a waterfront home in Lakewood. A warm summer evening, Bader was on a mission in the waning daylight. When the front door of the house swung open, Bader introduced herself from the sidewalk. “Hi! I’m Grace, I’m supposed to cut some of your hydrangeas,” she called out.

Aug 15, 2024 | wkyc.com | Isabel Lawrence

AKRON, Ohio — A grant program from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office aims to expand access to driver training for teens by lowering the financial barriers to courses, which can cost hundreds of dollars per student. The Drive to Succeed program awards grant money to different local agencies and districts, which can then allocate the money to students who need it the most to offset the cost of driver education. “We know the cost of driver training is a big barrier for a lot of people.

Jun 4, 2024 | wkyc.com | Isabel Lawrence

PENINSULA, Ohio — This coming Thursday, nonprofit Forever R Children will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for its shower bus, a project months in the making. The renovated bus, donated from the Akron Metropolitan Regional Transit Authority, will travel throughout Summit County providing free showers to those in need from its two onboard bathrooms. The project was the idea of nonprofit Forever R Children founder Robert Ford, who experienced homelessness as a young man.

Apr 28, 2024 | wkyc.com | Isabel Lawrence

BEREA, Ohio — “What are you going to do with the things that distract you?” That was one of the questions Brock Dietrich asked a group of teenagers and their families on a Saturday afternoon in Berea, as he led a presentation about safe driving. His was one of a number of stops in the day-long Teen Driving ROADeo event, hosted by UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital alongside the Berea Police Department and Impact Teen Drivers.

Apr 1, 2024 | abc10.com | Isabel Lawrence

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — On any given day, it was probably a safe bet that you’d find 4-year-old Maisie Schmidt singing along to her favorite artist, Taylor Swift, in her Strongsville home. With a toy microphone in hand and the singer’s Era’s Tour playing on the TV, Maisie would belt out the lyrics. “As she was watching the Eras Tour, she looked at her mom and she said, 'I’m going to be famous like her someday,’” said her father Patric Schmidt.