CLEVELAND, Ohio-Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr, a lead attorney in the Anthony Sowell Capital Murder trial who won for the State of Ohio on 82 of 83 counts against the since convicted serial killer, edged Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLauglin Murray, who was appointed to the bench in Jan by outgoing Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, to win a seat on that court in a close election Tuesday evening. And Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes, won too, trouncing nearest opponent Ed Wade and sending a clear message to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's Largest newspaper, since it unsuccessfully opted to take on Cleveland's old Black political guard and the Stokes name, obviously to no avail.

CLEVELAND, Ohio-U.S. Rep Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Cleveland Jobs With Justice Coordinator Debbie Kline, and a host of Democrats and unions from across the state of Ohio are asking voters to vote "No, No, No in November."

COLUMBUS, Ohio-In the wake of two third-degree felony convictions and the jailing earlier this year of an Akron, Oh. Black single mother for lying on school applications to send her children to a neighboring predominantly White suburban school district with the hope of getting them a better education away from the housing projects where the family lives, Republican Gov. John Kasich used his executive clemency authority on Wed and reduced the charges to misdemeanors.

AKRON, Ohio-The Akron Chapter of the League of Women Voters, which is led by Diana Kingsberry, on Thur. hosted Ethnic Journalist and Cleveland Area Blogger Kathy Wray Coleman and WKSU radio news editor M.L. Schultze, who on Aug 8 moderated the Akron Democratic Primary mayoral debate between long term Akron Mayor Dan Plusquellic, Akron City Councilman Michael Williams and Janice Davis.

Schultze and Coleman were the guest speakers at the organization's "Women Equality Day Annual Picnic Representing The 91st Anniversary Of Women Suffrage" and spoke primarily on the theme of whether there is equality for women in politics.