State Digest: 42 removed from Ebola list; Teen shot; E-cigarette legislation; bail in shooting of stepdaughter,

42 people removed from Ohio Ebola list

CLEVELAND

Forty-two people have been removed from the list of Ohioans being monitored for Ebola symptoms.

The state emergency operations center released a statement Sunday that says 122 people remain on the contact list. That’s compared with 164 on Saturday. Three people, including the stepfather of the Dallas nurse who was diagnosed with the disease after visiting the Akron area, are quarantined at home.

State health officials say they expect the 122 people on the contact list to be cleared by Tuesday.

They include Ohioans who flew on the same flights with Amber Vinson to Cleveland and back to Dallas in mid-October. Vinson was one of two nurses who contracted Ebola after caring for the lone person to die of the disease in the U.S. Vinson has since recovered.

Cleveland teen shot standing in his house

CLEVELAND

Police say a 16-year-old boy was in critical condition after someone fired multiple shots into his home.

Cleveland police say the boy was standing in the kitchen of the home on the city’s east side around 1 a.m. Saturday when he was struck. Police say the teen was shot in the back and in the side.

Police discovered bullet holes that indicated the shots were fired into the house from a vacant lot next door.

Ohio bill aims to make e-cig liquid childproof

COLUMBUS

An Ohio proposal seeks to make sure that children cannot get into liquid used in electronic cigarettes.

State Sen. Shannon Jones has sponsored a bill to ban the sale of products used in e-cigarettes that aren’t contained in child-resistant packaging.

E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that provide users with aerosol puffs that typically contain nicotine and sometimes flavorings such as fruit, mint or chocolate. State law prohibits minors from obtaining, possessing and using the e-cigarettes.

The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports the measure introduced Wednesday would require child-resistant packaging even if the product doesn’t contain nicotine.

The state’s health department would adopt packaging standards. The proposal says it must be constructed to be significantly difficult for a child under age 5 to open.

$5M bail set in girl’s fatal shooting in Ohio

CLEVELAND

Bail has been set at $5 million for a Cleveland man accused of fatally shooting his 12-year-old stepdaughter and injuring his estranged wife.

A Cleveland Municipal Court judge set 59-year-old Rufus Gray’s bail Saturday. Court records show Gray is charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault in the Thursday shootings of 12-year-old Davia Garth and her mother, Sonya Garth. The court doesn’t list an attorney for Gray.

Police say Gray went to Garth’s home Thursday and began shooting, with shots striking the girl and her mother. Authorities say they were taken to the hospital, where the girl died. Her mother was treated and released.

Local media report that Sonya Garth was seeking a divorce from Gray and that he was not living with her and her daughter.

Cedar Point razes part of 1905 hotel

SANDUSKY

Construction crews have begun demolishing a major portion of a hotel that opened in 1905 at the Cedar Point amusement park in northwest Ohio.

Cedar Point says the demolition of part of its Hotel Breakers is being done to make way for a new grand entrance for the building as part of a two-year renovation. Some of the planned changes and upgrades will include newly-furnished and remodeled rooms, new furniture and an outdoor water play area.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company owns the park and operates four hotels near the park in Sandusky.

Abortion-clinic plan

TOLEDO

A group of anti-abortion organizations want to turn the former site of an abortion clinic into a memorial garden for the unborn. The site near downtown Toledo was sold earlier in October, but plans for the garden aren’t set yet.

The abortion clinic was shut down last year by the state because it lacked a mandatory emergency transfer agreement with a hospital.

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