Eight-year-old Lyra Christensen loves to play the harmonica after a long day at school.
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Eight-year-old Lyra Christensen rides in the back of the car with her dog. Lyra loves playing the harmonica after school, which often makes her dog howl.
When the pandemic struck last spring, some Ohio schools continued to offer in-person classes for students with disabilities. Akron did not, which meant that Lyra had to learn remotely. Her mother, Holly Christensen, says, it felt like the IEP went out the window.
“It was impossible to try to teach her through a computer. How are you going to do occupational therapy with manipulatives, unless one of us sat there all day long, and we both work.”
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Suspect in shooting death of Ravenna teen arrested in Texas Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
AKRON, Ohio A 19-year-old male wanted in connection with the shooting death of a teen last year in Ravenna has been taken into custody by federal officers, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Lynden Jones was arrested Monday in Austin, Texas, a news release from the Marshals Service says. He was taken into custody without incident.
Jones is facing a homicide charge in the death of Dominic Diaz-Francis, 17, in February 2020. Police initially said Diaz-Francis’ death was the result of an accidental shooting. Police quickly changed it to a homicide investigation after learning new information, which has not been specified.