A look back at 2020: Part Three
By Martin Graham - mgraham@recordherald.com
In this Record-Herald file photo from Sept. 17, the Fayette Regional Humane Society was celebrating that they had surpassed 1,000 adoptions this year. Luke who was brought in at the time from Adams County was waiting to heal fully before he would have his chance to be adopted.
Record-Herald file photo
As this challenging and difficult year finally comes to a close, the Record-Herald is taking time to reflect on 2020’s biggest local stories. The following is the third of a four-part year in review series. This sampling of the year’s biggest stories covers July-September of 2020.
A look back at 2020: Part Two
By Martin Graham - mgraham@recordherald.com
In this Record-Herald file photo that ran May 20, Fayette County had experienced a large storm which caused many areas to flood including Christman Park where several geese can be seen swimming or relaxing in the grass.
Record-Herald file photo
As this challenging and difficult year finally comes to a close, the Record-Herald is taking time to reflect on 2020’s biggest local stories. The following is the second of a four-part year in review series. This sampling of the year’s biggest stories covers April-June of 2020.
APRIL
On April 1, two men who reportedly trespassed at a Lewis Road barn in northeast Fayette County in the early morning hours were allegedly shot by the property owner. At 2:11 a.m., Fayette County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 6000 block of Lewis Road after the property owner reported that two individuals were trespassing on his property, according to Sheriff Vernon S
Mootispaw to be released after 39 years in prison
By Ryan Carter - rcarter@recordherald.com
Mootispaw
By a 7-3 margin, the Ohio Parole Board voted recently in favor of granting Rusty Mootispaw release from prison on or after Feb. 16, 2021 subject to strict conditions of parole.
Mootispaw has served 39 years in prison after being convicted in 1981 of murdering Lillian McCarty, an 85-year-old Washington C.H. woman.
In the Ohio Parole Board decision and minutes document released this week, the board found that Mootispaw, 57, “has served a sufficient portion of his sentence, has completed programming to abate his risk to reoffend, has made an acceptable institutional adjustment and has a supportive release plan thereby rendering him suitable for release onto parole supervision at this time.”