AKRON - Three men wielding knives and a handgun robbed a Johnston Street market Tuesday, Akron police said.

The robbers made employees at Three Olives Market lie on the floor, and ordered one worker to open the cash register and hand over money, police said. No one was injured in the holdup, which occurred about 8:20 p.m.

Police continue to investigate. Three Olives Market, formerly Mary's Market, is in the 800 block of Johnston.

Meanwhile, in a state that allows its law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense, a different outcome resulted when this Georgia store manager's 11 year old daughter was held at gunpoint:

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Lingering accusations from the tight November race that saw State Sen. Jeffry Armbruster narrowly defeat Democratic challenger Sue Morano have been set for a hearing before the Ohio Elections Commission on March 6.

Political operatives from both parties say the hearing might never take place.

“We’re willing to work it out,” said Scott Borgemenke, a consultant to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee. “We’re not pushing it.”

Morano’s campaign manager, Jack Kilroy, echoed those thoughts.

“It’s being discussed and will probably be resolved this week,” he said.

Read the full story in the (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram.

Delaware's State Rep. Jon Peterson (R-2), endorsed by OFCC PAC in the 2002 election, was elected by fellow legislators to serve as assistant majority whip in the Ohio House of Representatives. The position is the sixth ranking spot in the Republican leadership team.

Peterson, who began his second term in the legislature last month, said his main responsibility is to work with House Speaker Larry Householder to make sure they’ll have enough votes to pass pieces of legislation and to find out what modifications will satisfy legislators who oppose bills.

He also will work with the speaker to set priorities on which areas of policy will be addressed, and he will assist with day-to-day administrative issues.

Click here to read the entire story in the Delaware Gazette.

Those who have been following the "Klein et. al. v. Leis et. al" lawsuit in Hamilton County (for which Ohioans For Concealed Carry is a funding co-plaintiff), will recall that in the days following the concurrent ruling on appeal, a virtual media blackout occurred across the state.

The Los Angeles Times and FOX News Channel provided more coverage of the 1st District Court of Appeals' unanimous unconstitutionality ruling than many of Ohio's media outlets.

So in the wake of the fifth Ohio judge to rule that the concealed carry ban is unconstitutional, we've been wondering if the media would improve their reporting on this growing legal crisis.

For a list of newspapers which have largely ignored this important Ohio story, click on the "Read More..." link below.

We've managed to put together a copy of the Seneca Court ruling by scanning and OCR'ing the actual 18 page ruling. You can grab a PDF copy right here, or by accessing the Downloads link on the menu bar above.

This file was manually constructed and edited to fix errors generated by the OCR and may be missing characters or complete words. However, the majority of the ruling is easily readable (we're working to obtain an official copy).