Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Sept. 11, 2026

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Catching Our Eye

• 9/11. WOSU Public Media’s Debbie Holmes is reporting, “Ohio Task Force 1 member recalls team’s response to Sept. 11 attack 25 years later.”

Memories linger for millions 25 years after two commercial passenger airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Members of Ohio Task Force 1 in Dayton were called to help in finding survivors and clearing tons of debris.

Rescue team manager Mike Muhl was one of those members who responded.

• Immigration. The Statehouse News Bureau’s Sarah Donaldson is reporting, “Ohio US senators target other states licensing some immigrant drivers.”

Ohio’s two U.S. senators, Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted, want federal government intervention to block other states from issuing driver’s licenses to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization.

Their effort stems from a crash that killed a 29-year-old and injured two others in Fulton County two weeks ago. 34-year-old Washington Naula Ochoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after the crash, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Since then, Husted and Moreno have said Ochoa was licensed to drive in Connecticut, which is among 19 states that offer drive-only driver’s licenses for some immigrants, regardless of their legal status, according National Conference of State Legislatures analysis. Most states have enacted these laws in the last 15 years, though some date further back.

• Browns maintenance. Cleveland.com’s Rich Exner is reporting, “An unusual tax deal could take care of long-term maintenance at new Browns stadium.”

Brook Park City Council discussions this week shed light on a potential tax incentive deal that could generate money for Browns stadium maintenance well beyond the end of what is expected to be an initial 30-year lease.

The arrangement would redirect property tax growth that would otherwise support county services, parks and libraries toward the stadium and surrounding mixed-use development, including stadium maintenance.

Details were outlined to council Tuesday night by Matt Mullins of the law firm Bricker Graydon Wyatt, which has been working for the city on issues involving the stadium and mixed-use development.