ELYRIA — The Elyria Unit of the NAACP highlighted the contributions of two men at its Black History Month celebration Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Mona Atley, assistant secretary for the Elyria NAACP and co-chair →
A North Ridgeville High School student and his band Assault placed second Saturday at this year’s Tri-C High School Rock Off Final Exam in Cleveland. “It really meant a lot to be able to win it for me. And to be honest I’m kinda →
ELYRIA — Prominent community leader Thelma Adams, who led the Elyria Unit of the NAACP for many years, died over the weekend. Dee Tolbert, current president of the Elyria Unit of the NAACP, said Adams’ death will weigh heavily on Lorain →
LAGRANGE — For the first time in 25 years, there won’t be a LaGrange Firefighters Association country concert. According to LaGrange Fire Chief Jim Rader, the high cost to bring big entertainers to the small town is the reason behind →
ELYRIA — Two more people were sentenced Friday in connection with the 2016 killing of Jimmie Holland Jr., with both receiving prison sentences of more than 10 years. Mark Sanchez, 26, and Jasmine Schafer, 29, both of Lorain, appeared →
PITTSFIELD TWP. — A brick farmhouse built in 1900 that caught fire Thursday night is likely a “total loss,” Wellington Community Fire District Chief Mike Wetherbee said Friday. Firefighters from four departments battled →
ELYRIA — As authorities continue to delve into the past of Samuel Legg III, a look at his legal skirmishes locally reveal only a handful of encounters. Legg was arraigned on rape charges in Medina County on Thursday in connection with a cold →
WELLINGTON — Prepare to have “Double Vision” — Foreigner is returning to the Lorain County Fair this year, five years after the band’s previous appearance. Fair board directors are hoping fairgoers will be “Hot →
ELYRIA — Ohio’s new chancellor of higher education, Randy Gardner, spent his first official visit to Lorain County Community College asking what Columbus can do for the college and what the college is doing for the regional economy. →
ELYRIA — The arrest of accused rapist Samuel Legg III in Medina County has prompted police in Elyria to reopen the 29-year-old cold case of the homicide of his 14-year-old stepdaughter, Angela Hicks. Legg, 49, appeared Thursday before Medina →
PITTSFIELD TWP. — A two-story brick house on Quarry Road was heavily damaged Thursday night in a fire. No one was injured, but several of the homeowner’s pets remained unaccounted for as of 11:30 p.m., Wellington Community Fire District →
LAGRANGE — Nikki Myers secured a seat in a Medina County courtroom Thursday — determined to witness Samuel Legg III being arraigned on rape charges in connection with a 1997 case. As she sat there, Myers was thinking about her →
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First responders were initially called for reports of juveniles in the water, but it turned out to be one adult possibly in the river. The search was called off shortly before midnight, with nobody found. →