ELYRIA — County agencies and departments have been trying to scrimp and save after budget cuts earlier this year, but it doesn’t appear to be enough. Sheriff Phil Stammitti told county commissioners at a budget hearing Thursday that if he doesn’t get his department’s lost money restored, he may have to lay off deputies. “If [...]

ELYRIA — You might want to wear a hard hat the next time you’re walking past the county Justice Center. County officials were forced to close off an area outside the south end of the building Wednesday as they reinforce pieces of brick that have continued to loosen just three years after the $45 million [...]

ELYRIA — A Lorain man was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife following an argument over a woman, police said. Cleveland Merritt was treated at EMH Regional Medical Center following the stabbing. He was later flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. He was listed in fair condition Thursday, said a hospital spokeswoman. [...]

36 kids design games, robots at tech camp CLEVELAND — Eight-year-olds creating video games. Twelve-year-olds building robots. Thirty-six children, ages 7 to 17, were designing, programming and creating video games, Web sites and robots at the internalDrive Tech Camp at Case Western Reserve University this week. On Wednesday, 11-year-old Matt Avampato, of Avon Lake, was [...]

Hospital, Elyria Schools in property tax battle involving 13 acres near Ireland Cancer Center ELYRIA — Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center and the Elyria Schools are locked in a legal fight over how much some of the land the hospital has been quietly buying up near the Ireland Cancer Center is worth and how [...]

Atkinson being paid $15,000 as consultant amid staff cuts LORAIN — Cheryl Atkinson, who becomes superintendent of Lorain schools on Aug. 1, has kept a low-profile in the community but has been working behind the scenes and is being paid $15,000 as a 10-week consultant to the district. Her role as a consultant, however, is [...]

Daniel Bozsoki had been fired, then reinstated LORAIN — A Lorain police officer who was returned to the force after being fired for Tasering a prisoner in custody resigned Thursday. Daniel Bozsoki told Chief Cel Rivera that he was quitting the police department to avoid possible termination for failing to turn in a police report, [...]