LORAIN — Gates and lights that were supposed to be installed Monday at a railroad crossing where more than dozen people have died since 1962 has been postponed until after Labor Day. “The gang that was supposed to do that work is occupied with another project,” said Rudy Husband, spokesman for Norfolk Southern Railway Co. [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — The city must release hundreds of pages of documents related to police surveillance of protesters prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention, but they will be allowed to black out some information, a judge ruled Monday. The city had sought to keep secret field intelligence reports prepared by undercover police [...]

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers struggled with falling rock and debris Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities questioned whether it was caused by an earthquake. As the rescue stretched into the night, workers were unable to make significant [...]

KIPTON — Police Lt. Robert Wolfkill has been suspended from his law enforcement job in the wake of his indictment by a Huron County grand jury for theft from an elderly person, Kipton Mayor Dennis Watson said. Wolfkill’s suspension marks the second time this year the highest-ranking officer in the Kipton department has been suspended. [...]

ELYRIA —  A Lorain man accused of killing an 8-month-old baby boy in June has been indicted again by a county grand jury on an unrelated escape charge for failing to report to his probation officer. Kevin Kimbrough, 24, could face the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Jayden Davidson, [...]

ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who was quick with the bargains at her rummage sale mistakenly accepted 50 cents for a ceramic turtle with the ashes of her husband’s previous wife inside. Now, Anita Lewis is desperately searching for the buyer who said she planned to use the urn as a cookie jar. Lewis [...]