District to cut 45 minutes from day at elementary schools LORAIN — Lorain schools called back 67 teachers Friday night after reallocating nearly $3.5 million in federal grant money and slashing $1.6 million from its general fund budget. About 250 teachers who were laid off earlier this summer spent the evening nervously waiting by their [...]

Dramatic rescues. Determined efforts. Life-saving decisions …   One of the most dramatic rescues of the year brought 12 people together on a set of Elyria railroad tracks moments before an 88-car freight train smashed into a Buick sedan. But it didn’t start out as a very dramatic day for four area women who got [...]

Consultant says Avon interchange isn’t threat to surrounding communities ELYRIA — A proposed Interstate 90 interchange at Lear-Nagle Road in Avon won’t damage the economies of neighboring communities, according to a preliminary report issued by a consultant looking at the plan. That’s exactly what Avon Mayor Jim Smith said he expected the report to tell [...]

SHEFFIELD LAKE — A 43-year-old man who fell down a 25-foot cliff in Shell Cove Park onto a rocky ledge while walking alone Thursday night died from injuries he sustained in the fall. David Anderson, a Sheffield Lake resident, was pronounced dead on arrival at the EMH Regional Medical Center’s Avon Emergency Care Center, said [...]

AVON — The Cleveland Clinic has big plans for Avon. The Cleveland-based hospital unveiled conceptual plans for a 170,000-square-foot outpatient facility during Friday’s meeting of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and urged the agency’s board to approve a proposed interchange at Interstate 90 and Lear Nagle Road. The 40-acre site would be located next [...]

Lorain police Thursday, Aug. 9 6:39 a.m. – 1800 block E. 34th St., flat-screen TV stolen from home. 9:36 a.m. – 2000 block E. 37th St., police respond to menacing call after man reports being threatened at work by former roommate. 11:30 p.m. – 1900 block Reeves Ave., window smashed out of car and stereo [...]

Lorain man indicted in killing of ex-con ELYRIA — A Lorain man accused of shooting to death on July 26 a man recently released from prison has been indicted by a county grand jury on murder, felonious assault and weapons charges. Lamont Tarpley, 25, could get life in prison if convicted of all the charges [...]

Lorain man charged with trafficking crack cocaine LORAIN — Police ended what they said was a 2-year-old business selling drugs with a Friday afternoon raid. Police arrested Dennis Pettis, 27, following a 2-month investigation by the Lorain Narcotics Bureau. The 2 p.m. raid on his residence on the 5700 block of Nantucket Avenue garnered nearly [...]