ELYRIA — As far as class reunions go, the group of 20-somethings that call themselves the “Elyria West Class of 1997” are a positively elusive lot. Like phantoms in the opera house or albino alligators in the Florida Everglades, they’re virtually impossible to track down. Consider this: The group — perhaps 120 or so students [...]

PISCO, Peru — The government sent the army Saturday to stop looting fueled by rising desperation in earthquake-shattered Peru, where tens of thousands were without fresh water and shivering families huddled in makeshift shelters at the center of the devastation. In a soccer stadium in the port city of Pisco, more than 500 people rushed [...]

HUNTINGTON, Utah — With underground rescue operations halted and the fate of six miners still a mystery, officials on Saturday hoped a fourth borehole drilled deep into a collapsed mine would finally provide clues to whether the men were alive. Rescuers stopped tunneling through a collapsed mine passageway after three among their ranks were killed [...]

CLEVELAND — Several Northeast Ohio counties are lowering property values after thousands of homeowners complained that their appraisals, assigned in 2006 just before the beginning of a housing slump, do not reflect their homes’ true value. Ohio law dictates that counties must adjust property rates every three years, and do a parcel-by-parcel appraisal once every [...]

AKRON — The man pulled over and got out of his vehicle, then climbed over the chest-high brown railing with a lighted cigarette in his hand and jumped. Jeffrey Coleman watched from his yard as the man fell 120 feet to his death. It wasn’t the first time that someone committed suicide in Coleman’s inner-city [...]

Gun incidents keep Lorain police busy LORAIN — Lorain police responded to at least four calls involving gunfire or handguns in the past few days, though nobody was shot in any of the incidents, police reports said. About 5:30 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to an East 29th Street address where a woman said her [...]

CLEVELAND — Tickets issued to thousands of speeders and motorists caught driving through red lights by mobile traffic cameras were not affected by the court victory of a man who argued the city violated its own ordinance governing use of the cameras, city officials said. Mike Besser, an attorney who lives in suburban South Euclid, [...]