TOM MAHL / CHRONICLE Classic country band Diamond Rio performed before a near sellout Tuesday night at the Lorain County Fair. WELLINGTON — Rain, rain went away Tuesday night at the Lorain County Fair when Diamond Rio played its hits for a nearly packed house at the Wellington fairgrounds grandstand. Together for 15 years, this [...]

LORAIN — An increase in violent crime has forced Lorain police Chief Cel Rivera to reassign school resource officers from the middle schools to the streets. Rivera said officers Mike Failing and Emilio Morales, who rotated between Whittier, General Johnnie Wilson and Longfellow middle schools, will be reassigned to road patrol for the upcoming school [...]

SHEFFIELD — An initiative by two Sheffield Village Council members to turn the mayor’s job into a part-time position might also cost the village two firefighters. On Monday, Councilmen Leo Sheets and Kevin Watkinson filed petitions with the county Board of Elections to place an ordinance on the November ballot that removes the mayor’s job [...]

Car collides with motorcycle ELYRIA — A motorcycle driver was flown to a Cleveland hospital Tuesday after a collision with a car at Foster Avenue and Furnace Street, police and firefighters said. The victim’s name was not available late Tuesday. Firefighters, police and LifeCare paramedics were called to the intersection at about 9:38 p.m. Witnesses [...]

Amherst: Today Avon: Monday, Aug. 27 Avon Lake: Monday, Aug. 27 Brookside: Thursday, Aug. 23, for middle and elementary schools; Friday, Aug. 24, for the high school Clearview: Today Christian Community School in Grafton: Wednesday, Aug. 29 Columbia: Monday, Aug. 27 Elyria Catholic: Thursday Elyria: Monday, Aug. 27 Firelands: Tuesday, Aug. 28 First Baptist Christian: [...]

ELYRIA — A team of Elyria and Avon firefighters trained in swift water rescue were dispatched to Richland County on Tuesday to help rescue residents deluged by floodwaters in that county, Elyria firefighters said. As part of a statewide mutual aid system that allows fire departments and other emergency institutions to share resources, eight Elyria [...]