LORAIN — A sawed-off shotgun, a semiautomatic handgun and a high-powered rifle are just some of the weapons the Lorain Police Department has taken off the streets so far this year. Just a portion of the full bounty, which totaled 72 guns, was laid out Wednesday in a room at the police department and filled [...]

CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Joe and Donna Fischbach and their daughter Halie, 3, pose in front of the trailer next door, which they claim is infested by vermin. ELYRIA — Living at Colonial Oaks Mobile Home Park isn’t home sweet home when you’re bitten by fleas and have to watch wild, potentially sick critters crawl [...]

ELYRIA — Independent mayoral candidate Tim Quinn is threatening to sue Apple Festival organizers who say only Democratic and Republican candidates can set up in a free booth on the steps of the old county courthouse. Quinn “We’re flat-out telling them it’s going to end in a lawsuit,” Quinn said. A sharply worded letter from [...]

A tax appeal filed by three local cities and a township in 2003 will go before the Ohio Supreme Court in November. Amherst Township and the cities of North Ridgeville, Elyria and Avon Lake initially banded together in 2003 to appeal a settlement received by the city of Lorain after it challenged the state’s formula [...]

Police: Suspect opens fire in Elyria ELYRIA — A 26-year-old man faces felonious assault charges after police said he fired several gunshots from his car toward an Elyria man Tuesday afternoon, a police report said. Police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said Johnny L. Boone, of Elyria, and the victim, a 22-year-old Elyria man, were having a [...]

ELYRIA — The West Nile virus is rearing its ugly head again. The Elyria City Health District confirmed that three of the 218 mosquito pools in the county tested by the state’s health department came back positive for the virus. West Nile Virus protection • Wear light-colored clothing, long-sleeve shirts or jackets, and long pants. [...]