WELLINGTON — Richard Nixon was president and polyester leisure suits were all the rage when Flirt, a high-stepping Hackney pony, made her first appearance at the Lorain County Fair.She’s still going strong. Flirt once again won top mare in the fine division for ponies, as the only entrant, according to John Barber, of Rochester, one [...]

CLEVELAND — Almost hidden within the city that last year ranked as the nation’s most impoverished is a village of 1,400 people, where incomes of $100,000 or more are common and homes are occasionally placed on the market for millions. The three-mile-long, half-mile-wide Bratenahl is incorporated, with its own mayor and police force. So, it’s [...]

AVON LAKE — Some local pooch owners are hoping they won’t have to beg for donations when it comes to giving their pets a new state-of-the-art place to play.The members of Park 4 Paws, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a dog park for their pets, recently opened a temporary park in Avon Lake — [...]

CINCINNATI — The Chapel of Love, Municipal Court Judge Nadine Allen presiding and singing, can pronounce you husband and wife in five languages. AP Municipal Judge Nadine Allen (center) poses with Jennifer Lynn Malek and Elliot Dwayne Berry at their marriage on Saturday in Cincinnati. “Yo los declaro marido y mujer.” Spanish. “Je vous declare [...]

CLEVELAND — Nearly all of Cleveland’s 101 scrap, junk and auto-wrecking yards failed city safety inspections this year, according to the city’s Building and Housing Department. Mayor Frank Jackson ordered the inspections after a barrage of residents complained that the yards were dirty, noisy and spilling junk out into residential neighborhoods. City inspectors have since [...]

COLUMBUS — Airport officials are examining their wildlife hazard management plan after a jet struck a flock of starlings on takeoff and had to return to the airport for an emergency landing. The jet, an American Eagle regional flight carrying 55 people, lost thrust in one of its engines Aug. 17 before returning safely to [...]

Avon Lake police Thursday, Aug. 16 1:20 p.m. – 32000 block Lake Road, an estranged husband took an air conditioning unit from the home in which his wife was staying. Friday, Aug. 17 1:02 p.m. – Avon Lake High School, band concession room broken into. Monday, Aug. 20 8:07 a.m. – 100 block Vineyard Road, [...]