Couple charged over filthy home LORAIN — A Lorain man and woman were charged with endangering children on Thursday because of dangerous living conditions in their home where two children live, a Lorain police report said. Mayra Valentin, 21, and Antonio Robles, 26, were charged with two counts of endangering children, while Valentin received additional [...]

COLUMBUS — On a recent afternoon, cyclist Kevin McFadden shifted gears before ever mounting his red Cinelli at a Groveport park. Concerns and aggravations from the real world began to disappear as he eased his Ford Explorer into a parking lot and spotted members of the Major Taylor Bike Group. COLUMBUS DISPATCH VIA AP Major [...]

COLUMBUS — Sunita Clark is like many a working mom. She rushes home from her job as a health claims processor to spend time with her 10-year-old daughter, Ruby. Too little time, she says, before it’s off to her second job as a cashier at Home Depot. “A typical day is, I work, I have [...]

ELYRIA — Carol Walker has fond memories of learning to play the violin at Eastern Heights Junior High School in the early 1960s. But it bothered her that others might not have that same opportunity to enjoy the gift of music. So last week, Walker handed her violin over to Aundrea Wolford, a fifth-grader at [...]

A hands-on sidewalk chalk art demonstration called Chalk Fest is a new feature this year at the 14th annual Family Fest noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at Lorain County Community College.There will be lots of food, entertainment, kids’ activities, rides, a car show and putt-putt golf. The local blues group Colin Dussault’s Blues Project [...]

Lorain native Luz Lopez is a pharmacy technician at the city’s newest pharmacy, Southside Pharmacy on Fulton Road and 28th Street. Lopez began working there when it opened 18 months ago. Sam Salouha and his brother-in-law, Sam Sbeih, both pharmacists, are the owners, and they hired Lopez because she was certified and bilingual. The timing [...]