ELYRIA — A brief encounter between Elyria Mayor Bill Grace and roughly a dozen firefighters grew feisty Thursday afternoon as the firefighters picketed outside an Elyria church where Grace was hosting a political fundraiser. Grace was in a vehicle that was pulling into the church driveway when Elyria firefighter Dave Street — also firefighters’ union [...]

Little children playing on the school playground are fair game, as far as yellow jackets are concerned. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE A close-up of a paper wasp nest found under a shed in a Columbia Township yard on Thursday. The wasps are close cousins of yellow jackets, and residents often confuse the two. Dave Hoban, an exterminator, [...]

Don’t look for George Clooney or Martin Scorsese to pop up on Ely Square next week when the cast and crew of an independent comedy come to town to shoot scenes in and around Ely Square. WANT A ROLE? Anyone who would like to be an extra in the film is asked to contact the [...]

SANDUSKY — Same kudos, different year. To everybody else in the amusement park business, it may be getting old hat, but Cedar Point officials don’t find it boring to be named “Best Amusement Park in the World” for a record 10th straight year by an international poll of veteran theme park fans. MCT FILE Cedar [...]

WASHINGTON — Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for a mysterious affliction that has killed off honeybees by the billions: a virus previously unknown in the United States. AP FILE Scientists suspect that a virus has caused the colony collapse disorder that has ravaged U.S. bee populations. The scientists report using a novel genetic technique [...]

PHOENIX — A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109 degree day, killing the animal. Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after a two-week investigation into the [...]