COLUMBUS — Just before his 14th birthday in August 2005, Corey Spears went on a crime spree — stealing and crashing two cars, taking a gun from a trailer, smoking marijuana laced with cocaine, and shooting a cow and horse. He pleaded guilty to several crimes after declining legal representation, and a judge in Licking [...]

KIRTLAND — The aging of polka dancers could jeopardize a tradition popular in the eastern European immigrant community. People are getting older and dying off, and raising interest among the younger generation has proven to be difficult, said Joe Blatnik, secretary-treasurer of the SNPJ Farm Board that hosts polka dances in this community east of [...]

CINCINNATI — Nearly a quarter of the city’s public school bus drivers have been arrested since 1991, including at least 50 charged with violent crimes, records show. Of the 458 drivers, 111 have been arrested on 242 charges, including six drunken driving charges, 12 drug charges and 25 domestic violence charges, according to records compiled [...]

School bus driver cited for running red light ELYRIA — A First Student bus driver carrying at least six students was cited for running a red light on Abbe Road, a sheriff deputy’s report said. Stephen Sopko, 63, of Lorain, was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy at 8:10 a.m. Sept. 17 after he drove [...]

Peter and the Wolf at LCCC The Elyria High School Chamber String Orchestra, together with the Lorain County Civic Orchestra, will perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Stocker Arts Center at Lorain County Community College. A special guest will narrate this collaborative performance. T he EHS Chamber String Orchestra includes some of the high school’s [...]