LORAIN — Twenty teachers will be returning to work for the Lorain Schools.District officials on Friday announced the recall of the teachers, who are being brought back using federal grant money. For the next three years, Lorain Schools will receive $3.4 million annually from the U.S. Department of Education’s program for magnet schools — an [...]

ELYRIA — When Glenn A. Pomeroy boarded a plane Wednesday to travel to Washington, D.C., to visit the World War II memorial, he wasn’t sure what to expect.Most certainly, he didn’t anticipate the vivid rush of memories that came flooding back during the daylong, all-expenses-paid excursion arranged by Honor Flight Inc. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE Veterans Norm [...]

Lorain police Thursday, Oct. 18 6:30 a.m. –2000 block Oakdale Ave., 100 DVDs stolen from residence. 7:15 a.m. – 3900 block W. Erie Ave., check book and credit card stolen. 8:15 a.m. – 1000 block W. 17th St., burglary complaint. 9:30 a.m. – 1000 block W. 29th St., checkbook and union papers stolen from a [...]

Ex allegedly attacks woman’s new beau LORAIN — A 24-year-old man was nearly run over by his girlfriend’s knife-wielding ex-boyfriend Friday morning along East 28th Street, police said. David Toro, 24, of Lorain, told police he was with his girlfriend when her ex-boyfriend, Jason S. Galvin, 24, of Lorain, approached his vehicle and slashed one [...]

ELYRIA — The 16-year-old boy who broke into Juvenile Judge David Berta’s Lorain home in August has pleaded guilty to burglary and receiving stolen property. The boy, who made off with a .38 Special revolver, three iPods, digital cameras, memory cards and 80 cigars from Berta’s home, also pleaded guilty to burglary and weapons charges [...]

The love of Sweetest Day is starting to spread. The unofficial holiday celebrated on the third Saturday of October is finally starting to come into its own and is growing in popularity, according to Cleveland-based card-maker American Greetings. STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE A triple-layer chocolate cake with chocolate icing and fresh strawberries is on the [...]

Area teacher experiences sweet defeat A brand new chocolate-covered 2007 Jeep Liberty filled with candy bars? It sounds like the waking dream of a chocoholic 16-year-old, but it actually was the makings for one crazy “Sweetest Day” contest. Seven lucky contestants from several states competed in the Sweetest Day Challenge for a Jeep Liberty on [...]