It was standing-room only Wednesday at the Thrill of Skill in Amherst, where gamers were squeezing in what could be their last chance to play video gaming machines like Tic Tac Fruit in their own state. That’s because it soon will be a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and up [...]

Prosecutor: Injuries to 9 1/2-week-old infant were deliberate

My sister and her neighbors were roughly 10 feet from having another very bad day. That’s how close the San Diego wildfires came to the suburban Rancho Bernardo condominiums where my sister, Kristina, lives. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, she answered her phone as she was walking in the door to her place — the [...]

Study says melanoma levels in city exceeded expectations

ELYRIA — CHP Regional Medical Center has severed its five-year relationship with University Hospitals of Cleveland to jointly operate the Ireland Cancer Center on Schadden Road. CHP spokesman Patrick Crowley insisted the move has nothing to do with tentative plans CHP has to build a new hospital, which would be called St. Mary’s Community Hospital, [...]

Lorain police Tuesday, Oct. 23 5 p.m. – 3700 block Omaha Ave., a saw and nail gun stolen. 5:30 p.m. – 3800 block Globe Ave., Francisco Smith, 34, Lorain, charged with assault, theft, menacing and unlawful restraint. 8:20 p.m. – 1200 block Pennsylvania Ave., motorcycle stolen. 8:44 p.m. – 3500 block Sterling Road, woman tried [...]

Elyria man pleads not guilty to arson ELYRIA —  An Elyria man accused of setting a Wilkes Villa apartment on fire and dousing himself in lighter fluid during an argument with his ex-girlfriend has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Kenneth Kimbrough, 24, is charged with aggravated arson, obstructing official business and domestic violence [...]