ELYRIA – Veterans Day was on Sunday this year, but government agencies at the city, county, state and federal levels will observe the holiday today. Post offices, E-check stations, credit unions and most banks also will be closed. Some banking institutions with in-store branches and ATM terminals may not be affected. Trash collection by the [...]

COLUMBUS – Some union contracts contain loopholes that allow teachers to dodge attempts by parents and others to get a look at their personnel files for evidence of misconduct, a newspaper reported Sunday. Union contracts throughout the state regularly imply that teachers` personnel files aren`t public and will not be shared with people who aren`t [...]

As more women enter the military – and increasingly take positions closer to combat – female veterans say perceptions of women in the armed forces are slowly shifting in a culture that for centuries has been geared toward men. There are about 1.7 million female veterans living today, including about 62,000 in Ohio. They have [...]

This December, most college students who come home from school will park themselves on the living room couch and wolf down some sorely missed home-cooked food. Stephen Miller will spend most of his holiday break in the Elyria Public Library hunched over political histories researching the 30-page paper he has to write. The paper – [...]

Stabbing victim gets help at U.S. Steel LORAIN – Security guards at U.S. Steel called the police at 1:20 a.m. Saturday when a bleeding man approached their post, according to a Lorain police report. Robert Rayshawn Williams, 28, of Lorain, had several cuts and left a trail of blood around the guard house, the report [...]