NORTH RIDGEVILLE – Bear the cat, who spent 12 days in a tree in Eaton Township, was listed in critical condition at Northview Animal Hospital, according to workers there. CHRONICLE FILE Bear the cat, before his limb was sawed off. In desperation, Bear`s owner David Limon sawed off the limb Monday that had been holding [...]

It probably wasn`t arson, say officials WELLINGTON – Local and state fire officials began searching for clues in the smoldering rubble of a downtown warehouse Tuesday, a day after the two-story brick structure was leveled by fire. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Fire investigators sort through the rubble left from Monday’s blaze. Assistant Wellington Fire Chief [...]

ELYRIA – The attorney for a Lorain man accused of killing a woman after fleeing police during a drunken driving stop has asked a county judge to dismiss the case against his client, saying Amherst police may have altered a key piece of videotaped evidence. CHRONICLE FILE Phillip Stern II Dennis Evans, attorney for Phillip [...]

ELYRIA – Former tenants of the now-razed Aqua Marine Resort have settled a lawsuit against the resort`s former owners over black mold at the complex that they said caused respiratory problems in their 2-year-old twins in 2004. Dennis O`Toole, the attorney representing the parents of the now 5-year-old boy and girl, said he couldn`t discuss [...]

NORTH RIDGEVILLE – The city`s service garage superintendent was placed on paid administrative leave Monday pending the outcome of a criminal investigation that alleges he misappropriated public money, according to a Nov. 2 letter found in a review of Chris Rangus` personnel file. Rangus, a North Ridgeville resident, has been the service garage superintendent for [...]

AVON LAKE – Three women were transported to area hospitals after a two-car crash Tuesday in Avon Lake. Avon Lake police Sgt. Fran Tibbitts said the crash occurred about 12:30 p.m. when the driver of a vehicle traveling west on Electric Boulevard failed to yield at a stop sign to a vehicle traveling north on [...]