ELYRIA – Food donated from about a dozen area residents on Wednesday will likely sustain the Elyria Salvation Army`s food pantry for another day or two, but the agency is a long way from having an abundance. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Amherst resident Mark Kirsch drops off a van load of food at Elyria Salvation [...]

Thursday, Nov. 1 10:16 p.m. – 35300 block Greenwich Ave., attempted burglary, living room window shattered. Thursday, Nov. 8 4 a.m. – 6000 block Opal St., criminal damaging, two vehicles were spray-painted. Friday, Nov. 9 6:48 a.m. – 7700 block Maddock Road, theft of vodka, club car golf cart, Colibri cigar II lighter and 12 [...]

WAKEFIELD – That was no dog chasing cars in southern Ohio earlier this week. It was a cat – a big cat. Pike County sheriff`s deputies responded to a 911 call of a lion “attacking” vehicles on U.S. Route 23 Monday morning and found a man trying to capture a 550-pound feline near Wakefield. Terry [...]

AMHERST – A man wanted for theft wrecked his stolen car Sunday afternoon on South Main Street after a brief chase by police, according to the county sheriff`s office. Smith Jason A. Smith, 32, of Westland, Mich., already wanted by Michigan authorities for stealing a black Dodge Charger, chose to break into Sliman`s Dodge on [...]

Elyria police Sunday, Nov. 18 4:45 p.m. – Home Depot, Market Drive, Robin Parsley, 31, Lorain, charged with theft of a snowblower. 7:50 p.m. – East Avenue and Fourth Street, Erica S. Harker, 26, Sullivan, charged with possession of a schedule III controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and changing course. Kendall V. Arnett, [...]

CLEVELAND – A woman accused of drowning her children in a bathtub pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder charges. Amber Hill, 22, of Cleveland, could face the death penalty if convicted of killing her children ages 2 and 4 last month. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Sutula on Wednesday ordered that Hill remain in [...]

LORAIN – A man wanted by U.S. Marshals on a domestic violence warrant was caught after allegedly beating his girlfriend then leaping from a second-story window in an attempt to escape officers, according to a Lorain police report. Oscal Ventura, 21, of Lorain, was charged with domestic violence, violating a protection order, obstructing official business, [...]