County sheriff Wednesday, Nov. 21 8:29 p.m. – 100 block Walleye Court, LaGrange Township, Damon L. Leary, 28, LaGrange, charged with domestic violence and disorderly conduct persisting. Saturday, Nov. 24 12:48 a.m. – Circle K, Royalton Road, Eaton Township, three people fighting in the parking lot. Elyria police Friday, Nov. 23 8:05 a.m. – Eastgate [...]

The tug of the ministry came early to Chris Bell, but she chose not to heed it for many years. When Bell took over as pastor at Rochester and Brighton Methodist churches in June, she concluded a winding path to the pulpit that started when, as a child, she worked alongside her mother, a former [...]

CLEVELAND – Minority teachers continue to be underrepresented in Ohio classrooms while the state`s minority student population grows, a new study found. Only about 6 percent of the state`s teaching force is made up of minorities, according to a study released by the Center for Teaching Quality in North Carolina. The Ohio Department of Education [...]

PIKETON – An animal protection agency is investigating a man whose pet lion escaped from a pen and darted after cars on a highway. The 550-pound lion named Lambert loosened a cracked support beam and crawled out of the pen on Monday. Some motorists called 911 and reported seeing the big cat “attacking” vehicles along [...]

CARROLLTON – Seventeen-year-old Jessica Capestrain has a hard time getting up early for school. But when it comes to deer hunting, she was up at 4 a.m. to participate in a special youth deer hunt. “You can`t beat the feeling of being alone in the woods with all the anticipation of getting a big buck,” [...]

DELPHOS – A former postmaster has fulfilled his dream of gathering and displaying memorabilia, mostly letters, relating to the Holocaust and World War II. Founder Gary Levitt, Holocaust survivors and others opened the new exhibit this month in the lower level of the post office of this Northwest Ohio village. Many of the items were [...]