Kimberly Riley, missing since 1998, is presumed dead ELYRIA – A county judge has ruled that Kimberly Riley`s live-in boyfriend is responsible for her disappearance and apparent death nine years ago. County Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi ruled Thursday that Omar Seymore – who has never been charged criminally in Riley`s disappearance – was civilly [...]

Purchase expected in mid-December ELYRIA – The developer working to continue the quarry project on the county`s west side will unveil its new concept for the ambitious project on Dec. 18. California-based Industrial Realty Group is scheduled to complete its $22 million purchase of American Stone, which currently owns the land, on Dec. 14, said [...]

Firefighters battled heavy winds Thursday as they rushed to contain a three-acre wildfire on the south side of Lorain and a blaze at an empty downtown Elyria warehouse. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE An Elyria firefighter sprays water onto the stucture at the site of the old county fairgrounds off Third Street in Elyria. More recently, [...]

LORAIN – A homeless encampment near the city`s downtown was once a place where outreach workers could find those who shunned traditional shelters. But the wooded area behind the former Gaylord`s Department Store at 21st Street and Elyria Avenue has been cleared, scattering the homeless to the winds, advocates for the area`s homeless population said. [...]

LORAIN – A 13-year-old boy was transported to the Lorain County Detention Home after he allegedly punched a girl and sprayed cologne in her face Monday on their bus ride home from school. The boy faces juvenile charges of felonious assault, menacing and resisting arrest after the girl`s mother told a Longfellow Elementary School principal [...]

ELYRIA TWP. – A sheriff`s deputy was taken to the hospital early Thursday after a crash on Russia Road. Deputy Joseph Greiner, 36, was driving north near West Ridge Road when a red 2003 Ford Windstar rolled into the intersection and hit his cruiser. The driver, Londa J. Adkins, 52, of Oberlin, was charged with [...]

Lorain police Monday, Nov. 26 3:14 p.m. – 1700 block E. 30th St., copper plumbing was stolen out of a residence Wednesday, Nov. 28 1:17 p.m. – Summit Academy, a bomb threat was drawn in marker above a bathroom in the school. Thursday, Nov. 29 12:14 a.m. – 800 block N. Central Drive, a disgruntled [...]