ELYRIA – Former Lorain County Commissioner David Moore`s Amherst mortgage company is in legal hot water. Moore Financial Enterprises was sued by FirstMerit Bank on Thursday. The bank is trying to foreclose on a more than $1.2 million loan Moore signed for in September 2002 – while he was still a commissioner. As of Oct. [...]

LORAIN – The city could be $12 million in debt in three years if voters don`t approve a 0.25 percent income tax renewal in 2009, city Auditor Ron Mantini said. The tax was first passed in 2005 to prepare for that year`s closure of Ford`s Lorain Assembly Plant. The $2.4 million generated annually is still [...]

LORAIN – The Lorain Senior Center is asking for more money from the city to keep its doors open. Judith Foltin, the center`s vice president and treasurer-elect, has submitted a request for $75,000 for next year to Councilman Tony Krasienko, D-at large, who will be mayor next year. Foltin, mother of former Lorain Mayor Craig [...]

ELYRIA – A group of Lorain County Community College business students are hoping a novel approach to promoting hunger awareness could put them in the running for a national award from Campbell`s Soup and Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE. Members of the college`s SIFE team on Thursday encouraged their fellow students to skip a [...]

LaGrange police Wednesday, Nov. 21 3:20 p.m. – 100 block Keywood, 3-year-old boy had his arm stuck in a chair. Thursday, Nov. 22 10 a.m. – 400 block Grant St., unruly juvenile. Friday, Nov. 23 6:50 p.m. – East Main Street, officers spotted a man stumble from the sidewalk onto the grass. They advised him [...]

BIRMINGHAM – Bettcher Industries is expanding its headquarters and plans to add 25 to 30 more jobs within the next few years. The meat processing equipment and food service company will add a total of 46,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space to its facility on state Route 60, according to a company official. [...]