Janet Nguyen The Sandusky Register SANDUSKY – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is urging Cedar Fair officials to preserve a piece of roller coaster history. Last month Brown, D-Ohio, addressed a letter to Cedar Fair chairman, president and chief executive officer Dick Kinzel asking the company to develop a plan for Geauga Lake`s historic wooden roller [...]

LORAIN – Nothing changed in four close races that were recounted Wednesday at the county Board of Elections. The recounts confirmed a six-vote win for David Kos, a challenger who unseated incumbent Avon Lake City Councilman Michael Stanek, as well as the victory of Fred Ostrander, who edged Donald Flak in the race for president [...]

ELYRIA – A 12-year-old boy was cited for assault and two counts of menacing at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after a teacher was injured at Educational Alternatives on Lake Avenue, according to an Elyria police report. The boy, who was taken to the county detention home, also had an outstanding warrant for charges stemming from an [...]

Lorain police Monday, Dec. 3 1:45 p.m. – 1800 block Crehore St., a woman surrendered a German shepherd that was neglected. 9:30 p.m. – 800 block Lakeview Drive, broken window. Tuesday, Dec. 4 2:16 a.m. – Shell gas station, Tower Boulevard, security tapes show a man breaking into the station and stealing seven cartons of [...]

CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Jackson Geothermal drills a test hole for the new Elyria High School`s geothermal heating and air conditioning system last month. A $1.1 million payment from Midway Mall owner Centro Watt will help pay for the system. Among the costlier elements in making a new high school an energy-efficient “green” building: The [...]

Issue now goes to City Council LORAIN – The Lorain Planning Commission has joined the growing list of opponents to bringing a limestone grinding plant to town. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Councilman Dave Wargo brought in a 40-pound bag of granular limestone, saying the EPA would allow almost 6,000 times this bag in yearly emissions. [...]

Boyfriend was never charged in disappearance but lost lawsuit ELYRIA – A former Lorain man was ordered to pay $4.5 million to the family of his former live-in girlfriend on Wednesday in her 1998 disappearance and presumed death. Riley Kimberly Riley – who would be 27 if she is still alive – disappeared nine years [...]