ELYRIA – For those about to rock, I salute you.As a fan and owner of “Guitar Hero III” – the popular video game that employs a guitar-shaped joystick and challenges gamers by firing color-coded notes at them that they have to repeat – I just couldn`t resist the opportunity to showcase my chops. Among my [...]

OBERLIN – A Florida couple turned themselves in to police Friday on charges accusing them of operating a large-scale marijuana-growing operation in the basement of a home on Morgan Street. Thomas Jessup, 30, and Andrea M. Jessup, 24, of Palm Harbor, Fla., each were charged with felony counts of cultivation of drugs, tampering with evidence [...]

SHEFFIELD LAKE – The city is mourning the loss of one of its most celebrated citizens. Hanks Longtime Councilwoman Joyce Hanks died Nov. 27 from complications resulting from a heart attack. She was 72. Hanks represented the city`s 1st Ward for the last 28 years and was halfway through her current four-year term. She was [...]

GRAFTON – Two separate crashes Friday morning along Grafton Eastern Road sent a total of five people to area hospitals, including one man who was in critical condition. The first occurred about midnight when a Chevy Tracker traveling north on South Island Road missed the stop sign and slammed into a Ford Taurus traveling west [...]

Elyria police Wednesday, Dec. 5 5:45 p.m. – 100 block S. Abbe Road, a woman said someone put an unknown substance in her gas tank, damaging her engine. 6 p.m. – Animal Zone pet store, Midway Mall, an 18-year-old employee said a boy from her high school threatened her. Thursday, Dec. 6 10:11 a.m. – [...]

ELYRIA – Police say a heavyset black man held a woman at gunpoint shortly after 10 p.m. Friday at an ATM near Midway Mall. Sgt. Richard Ellis said the woman was making a deposit at National City Bank, 405 Midway Blvd., when the man approached carrying a small black handgun and took an undisclosed sum [...]

ELYRIA – Rita Humelsine went out Friday for a hair appointment and some bananas but ended up taking a detour into the back of an Elyria home. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Elyria firefighters look through debris after a car struck a home Friday in Elyria. The 75-year-old Elyria woman was pulling out of the Apples [...]

CLEVELAND – A former Cleveland Clinic doctor has sued the hospital, accusing officials of discrimination and damaging his reputation amid conflict of interest concerns over his role with a medical device company. Dr. Jay Yadav is seeking an unspecified amount of money in the lawsuit filed Thursday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. The hospital [...]

Elyria school district gets attention PHOTO PROVIDED Elyria High School teacher Regina Constantino and her daughters outside the “Today” show in New York City. Sometimes, landing a good marketing opportunity – a free one, no less – is like trying to land the perfect job: It doesn`t happen without a lot of work. Elyria Schools [...]

CARLISLE TWP. – Richard and Pam Wilson are looking forward to moving to a home that will never flood again. A $76,848 federal grant will allow them to move out of their house at 136 Woodside Drive near the Elyria County Club. A story Friday incorrectly identified another house as the one being bought using [...]