ELYRIA — Like every good story in American history, it started with an honest game of cards.  Seventy years later, it has grown into a staple New Year’s Day gathering for dozens of Elyria families. Welcome to the annual Elyria Mud Bowl, a colossal slopfest of a softball game where longtime locals abide by a [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the second in a five-part series on young voters.Stephen Majors COLUMBUS — When a co-founder of the popular social networking Web site Facebook joined Barack Obama’s presidential campaign staff, it sent a signal that the political world had found its latest tool to address the ongoing challenge of the youth [...]

SANDUSKY — A tourist destination along the Lake Erie shore is hoping to ride the latest wave of recreational entertainment — indoor water parks. The Kalahari Resort this month expanded to 173,000 square feet of slides, machine-driven waves and other wet fun. It’s billing itself as the nation’s biggest indoor water park. But that distinction [...]

CLEVELAND — Stung by sagging membership, financial problems and a mammoth construction project at its front door, the Cleveland Athletic Club will not celebrate its 100th year but instead will close. The club founded in 1908 planned to close on Monday — New Year’s Eve — and begin liquidating its assets soon after. The club’s [...]

MANSFIELD — Uniformed police from throughout northern Ohio gathered Saturday to honor a Mansfield police officer who died in a confrontation with his brother. According to police, Brian Evans was shot to death by his brother Wednesday in rural Richland County when he attempted to help a neighbor, who was also shot and killed. Thirty-nine-year-old [...]