PARIS – A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney. Beijing started the year with singing and dancing displays hosted by Summer Olympics organizers. And rare celebrations resounded in war-torn Baghdad. Across the globe, people gathered for parties, shot off fireworks and held out hopes for a peaceful and prosperous 2008. But reminders of violence were [...]

ELYRIA — What a crappy way to end the year. Sometime late Sunday or early Monday, someone splattered feces across the windows, doors and sidewalk leading into Elyria City Hall’s Court Street entrance, Assistant Safety-Service Director Bill Ogle said. CHRONICLE The still-drying area of Elyria City Hall’s Court Street entrance Monday morning, where vandals slew [...]

LORAIN — It was Lorain Mayor John Romoser’s last day in office Monday, but he made sure to check-off one last item on his to-do list. Romoser faxed a letter to the county commissioners requesting that they look into an alleged pricing monopoly that Allied Waste has over the trash-hauling market place in Lorain County. [...]

TOLEDO — A drunken driver sped down a highway in the wrong direction for about four miles before his pickup truck slammed into a minivan carrying a family home after a holiday trip, police said. A woman and four children in the minivan, including an 8-week-old girl, were killed in the crash that scattered toys, [...]

Elyria police Sunday, Dec. 30 10:59 a.m. — 200 block Sixth Street, a vehicle was keyed and one tire was slashed on a 2003 Ford truck. County sheriff Monday, Dec. 4 9:19 a.m. — Sugar Ridge Auto, Elyria, several tools reported stolen during a burglary. Thursday, Dec. 13 2:33 p.m. — 36300 block Butternut Ridge [...]