COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate went down for the fourth month in a row in February, with the most significant job gains in the trade, transportation and utility industries. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says Friday that seasonally adjusted joblessness fell to 7.6 percent last month, from 7.7 percent in January. The [...]

SHEFFIELD TWP. — Local tea party leader Randy Newman said Thursday that he has the votes to depose the current leadership of the Lorain County Republican Party and install a “totally social and fiscal conservative group.” Newman accused the current leadership, including Republican Party Chairwoman Helen Hurst, of being Republicans in name only and said [...]

Getting a job after a felony conviction can be difficult, and the Lorain County Reentry Coalition is sponsoring an Employment Resource Fair next week for people who need help. The fair will be 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Gargus Hall, 1965 North Ridge Road, in Sheffield Township. Representatives from Vocational Guidance Services, Goodwill Industries [...]

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board is expected to release its recommendation today on whether a man sentenced to die for killing a teenage boy during a burglary should be granted mercy. Mark Wiles is scheduled to die April 18. However, he is one of several inmates who have asked a federal judge to delay [...]