Gerald Wetherbee Jr. could receive up to 36 years in prison for head-on collision that killed Tammy, Tommy Tomasheski

LORAIN — Seven Lorain police officers remained on paid leave Friday in the wake of the shooting Sunday night of Jarelle Guice during a standoff at the Southern Heights apartment complex. Lorain Safety Service Director Robert Fowler said the city continues to believe the officers involved acted properly during the incident in which Guice, 23, [...]

ELYRIA — Two students from Northwood Middle School are facing disciplinary action for making threats toward other students. The male and female students reportedly created a list and started a rumor that they wanted to harm those on the list. District spokeswoman Amy Higgins said the threats came to light after other students told their [...]

Grafton teen was killed in crash on Route 2

BRUNSWICK — Family was the recipe of Lexi Poerner’s life, the Rev. Bob Stec said Friday morning during her funeral Mass. Hundreds packed St. Ambrose Catholic Church to pay their final respects to Poerner, 16, who was among four Brunswick High School students who died from injuries sustained in a Sunday car crash. Multicolored construction-paper [...]

Lake Erie receives the most mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants of the five Great Lakes, according to a report released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental watchdog. Coal-fired power plants are responsible for 50 percent of emissions of mercury — a toxic substance that can damage the brain, heart and lungs, [...]

Lorain police Tuesday, June 5 3:41 p.m. — 100 block W. Erie Ave., reported theft of a motor vehicle. A woman said she parked an inoperable 1997 Mercury Villager minivan on the rear lawn of her mother-in-law’s property, and it was missing Tuesday. 7:03 p.m. — 2300 block E. 37th St., Amy M. Saunders, 39, [...]