ELYRIA TWP. — People are starting to flock to Rowland Nature Preserve in Elyria Township. People can use walking trails laid down in the park, named in honor of Billy Rowland, the businessman who gave the land to the township, on foot, on bikes and with their dogs — as long as they clean up [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether deputies acted properly when they briefly arrested the wrong man after going to an incorrect house while responding to a domestic violence call. The man arrested June 20, 54-year-old Bob Williams, better known around the areas as “Bushel Bob,” said he filed a complaint [...]

LORAIN — Tom Tucker is expected to be named new Lorain Schools superintendent on Thursday. A special Board of Education meeting will be 7 p.m. in Room 33 of the Charleston Administration Center. Tucker, Sandusky Schools superintendent since 2010, is a Lorain native who worked for Lorain Schools from 1980 to 2008. Tucker, 56, spent [...]

AVON — A suspected shoplifter led officers on a chase Tuesday on Detroit Road with a baby boy in the car he was driving before crashing, police said. As officers attempted to stop him, Josue Rodriguez struck a car at the intersection of state routes 254 and 83 around 3:35 p.m. and continued west through [...]

Elyria police Saturday, July 29 10:27 p.m. — 700 block E. River St., Nancy A. Fleisig, 57, same address, arrested and charged with domestic violence. Fleisig’s boyfriend said Fleisig threw a beer bottle at him, striking near his right eye. Police said the man had a large gash near his eye, and there was a [...]