May 22, 2013

Photo gallery: Lorain County Fair opening ceremonies

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Junior king and queen crowned at Lorain County Fair

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WELLINGTON — Cousins Morgan and Meghan Bremke are the 2012 Lorain County Fair junior king and queen. The Bremkes are a familiar name in the ranks of junior fair royalty, and listing each’s siblings that have held the titles proves a lengthy task. Morgan and Meghan both show hogs at the fair. Morgan is a [...]

Lorain County Fair names Clair Hill Memorial Award winner

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WELLINGTON — Marie Waite is this year’s recipient of the Lorain County Fair’s Clair Hill Memorial Award. The Clair Hill Memorial Award is presented each year to honor someone who has provided dedicated service to the fair as an employee or volunteer. Waite has been on the Senior Fair Board for nine years and has [...]

Suspect arrested in Avon carjacking

AVON – Two males are under arrest following an early-morning carjacking in which the stolen vehicle crashed into a pick-up driven by a Westlake man, and a Westlake school was put on lockdown for about two hours. According to Westlake police, the incident began at 6:43 a.m. when Avon police reported a Ford Taurus was [...]

Cuts, shortages strain food pantries

LORAIN — The We Care We Share Ministries food pantry was about to close Thursday, but there were still people in line. Bill Hurley, ministry president, told a volunteer to keep the door open for the twice weekly farmers market until everyone was served. “We don’t turn people away,” Hurley said. But that could change [...]

Police log for Aug. 20, 2012

Lorain police Saturday, Aug. 18 3:55 a.m. — 2300 block W. 14th St., resident said he fired a shot from his semiautomatic pistol at a man trying to climb through his infant daughter’s bedroom window. Police, who gave the man back his pistol, said they had been called to his house on three separate occasions [...]

Lora M. Bristow

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Lora M. Bristow, 60, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain, after a brief illness. She was born September 10, 1951 in Cleveland, and has lived in Sheffield Lake for 32 years, moving from North Ridgeville. Lora loved spending time in her back yard, and the summer [...]

Lois Johnson

Lois Johnson (nee Watts), 81, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 18, 2012 at St. Johns Medical Center, Westlake. Arrangements will be announced by Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.

Fred F. Lewis

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Fred F. Lewis, 74, passed away at his home in North Ridgeville on Saturday, August 18, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He was born December 28, 1937 in Unicoi County, Tennessee and has lived in North Ridgeville since 1971, moving from Brunswick. Fred worked at the Ford Motor Company in Brook Park, retiring in 2006 [...]

Edward David Stevenson

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Edward David Stevenson, 71, of Cuyahoga Falls, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012. Edward was born in Cleveland on December 12, 1940 to the late Edward and Helen Stevenson. He graduated from Elyria Catholic High School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kent State University. Throughout his career, he worked in advertising, [...]