BROWNHELM TWP. — Remains of a dead body were found this morning as rescue crews were sent to Gore Orphanage and Sperry roads to extinguish a car fire. At 6:17 a.m., the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Vermilion Fire Department, was sent to the secluded area, known as Swift’s Hollow. When crews arrived, [...]

CLEVELAND — An autopsy shows a 3-year-old Cleveland boy allegedly killed by his mother died of blows to the head, body and limbs. The autopsy was done last week and the cause of death was released Tuesday by the Cuyahoga County medical examiner. Prosecutors disclosed earlier that Emilliano Terry had suffered a skull fracture. His [...]

ELYRIA — Police arrested two men overnight after they were found hiding under boxes and piles of trash in a home they’d apparently broken into. Leon Hudson, 33, and Anthony Warnick, 26, are both charged with breaking and entering and possessing criminal tools. Officers were called to 120 West River Road N. about 3:15 a.m. [...]

ELYRIA — An Elyria woman told police she was robbed at gunpoint by a man another woman staying at her residence brought home with her. The 52-year-old woman said she was awakened Sunday in her Delaware Circle home to see a man she knew as “Duck” brandishing a handgun with a silencer on it. According [...]

ELYRIA — Accused killer Albert Fine pleaded not guilty today to aggravated murder and other charges stemming from the June 28 slaying of Catherine “Kat” Hoholski. Fine is accused of ambushing Hoholski inside the Lorain apartment they shared and strangling her. He then allegedly dismembered her body and hid it in a storage area of [...]

COLUMBUS — Ohio hunters bagged slightly fewer deer during this year’s week-long gun season. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife says last week’s take was a 3.7-percent decrease from 2011. But that was expected because the agency has worked to reduce the statewide herd by expanding hunting opportunities — including chances to [...]