ELYRIA — Police are looking for a suspect who got away after an armed robbery at a Washington Avenue home. At 7:56 p.m. Monday officers were called to the home, in the 300 block of Washington Ave., for a home invasion in which the suspects had fled in a red or purple PT Cruiser. Police [...]

COLUMBUS — Democrat Ted Strickland won’t run again for governor in 2014, removing a key competitor to incumbent Republican John Kasich rom the field. Strickland said in a statement today that he stands by his record as governor and won’t seek the office again. Kasich, a former investment banker and congressman, unseated Strickland as he [...]

ELYRIA — Lorain tax consultant Richard Zakarian has been ordered to repay $1.4 million to Spitzer Management and nearly a dozen other entities he’s accused of stealing from. Zakarian, who remains in the Lorain County Jail, hasn’t mounted a defense against a growing number of civil lawsuits that accuse him of taking money he was [...]

AVON LAKE — Thirty-two customers will be without power for a time today while FirstEnergy does tree trimming in the Avon Lake area. According to spokeswoman Karen Kirsh, the homes affected may be without power from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but the outage is likely not to last that long. The streets affected are [...]

Her words were the voice of Americana that kept readers coming back to The Chronicle-Telegram for more than 38 years and gave city slickers an up close and personal look at life on a thriving farm. But Pat Leimbach was no country bumpkin. The wife and mother was also a published author, accomplished public speaker [...]