ELYRIA — An Elyria man was arrested overnight after police say he forced his ex-girlfriend from her home. Abraham Reynolds III, 39, was charged with kidnapping, aggravated burglary and possession of marijuana, according to a police report. Brenda Milton called police to an apartment at 290 Washington Ave. at 12:50 a.m. and told them her [...]

CINCINNATI — A former high school teacher is accusing school district administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children. Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61, had been teaching Spanish and French at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati since 1976. Waltherr-Willard, who does not have children of her [...]

TOLEDO — A new study says that expanding Medicaid in Ohio under the federal Affordable Care Act could net the state $1.4 billion over the next decade. The findings say most of that money would come to Ohio in the early years of the Medicaid expansion. But the study released Tuesday by a nonpartisan health [...]

AKRON — Akron’s City Council is considering whether to ban drivers from sending text messages from behind the wheel. A new state law already makes texting behind the wheel a secondary offense for adults. That means they have to be pulled over for speeding or some other offense before they can get a ticket for [...]

ELYRIA — Lorain County Commissioner Tom Williams’ fellow commissioners have denied the Republican a chance to serve as president of the Board of Commissioners. The post of board president, which carries with it membership on several committees, typically passes from one commissioner to the next on an annual rotating basis, and Williams was due up [...]

NEW RUSSIA TWP. — The county has landed itself in a dispute with a business owner at the Lorain County Regional Airport over a sign that was put up in 1999 that county officials now want to charge a $50 per month fee to leave in place. That doesn’t sit well with Thomas Dus, owner [...]