ELYRIA — The cleaning fairy is at it again — this time she’s been shoveling driveways without permission, according to Elyria Police Lt. Chris Costantino. Costantino said police were sent to a home on Branston Avenue today for a report of a “suspicious female” shoveling a driveway without the homeowner’s consent. Police spoke with the [...]

HOUSTON — A shooting on a Texas community college campus wounded three people today and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff’s Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Authorities also thought there could be a second shooter, according to a [...]

Marge Brown, 87, of Sheffield braved this morning’s chill and snow-covered roads to drive to Akron with her husband on the lingering hope that her missing dog might be at the Summit County pound. Brown was devastated to find out that not only was 17 1/2-year-old Megan not at the pound, there wasn’t even a [...]

ELYRIA TWP. — The Convenient Food Mart on North Ridge Road was held up by a man with a gun Saturday afternoon, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. According to Sgt. Don Barker, a man in a hooded sweatshirt and a ski mask entered the store, at 42163 North Ridge Road, about 2:20 p.m. [...]

COLUMBUS — Ohio gas prices are still creeping up. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was $3.29 in Tuesday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. That’s 8 cents higher than a week ago. Experts say prices are rising because of solid economic recovery [...]

Standing in the shadow of history, two Lorain County residents said this year’s presidential inauguration reminded them of why America continues to be the country they love. “We get it right every four years regardless of who is in office,” said Jeanine Donaldson, executive director of the Elyria YWCA. Donaldson, and husband, Larry, attended Obama’s [...]