AVON —What do you get a houseful of rabid Lake Erie Crushers fans besides game tickets, baseball caps and a nice summer night at the game? How about a ballplayer? The Crushers are once again seeking friendly families to open their homes to host players for the upcoming 2013 season. Families who agree to open [...]

CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s historic West Side Market has been cleaned up after a recent fire and is set to reopen on Monday. The 100-year-old landmark near downtown was damaged and the inside covered with soot after a fire in one of the stalls Jan. 30. It’s been closed since then. Officials said it’s not clear [...]

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.  — As police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters, the revenge-seeking ex-cop they wanted was hiding among them, holed up in a vacation cabin across the street from their command post. It was there that Christopher Dorner apparently took refuge last Thursday, four days after [...]

AVON LAKE — The Broadview Heights man responsible for the September car crash that killed a worker on Interstate 90 pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of vehicular manslaughter and failure to maintain assured clear distance. Anthony Rose Jr., 50, was sentenced to 90 days in jail in the case, but Avon Lake Municipal Court [...]

As he spoke by phone Tuesday afternoon, Trim Demiri was clearly pumped up by his surroundings in the nation’s capital. “I came into the city by the Metro and walked around,” Demiri said. in Washington, D.C. “I took photos … and there’s stuff I want to do,” including buy­ing souvenirs as small reminders of a [...]