ELYRIA – The news is not official as of yet, but word coming out of Elyria Schools is this year’s state report card will be one of the best ones yet. The reports, which generally are released in late August, will not be made public until at least sometime in the fall due to an [...]

NEW RUSSIA TWP. – Police have identified the man whose body was found in the Republic Waste Services recycling plant Wednesday. Daniel DeMarco, 43, of Lorain, was found while employees of Republic Services were processing material at the center, located at 43560 Oberlin-Elyria Road. Lorain County Coroner Stephen Evans has yet to obtain the results [...]

NEW YORK — New York City officials say a laid-off women’s accessories designer shot and killed a co-worker outside the Empire State Building, then got in a shootout with police. Fifty-six-year-old Jeffrey Johnson opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol at about 9 a.m. Friday on the Fifth Avenue side of the building. He was shot [...]

LORAIN — Seventeen teachers who were part of 182 Lorain Schools employees laid off in June were recalled at Thursday’s school board meeting. The recalls were in response to teacher retirements and a projected enrollment increase, according to Superintendent Tom Tucker. He said the recall’s cost of between $700,000 and $1 million will be offset [...]

LORAIN — The D of the Democratic Party stands by the name of Councilman Dennis Flores, D-Ward 2, but some party members wonder if Flores stands by the party. Flores was asked to leave a Lorain Democratic Committee meeting Thursday after being accused of being a Republican spy. The ouster was in response to Flores [...]

NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Police are still searching for the family of a man whose body was found in a recycling center, but according to Sgt. Don Barker, the search has proven difficult. The man, who was described as being 43 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, was found crushed [...]

LORAIN — Seventeen teachers who were part of 182 Lorain Schools employees laid off in June were recalled at tonight’s Board of Education meeting. The recalls were in response to teacher retirements and a projected enrollment increase, according to Superintendent Tom Tucker. He said the recall cost will be offset by the projected increase. The [...]

ELYRIA – An underage drinking sting in Elyria netted eight arrests Wednesday. Police used a 19-year-old confidential informant who entered Elyria businesses and tried to purchase alcohol. Eight businesses served alcohol to the teen, according to police reports. Clerks at the businesses were issued a summons for illegal liquor sales to an underage person and [...]

ELYRIA – Donna Brown, who is accused of gunning down two of her cousins, Dale Linder Jr. and Justin Linder, has been indicted on capital murder charges. Donna Brown, 24, is charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence for the July 5 shooting. Police have said Brown walked into [...]