NEW RUSSIA TWP. – A body was found this morning at the Republic Waste Services landfill, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s office. The coroner was at the scene and no one has said whether it was a man or woman, said Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Drozdowski. He said detectives told him the body was at [...]

ELYRIA — It was a dramatic scene that played out throughout downtown Elyria: An alleged bank robber, trying to elude police, darts and weaves between buildings and races down railroad tracks before climbing down an embankment into the Black River. Officers from three police departments tracked him the whole way — finally corralling him in [...]

Cindy Leise and Brad Dicken, The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — The man police suspect of killing his 26-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her body in a storage bin at the Tower Boulevard apartment complex where they live was arrested Thursday in Lexington, Ky. Lorain police Lt. Mark Carpentiere said Albert Fine, 30, was taken into custody without [...]

ELYRIA — The crumbling hazard at 328 Broad St., once a department store, City Hall and Municipal Court, is coming down sooner rather than later as City Council resigned itself Monday evening to accepting the $600,000 price tag for the building’s demolition. It was learned a week ago that the building, which the city abandoned [...]

ELYRIA — Greyhound Lines Inc., pulled out of Elyria after city officials said they asked the company to seek a safer location for the bus stop. The decision to no longer pick up or drop off passengers on Lake Avenue took effect Aug. 1. That was less than a week after a woman waiting to [...]

CLEVELAND — Authorities acting on a tip found an alligator being kept as a pet in a Cleveland backyard. The juvenile alligator — 3 to 4 feet long — was discovered in a tub with a metal grate and bricks to keep it from escaping. Animal control officers took the reptile from the home, along [...]

ELYRIA — The head of the union for Lorain County Children Services caseworkers says a 2010 change in how the agency handles its cases is burning out the workers tasked with keeping children safe. Angie Martinez said caseworkers are complaining about their workload “all the time,” and that the union has taken steps to try [...]