LORAIN — The union representing nurses and other staff at Mercy Regional Medical Center have asked the hospital’s top management to take a 5 percent pay cut to demonstrate “a serious commitment” to cost cutting. The request was made during a meeting Monday between hospital management and the union representing nurses and other staff, according [...]

LORAIN — The 17-year-old who was found dead on Lexington Avenue on Friday died from a single gunshot wound to the head, and police are seeking a suspect in connection with the shooting. Lorain police Lt. Roger Watkins said police determined DeAndre McDowell was shot elsewhere and his body moved to the wooded lot where [...]

LORAIN — City Council honored a former resident at Monday night’s meeting by naming a street in his honor. Army Sgt. Bruce E. Horner, who was a graduate of Lorain City Schools and an 18-year career soldier with the U.S. Army, was killed by a sniper on June 1, 2007, while serving his country in [...]

LORAIN — Members of the state-appointed Academic Distress Commission came away from Monday’s meeting with Lorain City Schools officials impressed with the district’s plans for righting itself and getting out from under state control in the next couple of years. “This is very comprehensive,” Commission member Cathy Dietlin said of Superintendent Tom Tucker’s presentation during [...]

LORAIN — Laura Moore said she has lived next to the blighted, vacant home at 1034 Fourth St. since she moved in in 1992. Moore’s house is well kept, but the two-story, wood-framed abandoned house next to hers has grass 2 feet high on the front lawn. Brush and branches are piled high by the [...]

LORAIN — Police are awaiting results of an autopsy as they continue to investigate the death of a Lorain teen whose body was found Friday night in a wooded area of Lexington Avenue. The body of Deandre McDowell was found around 8 p.m. Friday by a man and woman who were reportedly walking in the [...]

LORAIN — The State Fire Marshal was called in to investigate what was deemed a suspicious fire Tuesday night in Lorain. Lorain Assistant Fire Chief Dennis Livchak said firefighters were called at 11:35 p.m. to a fire on the first floor of a home at 1711 E. 30th St., which was determined to be vacant. [...]

LORAIN — With Mercy Regional Medical Center cutting 18 positions, Service Employee International Union District 1199 representatives plan to meet at 1 p.m. Monday with Mercy officials about the impact. “We are deeply concerned about the quality care this community relies on,” said Al Bacon, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer, in a Wednesday news release. “The dedicated employees [...]

LORAIN — Two people were arrested after officers were sent to control a situation with a Nord Center patient. At 6:38 p.m. Tuesday, police were sent to the 800 block of G Street for a large fight with a man who allegedly had a gun. Officers arrived to find Richard Moore in the street yelling. [...]