PITTSFIELD TWP. — The Elyria man who committed suicide during a standoff with Lorain County sheriff’s deputies at his parents’ house on Monday denied during his only conversation with law enforcement that day that he had fired a gun that morning as his mother had reported. Deputy Anthony Damiano wrote in his report that after [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — A 30-year-old man died Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound as Lorain County sheriff’s deputies surrounded a duplex on state Route 303 just west of state Route 58. County Coroner Stephen Evans said Kenneth K. Cole shot himself with a pistol in the basement of 46167 state Route 303 shortly after he [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Residents surrounding a sludge lagoon on Quarry Road will have a chance to testify at a Board of Appeals meeting March 7. The meeting, requested by French Creek BioEnergy LLC/Quasar Energy Group and landowners Donald and Deborah Ortner, will challenge the Pittsfield Township zoning inspector’s issuance of a cease-and-desist order and notice [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Attorneys for Pittsfield Township residents and the township trustees disagreed on how to pursue a lawsuit against Quasar Energy Group and French Creek BioEnergy LLC, but residents got what they wanted with a moratorium to stop the operation of a human waste storage lagoon on Quarry Road. During a meeting Monday night, [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Lorain County business and community leaders as well as interested residents are invited to attend a special briefing session at 7 p.m. Monday about oil and gas leases sponsored by the Lorain County Farm Bureau. The briefing will be at the Lorain County Joint Vocational School at 15181 state Route 58. Participants [...]