Elyria News

Stanley F. Machock, 74, of Birmingham, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Oak Hills Nursing Center in Lorain, following a long illness.

S. Diane Harbst , 73, of Elyria, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at Center Ridge Nursing Home, North Ridgeville.

Elyria police Monday, June 17 7:15 a.m. - 800 block Baldwin Ave., a woman reported that her ex-husband's gun case containing a scope was stolen from her garage.

Patricia Ann Marshall, 78, of Plymouth, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013. Born in Elyria on March 17, 1935, to the late John and Mamie Hancock.

Elyria is spending more money than it is taking in and using the carryover from 2012 to bridge the spending gap, said the city finance director.

Robert B. Board, 80, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, at North Ridge Health Center in North Ridgeville.

KS Associates Expands Offerings to Include Coastal Engineering Services KS Associates, Inc., a civil engineering and surveying firm located in Elyria, Ohio, announces the acquisition of Matrix Engineering, Inc., a coastal engineering firm in business for 27 years.

Police are looking for a man who broke in to the Ten 2 Ten Drive Thru Beverage shop on Antioch Drive overnight.

Leo L. Myers, 91, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, at his residence, following a short illness.

Ralph E. Beebe, 88, dearly loved Husband, Dad, Grandpa and Great grandpa passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, at home, with his family by his side, after a lengthy illness.

ELYRIA - A toaster is being blamed for a fire that substantially damaged a west-side house at 937 Oakwood Drive around 11:40 a.m. Sunday.

An Elyria woman is recovering after surviving a head-on car crash at the intersection of state Route 57 and Cleveland Street around 12:35 a.m. Sunday.

ELYRIA - An Elyria woman is recovering after surviving a head-on car crash at the intersection of state Route 57 and Cleveland Street around 12:35 a.m. Sunday.

Police officers were sent to the Kennedy Plaza apartment complex on Broadway to corral a snake that was found in a woman's apartment.

City Council President Kevin Corcoran said the controversy surrounding the recent shooting deaths of five feral kittens by a city humane officer could serve as a learning experience and lead to changes in how future cases are handled.

Lillie Mae Hamilton , 95, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in the Autumn Aegis Nursing Home in Lorain, following a lengthy illness.

James Herrmann wrapped his hands around his fidgety nearly 1-year-old son Thursday and said he wished for a quiet, uneventful Father's Day.

William R. "Bill" Miadock, 88, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in the loving presence of his family.

Madge V. Wilson Merrill Abahazi, 93, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Life Care Center of Elyria.

There are more ambulances available in Elyria than what a 17-year-old agreement between the city and LifeCare Ambulance Inc. requires, and the private company has not inflated its rates to customers at the same pace the contract allows.