Elyria News

Three separate crashes killed three Northeast Ohio men yesterday. The first crash happened at 7:30 a.m. in Amherst Township.

Those who missed the holiday assistance signup can still register. The Elyria Salvation Army has added a make-up day for residents to submit applications 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the agency at 716 Broad St.

Avon Lake has four more victories to go to win a state championship. One member of the Shoremen, however, might not want to see the season ever end.

ELYRIA a ' A homeless man was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a makeshift shelter behind Kaminski Roofing.

Debbie warden, Elyria school levy campaign cochair, Paul Rigda, Elyria Schools superintendent, and Don Boddy, school board president.

The Elyria Health Department received a large shipment of H1N1 flu vaccine and will be distributing thousands of free doses beginning today.

Mary Siwierka proved in May that she is a political force to be reckoned with and on Tuesday she once again showed her popularity in the city by capturing the distinction of being the top vote-getter among the nine candidates seeking at-large Council seats.

Voters on Tuesday gave the Elyria Schools a huge measure of support - renewing a 7.96-mill property tax levy by what easily could be labeled a landslide.

Mary Siwierka and her son, Evan. Mary Siwierka was elected to an Elyria City Council at-large seat, receiving the most votes, 6479, of the nine candidates.

City Council voted to place a lien on the former General Industries property in hopes of recouping some money if the property is ever sold.

Craig Bevan and Kim Ach of Stand Up Elyria turn signatures in today to Elyria Auditor Ted Pileski.

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Elyria – The first of the new light poles along Route 57 fell Saturday morning around 4 a.m. after a stole car crashed into it and brought it down.

The car was stolen from the Circle K on East Broad and Kipling after the owner ran inside the store, leaving the keys inside and the engine running. Moments later the owner saw the car leaving the area and called the Police.

A short time later Police received calls of a 3 car crash on Route 57 in the area of the Wal-Mart store. When Police arrived they found the pole down and the stolen car with heavy damage to the driver’s side. The driver had already fled the scene.

The pole landed, virtually intact, in the center of the median.

Lorain County Community College's Stocker Arts Center hosted a concert Tuesday by guitarists Richie McDonald, James Otto and Chuck Wicks.

Two suspected illegal aliens were taken off a Chicago-bound Greyhound bus at the bus stop on Third Street in Elyria.

Fire houses are being shut down, jobs are going up in smoke, and lives are being put at risk.

A relative of an 8-year-old girl who died after her brother accidentally shot her in the head pleaded guilty Thursday to having weapons under disability.

Authorities on Friday tentatively identified the decomposed body found in a field in Brownhelm Township this week as Johnathon Fernandez, a 19-year-old Florida man missing from his relatives' Elyria Township home since Sept.

A 44-year-old Elyria man was arrested in connection with the theft of several thousand dollars from the American Legion Post on North Lake Street.

One first-time candidate and a former City Council member are vying for the 1st Ward seat on Amherst City Council.

Tony' LaGrotteria Age: 56 Lives: Elyria Occupation: Shop manager for Murphy Brothers Auto Body Inc.