Lorain News

With clipboard in hand, Ben Schaefer worked his way Saturday afternoon down Oberlin Avenue, making sure residents there were registered to vote.

An off-duty firefighter, a good Samaritan and a young boy helped rescue five people, including a child, when an apartment building caught fire at East 31st Street and Broadway yesterday.

The proposed Cleveland Clinic facility that would be built near the future Nagel Road interchange at Interstate 90 is one step closer to reality.

A bus route running from Avon to Westlake is a subject of debate and could be cancelled altogether as part of a series of cost-cutting changes by Lorain County Transit.

The man DeAnna Pappas said she could never picture herself with is one of the two finalists on ABC's hit romantic reality series "The Bachelorette," which airs on Monday nights.

Sitting around, talking to neighbors, visiting with residents who had long since moved away and enjoying a cool breeze off of Lake Erie on a warm summer day - that was the first Sheffield Lake Community Days ...

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is reassessing the service it provides outside of Cuyahoga County as it grapples with a looming deficit.

Buses that travel into Lorain and Medina counties could be at risk. RTA's general manager plans to meet with county officials in the next few weeks to discuss financing for trips into Avon Lake and Brunswick.

The Lorain Parks & Recreation Department will be sponsoring a "Kids Night" at the Pipe Yard on Friday July 11th at 7:05 pm.

Prosecutors didn't like Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burges ruling last month ordering changes to the state's lethal injection protocols.

Now, theyre asking the 9th District Court of Appeals to overturn the judge's order, saying he overstepped his authority.

The Great Lakes Historical Society has been awarded an $18,000 grant to conduct an underwater survey of the site of the Battle of Lake Erie, a pivotal battle in the War of 1812.

One of the biggest fires in Elyria's history threatened its industrial core and nearby neighborhoods Thursday when the former General Industries building burned, leaving a shell stretching for nearly three city ...

A student pilot at Luke Air Force Base lost consciousness earlier this year, resulting in his death and the crash of his F-16C fighter, according to findings released Thursday by an Air Force accident investigation board.

At issue is the March 14 accident that claimed the life of 2nd Lt. David J. Mitchell, 26, a Surprise resident and Ohio native whose $22 million aircraft went down in western Arizona about three miles south of Alamo Lake.

A second high-ranking official in Lorain Mayor Anthony Krasienko's administration is leaving office. Chief Deputy Safety Service Director Richard Romero resigned his position yesterday, effective July 25.

During her first visit to Lorain County on Wednesday, Ohio first lady Frances Strickland said a key objective of her husband's administration is to try to put creativity and innovation ahead of the emphasis on ...

It's easy to forget the boat is floating down the Black River in Lorain and not a more exotic locale when scores of great blue herons swoop down from their tree-top nests.

The Lorain County Historical Society is a step closer to turning a piece of Elyria's history into its new historical center.

The Lake Erie shoreline in Lorain could have 64 new condominiums on it within the next few years.

A Lorain charter school plans to move into the former Lorain Catholic High School building by mid-August, but the project still needs city approval.

The Lorain's School Facilities Review Committee will make a recommendation to the Lorain Board of Education that it build three new elementary schools -- one in south Lorain, another in central Lorain and one on the city's west side.

An old plastics plant in Elyria has been gutted by an overnight fire. The former General Industries plant on Taylor Street in the southeast part of Elyria went up in flames about 2:00 a.m. Thursday.