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A 43-year-old man told police a man held a gun to his head just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday as he was walking on West Ninth Street near Lovett Place.

Lorain police and the Lorain County prosecutor are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrests in any of five unsolved homicides in the city since February.

A 20-year-old Lorain man who was hit by a car after getting off a bus Thursday afternoon was released from a Cleveland hospital Friday.

LORAIN a ' A 20-year-old man was transported to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland by helicopter Thursday afternoon after being hit by a car on Cooper Foster Park Road.

The South Shore Community Development Corp. board has offered to give the financially troubled St.

Lorain County has taken an economic beating in the last decade, according to the Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey, released Tuesday.

LORAIN a ' A Huron man involved in a car crash that killed 52-year-old Larry Durasin was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide Tuesday.

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LORAIN a ' Columbia Gas has arrived on the scene and the Lorain Fire Department has left a natural gas leak in South Lorain.

LORAIN a ' A 32-year-old Lorain man involved in a fight outside a Lorain bar early Sunday morning died, although officials aren't sure yet if his death is a result of the fight.

Marshals are asking for help to find Leonard Taylor, who is wanted in Lorain County on robbery and escape charges.

Local officials spent 90 minutes Tuesday on the Black River with state and federal officials pitching the idea of an international port for Lorain and testing the waters on funding.

Police were busy overnight as three armed robberies took place in less than two hours.

A 29-year-old clerk at Dairy Mart was robbed at gunpoint early Saturday morning, according to a police report.

An inmate at the Lorain County Jail was charged Tuesday with assaulting the facility's police dog by pounding on a door and taunting the dog.

LORAIN - Goodwill Industries of Lorain County - which has held job fairs assisting about 2,000 people - has set another fair for Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the agency's office at 1600 Broadway.The job fair is free and open to all job seekers, and a light lunch will be served to all participants, according to Sherwin Goldberg, a case ...

Lorain schools took another step toward getting some new schools Monday night as the Lorain City Board of Education approved a memorandum of understanding to move forward with the plan to build three new schools.

Medina and Lorain Counties have a limited supply of vaccine to be given to those in high risk groups.

A high-speed ferry from Lorain to Cleveland could be in place by next summer, bringing visitors to downtown festivals, baseball games and museums.

LORAIN, OH A 56-year-old man died Thursday morning in an apartment fire. The fire started around 4:30 a-m at 1758 Broadway at Kennedy Plaza in a four unit apartment building.

An early morning fire takes a life in Lorain. Capt. Dennis Livchak of the Lorain Fire Department says they were called to a blaze at a bungalow behind the Kennedy Plaza on Broadway Ave.

A man who was greeted on his 50th birthday by an elaborate lawn display, found half of it had been stolen by the following morning.

Khalid Samad, executive director of the community group Peace in the Hood, will be the keynote speaker at a summit Friday in Lorain on youth violence, crime and gangs.

There will be a rally and candlelight vigil today for the 62-year-old Lorain man found shot to death at his house Monday morning.

The Lorain County AIDS Task Force has moved its Lorain office to 221 East 21st St., Suite LL-1. It also has a new phone number, 233-1086. The nonprofit task force provides services to people living with and at risk for HIV infection.

BREAKING NEWS: Lorain Schools administrator facing termination for putting student in 'choking hold' Alicia Castelli LORAIN a ' An administrator with the Lorain Schools, whose personnel file shows more than a dozen years of good performance evaluations, is facing termination for getting physical with a student this past summer.

Police suspect alcohol played a role in Wednesday's car crash that killed a 52-year-old Lorain man.

Police had no suspects Tuesday in the slaying of a 62-year-old Packard Drive man who was gunned down inside his home early Monday.

BREAKING NEWS: One man killed, others hurt after accident Rona Proudfoot LORAIN a ' One man has died and at least one more person has been taken to the hospital after a three-car accident this afternoon in Lorain.

A Lorain man is shot in front of his young grandson and left to die with only the child at his side.

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A 62-year-old man was found fatally shot inside his Packard Drive home about 2 a.m. this morning.

Someday recreational athletes will be able to hop a trail at the mouth of the Black River in Lorain and run, walk, bike or rollerblade all the way to Kipton in southern Lorain County.

Twitter LORAIN, OH - The Lorain Police Department is asking residents to be on the lookout for a white Ford van that has been reportedly approaching children who are walking from home from school in the area of Lakeview Avenue.

Archive for September 30th, 2009 Obituaries for Sept. 30, 2009 Barbara A. Wallace Patricia Reed Adrian Francis Betleski Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/ Posted: September 30th, 2009 under Obituaries .

Fugitive Andres Arzola, 18, was arrested Tuesday morning after more than five months on the run.