Lorain County News

ELYRIA - Lorain County Community College awarded 1,362 degrees Saturday - the most in the school's 50-year history, said LCCC President Roy Church during the college's commencement.

Mary Pajak was named Avon Lake's 2013 Citizen of the Year for her significant involvement in, and dedication to, the community.

The resting place of dozens of Avon Lake's forefathers as well as numerous veterans will be dedicated as an Avon Lake Historic Landmark on May 19 at 1 p.m. at Lake Shore Cemetery The city's only cemetery is on the north side of Lake Road near the SR 83 intersection near Veterans Park.

Essie "Chee-Chee" Johnson , 63, of Elyria, passed away unexpectedly at her home Monday, May 13, 2013.

The Rural Lorain County Water Authority board's use of secret ballots in a vote Wednesday to remove Mark McConnell from the board violated Ohio's Sunshine Laws, according to an open meetings expert and a 2011 opinion issued by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

Lorain County law enforcement officers gathered in Ely Square in downtown Elyria on Thursday at the Police Memorial Service to remember the county's fallen officers.

In a secret vote, the Rural Lorain County Water Authority board voted 17 to 9 Wednesday night to remove Pittsfield Township representative Mark McConnell after four other board members brought charges that McConnell had tried to get some members removed from the board.McConnell, who remains a Pittsfield Township trustee, said afterwards he was ... (more)

The man who shot himself in the chest with a shotgun outside the Lorain County Jail on Saturday was a U.S. Postal Police officer who was distraught over his wife's illness, according to county sheriff's deputies.

The Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership lists local garlic mustard pulls. Most have occurred, but some opportunities remain.

Former Lorain County Community Action Agency Director Robert Gilchrist pleaded guilty Monday to four felony counts of illegal voting, but those charges will be dropped if he completes a year-long diversion program.

Betty Danna , beloved mother of Joni and mother-in-law of Jim Marra, died peacefully on May 10, 2013 at the age of 90 at her home in Avon Lake.

A Lorain County Jail inmate allegedly beaten by a corrections officer last year was sentenced Monday to three years of probation in an unrelated robbery case.

ELYRIA - The victim of an apparent suicide around 3 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Lorain County Sheriff's Office has been identified. Allan Joseph, 62, no address given, died of a shotgun blast to the upper torso, according to Dr.

Avon and Avon Lake provided polar opposite turnouts in last week's Primary Election May 7. Avon Lake's hotly contested Issue 10 , a 10-year 8.28-mill levy resulted in the highest percentage of voters in Lorain County for the election.

It's not very often that a prominent women's organization pulls a man into its sphere to serve as keynote speaker for an important dinner.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

Not a lot of cars turned out for the third Saturday of Lorain County Speedway's season.

ELYRIA - A man drove to the Lorain County Sheriff's office Saturday afternoon, parked in the parking lot near the jail's sally port and shot himself.The man, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, died at the jail, according to Lorain County Chief Deputy Coroner Frank Miller.

Samuel Brady became an Eagle Scout Saturday. That's an achievement in its own right, but it is all the more remarkable because he followed a trail that his three older brothers have blazed since 2004.