Lorain County News

LORAIN - Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will said no charges are being leveled against Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery's Board of Trustees, which the Ohio Department of Commerce found in violation of the board's bylaws.

Robert C. Gatton, 76, of Grafton, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at his home, following a long illness.

The first non-member of Avon City Council has announced his intention to run for elective office in the city.

No wrongdoing has been found by Sheffield Middle School staff in the March 23 suicide of a 14-year-old student whose friends and aunt said he'd been bullied.

A Pennsylvania man and a woman were charged with possession and aggravated trafficking in cocaine after State Highway Patrol troopers seized 8 ounces of cocaine during a traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike.

Three children whose family was involved with Lorain County Children Services were placed in a home with a convicted sex offender, according to Lorain County Common Pleas Court documents.

Getting books from the doctor will soon be a routine part of regular pediatric checkups at Lorain County Health & Dentistry , as doctors and nurses welcome the Reach Out and Read program to the practice .

Margaret J. Borchert , 83, of Eaton Township, passed away at her residence Monday, June 17, 2013.

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

Kenneth M. Rea, 95, formerly of Parma, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Wesleyan Village in Elyria.

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

But some families are dealt a harsher hand than others with cancer striking multiple family members, making for a sad family narrative.

Lorain County Health and Dentistry is moving ahead with its plan to place a medical facility at Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority's Wilkes Villa.

Lorain County will have its first-ever Division VII high school football team in the fall as Open Door was officially listed among the eligible schools in an Ohio High School Athletic Association release Thursday afternoon.

In support of Special Olympics, members of the North Ridgeville Police Department are coordinating with other local law enforcement agencies to participate in the seventh annual Ohio Law Enforcement Torch Run in Lorain County on June 24. More than 2,000 officers will run or bike in one of six main locations or one of several satellite community ... (more)

It expires at 12:45 a.m. 12:00 a.m. - Tornado warnings across our view area have all expired.

Areas included are Sheffield Lake, Avon Lake, North Ridgeville, Sheffield and Avon, and well as Cleveland and most west side suburbs.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for eastern areas of Lorain County, particularly near the lakefront.

More than 20 protestors and their dogs marched near City Hall and the police station June 12 protesting this week's shooting deaths of five kittens by one of the city's part-time humane officers.

LCCC offering new counseling certificate Lorain County Community College will offer a new short-term addiction counseling certificate beginning fall semester 2013.