ELYRIA — No members of the public stood up Monday during a public hearing before City Council to oppose or support The Clubhouse medical marijuana dispensary slated to open this year on Sugar Lane. Only Councilman Phil Tollett, D-4th Ward, →
AMHERST — After two rounds of voting from the Lorain County Democratic Central Committee on Sunday night, Sharon Sweda was chosen as the new Lorain County commissioner. Sweda received 57 of the 110 votes from committee members at Bricklayers →
GRAFTON — Andrew Westover sat in a chair near the entrance of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church as Chuck Rink, of LaGrange and a church member, used a cloth to make his shoes shine. “This is like a dream,” Westover, a →
ELYRIA — Imagine hospitals washing and sterilizing medical gloves to reuse. Or sharpening needles to use on one patient, and then another and another. It was the norm not that long ago. Yet, medical professionals today are often surprised to →
LORAIN — After the success of last year’s Black History Month pop-up shop, organizer Tamika Newsome knew she needed to expand the event. This year, local speakers joined the Lorain-centric vendors at 15400 Cooper Foster Park Road, to →
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Officers had an unexpected overnight visitor Friday, taking care of a resident’s dog after he was transported to a local hospital. Lt. Tony Lee, the nightshift supervisor, said the day shift had brought in their →
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — “Snowflake” went for it again. And he did it. Will “Snowflake” Rosa, of Vermilion, who once held the world-record high score in the 1983 arcade game Tapper, started his attempt at the world record →
ELYRIA — The six candidates looking to fill the open Lorain County Commissioner seat answered questions in a packed conference room Thursday evening. The Lorain and Elyria Democratic parties hosted the forum at the Courtyard by Marriott in →
There are currently 111 students in kindergarten through eighth grade at the school on Fourth Street. “We’d like it to be 130, and 150 would be awesome,” Principal Sharon Urig said Thursday. →
CARLISLE TWP. — Chapin Custom Molding, which manufactures plastics at its 80,000-square-foot facility on Oberlin-Elyria Road, is expanding its footprint and employment, its parent company announced. Its number of employees is expected to →
ELYRIA — A candidates night will be 6 p.m. tonight for those hoping to be appointed to the vacant seat on the Lorain County Board of Commissioners. The Elyria Democratic Party and the Lorain Democratic Party will host the event at the →
LORAIN — City Council members are not immune to the city’s housing court docket, with Dennis Flores, D-Ward 2, responding to a summons Wednesday involving his mother’s property on West 18th Street. Flores lives in the house →
The street has been closed since Tuesday, when chunks of the building's facade fell into the street below. →
VERMILION — Mayor Jim Forthofer signed in the immediate replacement ambulance service for Vermilion on Wednesday morning. The contract made LifeCare Ambulance Inc. of Elyria the provider for the city of Vermilion and Brownhelm Township, →