Precincts in Amherst, Elyria, South Amherst, Lorain and Carlisle Township were affected, some used paper ballots. →
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. →
UPDATE: As of around 11:30 a.m., power has been restored at the high school. Original story: Power is out at Amherst Steele High School after a truck knocked down a utility pole in front of the school. The initial power outage was reported around →
AMHERST — An Amherst junior high student was removed from school Wednesday after a staff member reported the student made a “hit list” of fellow students. According to a release from police, the student also allegedly “made →
ELYRIA — An Oberlin man has been indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide charges in connection with a January 2017 fatal crash in Amherst. Delucas Lucas, 39, was indicted on a third-degree felony count of aggravated vehicular homicide and →
AMHERST — The Amherst Police Department’s phone lines were down for a time this afternoon but have been repaired, according to an alert sent out by the department. During the outage, dispatchers accepted text messages for non- →
Amherst police are looking for information on a Lorain woman who was reported missing on Saturday. Police don’t believe anything bad has happened to Jessica Marie Collingsworth, and it appears she may have gone out of state without telling →
AMHERST — Amherst police will host a blood drive 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst in honor of Officer Gene “JR” Ptacek. The drive, held in conjunction with LifeShare Community Blood Services, →
OBERLIN — A 19-year-old resident is facing drug and weapons charges after his arrest June 7, according to a police report. →
AMHERST — When word started to spread through Amherst that one of the town’s own had been shot while on duty, parents knew they had to do something. Amherst police Officer Eugene Ptacek was shot while on duty with the Lorain County SWAT →
