LORAIN — Some are calling for Mayor Chase Ritenauer to be the chairman of the Academic Distress Commission. The position, left vacant after Tony Richardson’s resignation Jan. 21, is state-appointed. A petition, backed by state Rep. Joe →
LORAIN — Police charged an Elyria man Wednesday with making threats on his Facebook page to shoot Lorain schoolchildren, leading to an increased police presence in city schools. Brandon Green, 35, of Elyria, was arrested on an outstanding →
LORAIN — As many as 98 percent of district teachers do not have confidence in the CEO. According to information presented by Lorain Education Association President Jay Pickering to the school board Tuesday, at least 323 teachers do not trust →
LORAIN — Council is calling on the school district’s factions to work together via a resolution passed Monday night. It asks the district CEO David Hardy and the Board of Education to work together and “immediately cease all acts →
LORAIN — Union Town Provisions, owned by Tim Scholl and Shawn Grieves, opened Wednesday after months of work to bring the 130-year-old building up to shape. While the new cafe was originally slated to open mid-January, it welcomed an eager →
LORAIN — School district CEO David Hardy will not attend a joint meeting of the district’s Academic Distress Commission, School Board and Mayor. Less than four hours after Mayor Chase Ritenauer sent out a letter scheduling the Feb. 26 →
LORAIN — Mayor Chase Ritenauer and his wife, Lisa, welcomed their daughter — and years to come of sleepless nights — earlier this month. Quinn Addison Ritenauer was born Feb. 4, weighing in at a light 5 pounds, 1.5 ounces →
LORAIN — Police are asking for the public’s assistance in two separate shootings over the weekend in which four people were injured. At 10:03 p.m. Friday, Lorain police received 911 calls reporting a shooting in the 1300 block of West →
LORAIN — Police responded to two separate shootings that left four people injured Friday night and Saturday morning. On the west side, two men were shot about 10 p.m. Friday. They were found in a front yard in the 1300 block of West 17th →
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 →