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After months of renovations, Union Town Provisions set to open

Published on Feb. 14, 2019 | Updated 8:57 a. m.

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 →

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Lorain Schools CEO declines joint meeting

Published on Feb. 14, 2019 | Updated 6:19 a. m.

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 →

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Lorain mayor, wife have new baby daughter

Published on Feb. 12, 2019 | Updated 12:41 p. m.

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 →

Cops and Courts

Lorain police seek public's help in solving two shootings

Published on Feb. 12, 2019 | Updated 9:10 a. m.

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 →

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4 hurt in 2 Lorain shootings

Published on Feb. 10, 2019

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 →

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Organizer hopes people learn at Black History Month pop-up shop

Published on Feb. 10, 2019 | Updated 1:27 a. m.

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 →

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Elections

Lorain councilmen Arroyo, Faga aren't seeking re-election

Published on Feb. 7, 2019 | Updated 2:27 p. m.

This story has been edited to reflect the following corrections: Angel Arroyo represents the sixth ward on council. Rey Carrion and Javier Espitia are running for the seat he is vacating. Joel Gleason and Cory Shawver are running as Democrats for →

Cops and Courts

Lorain residence raided by police following three Avon overdoses

Published on Feb. 7, 2019 | Updated 8:01 a. m.

LORAIN — Police and federal agents on Tuesday raided a building in the 1600 block of East 33rd Street following a joint investigation into three drug overdoses in Avon in the span of 36 hours between Jan. 31 and Friday. A federal search →

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Lorain councilman Dennis Flores battling code issues at his home

Published on Feb. 7, 2019 | Updated 7:48 a. m.

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 →