Driver faces charges after pedestrians struck at Mercy
LORAIN — Charges were filed against an elderly woman Wednesday who police said drove onto a sidewalk and struck a pedestrian and multiple vehicles Tuesday at Mercy Regional Medical Center. BRUCE...
View ArticleUPDATE: Lorain police believe missing toddler wasn’t outdoors, possibly...
LORAIN – Police said a child who went missing last night was most likely released by an unknown person prior to being found early this morning. Lana Lowther went missing Wednesday night from her home...
View ArticleUPDATE: Sister of missing child saw someone grab child (Audio | Video)
LORAIN – Police said a child who went missing last night most likely was released by an unknown person prior to being found early this morning. Lana Lowther, 2, went missing from her home in the 200...
View ArticleFormer teacher receives five years in prison on child porn charges
A foot fetish led to a former Oberlin Schools elementary school teacher receiving nearly five years in prison on a federal child pornography charge during a sentencing hearing Thursday. In a sentencing...
View ArticleLorain police: Girl possibly abducted
LORAIN — Police are working to solve the mystery of how little Lana Lowther left her Lorain home Wednesday night, what happened during the 2-year-old girl’s four-hour absence and if the toddler was...
View ArticleStrupe shooting mastermind Martin seeks new trial based on Belfiore’s failed...
ELYRIA — The man convicted of ordering the shooting of Davion Strupe in July 2014 has asked a judge to grant him a new trial, arguing that the results of a failed lie detector test taken by the shooter...
View ArticleSheffield Lake man pleads guilty of running mansion meth lab
Madhu Dutta ELYRIA — A Sheffield Lake man who had been constructing a methamphetamine lab in an East Lake Road home once valued at $1.1 million has pleaded guilty. Maduh Dutta, 53, entered pleas to...
View ArticleThree juveniles arrested for series of North Ridgeville car break-ins
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Three juveniles have been arrested in connection with a series of weekend car break-ins. North Ridgeville Police announced on their Facebook page that stolen property has been...
View ArticleAccused Kalamazoo spree shooter due in court today
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Authorities trying to piece together an hours-long weekend rampage that left six people dead in western Michigan said they are looking into a report that the suspect picked up at...
View ArticleAnimal activists rally for maximum sentence for Lorain man accused of...
LORAIN — People rallied outside Lorain Municipal Court on Monday, calling for the maximum penalty for a man accused of shooting and killing a dog over money lost during a card game. Ricardo Johnson,...
View ArticleState appeals Burge decision
ELYRIA — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office has appealed a trial judge’s decision to reduce some of the charges of which former Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge was convicted from...
View ArticleLorain man arrested, charged with felonious assault
LORAIN — A 25-year-old Lorain man has been arrested and charged with felonious assault after a shooting Saturday. According to police, Darius Cannon shot 33-year-old Joshua Hunt of South Euclid in the...
View ArticleWoman injured after being hit by a train
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A woman was injured after running in front of a train at the Maddock Road crossing around 2 a.m. this morning. Police Capt. Marti Garrow said the conductor of a westbound Norfolk...
View ArticleEmergence of details only deepen Kalamazoo shootings
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — As details emerge about the night authorities say Jason Dalton has admitted gunning down six randomly chosen victims in and around Kalamazoo — attacks apparently carried out over...
View ArticleLorain schools on lockdown after girls approached by man this morning
Lorain Schools are on lockdown as Lorain Police look for a white male that approached three school-aged girls Thursday morning. Police Sgt. Buddy Sivert said officers are still taking reports and...
View ArticleMan who shot Colorado deputies was angry over corrupt lenders, police...
BAILEY, Colo. — Martin Wirth spent recent years fuming over police brutality and corrupt mortgage companies, fueled by his own run-ins with the law and a yearslong battle to salvage his two-story home...
View ArticleSuspect tries to abduct Elyria girl; similar Lorain incidents may be connected
ELYRIA – A 10-year-old girl escaped an attempted abduction at her Furnace Street home early this morning, police said. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLEElyria police and the FBI investigate an attempted abduction...
View ArticleWould-be kidnappings in Elyria, Lorain
Jon Wysochanski, Lisa Roberson and Katie Nix The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — At 3:45 a.m. Thursday, Elyria police received a frantic call from a father with a terrifying story: A man had reached into...
View ArticleAnother church theft — this one in North Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — For the second time in less than a week, thieves broke into an area church and stole money. The latest theft occurred at First Congregational United Church of Christ on Center Ridge...
View ArticleLorain woman takes deal in fatal stabbing; could be released from prison early
ELYRIA — A Lorain woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend in the chest pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence charges. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLEAnna Carter faces...
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