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Court candidates state cases at CHIP event
LORAIN — Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will and his challenger in the Democratic primary did something rare in a debate at the Coalition for Hispanic/Latino Issues and Progress candidates night on...
View ArticleCharge dropped against corrections guard after victim doesn’t show up for court
ELYRIA — A misdemeanor assault charge against a former Lorain Correctional Institution guard who used pepper spray against an inmate was dismissed Thursday because the victim didn’t show up for trial...
View ArticleTexas investigation into Manziel completed; domestic violence case headed to...
DALLAS — Dallas police said Thursday they have referred their domestic violence case against Johnny Manziel to a grand jury, which will consider whether to charge the troubled Cleveland Browns...
View ArticleKansas gunman kills three, wounds 14 before dying in shootout with police
HESSTON, Kan. — A gunman armed with an “assault-style” weapon drove through a south-central Kansas town, taking shots at people, before storming the factory where he worked. Authorities said he killed...
View ArticleSearch still on for girls’ attacker
ELYRIA — Police in Lorain and Elyria continue to look for a man who boldly attempted to abduct several children Thursday morning and they are asking the public to report anything, no matter how small...
View ArticleNew report about man behaving strangely in Lorain
LORAIN — A 15-year-old Lorain girl told police that she looked out her window while she was getting ready for school Thursday morning and saw a man standing in her driveway, according to a police...
View ArticlePeruvian drug cop struggles to recover from shooting as cocaine flow...
TALAVERA, Peru — Johnny Vega rarely carried his 9-mm pistol when he wasn’t on duty. He wishes he had that day. The narcotics cop was chatting with a friend on a park bench, the Andean sun burning the...
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Lorain eyes cost cuts by moving to county dispatch
LORAIN — Shots were fired in regards to police staffing issues at a hearing of the Lorain City Council’s Finance and Claims Committee on Monday night. The matter of Lorain’s police dispatching was...
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Court denies Lorain killer’s appeal
A federal appeals court has refused to give convicted killer Alfred Cleveland permission to appeal a lower court ruling that denied him a new trial for the 1991 slaying of Marsha Blakely in Lorain. In...
View ArticleJudge rules Westlake can find secondary water source
CLEVELAND — A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court judge ruled Monday that Westlake can enter into a contract with a secondary water supplier because it has no contractual obligation to remain with...
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Man pleads guilty in series of bank robberies
A Brunswick man suspected of robbing four banks in Medina and Lorain counties pleaded guilty to several burglary and robbery counts Monday in Medina County Common Pleas Court. Larry Gore Jr. Larry Gore...
View ArticleLorain police: Sunday abduction attempt unrelated to ones last week
LORAIN — Police said the attempted abduction of a 21-year-old woman early Sunday at Meister Road and Pole Avenue was not related to a recent string of attempted juvenile abductions. According to a...
View ArticleVirginia man to plead guilty to two murders, avoid death penalty
RICHMOND, Va. — Two remarkably similar murder cases that amplified concerns about campus safety are expected to end when a Virginia man enters a plea deal that will spare him a possible death sentence....
View ArticleDepleted Supreme Court to address abortion in case over Texas law
WASHINGTON — The abortion debate is returning to the Supreme Court in the midst of a raucous presidential campaign and less than three weeks after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. The justices are...
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So a pig walks into a business…
SUBMITTED PHOTOThis pig was found on Center Ridge Road in Westlake on Tuesday. WESTLAKE — A Center Ridge Road business owner encountered a pig in the city Tuesday, according to a release from Westlake...
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Keystone student in trouble for `joke’
LAGRANGE – A high school student who made a threatening joke at a lunch table Wednesday afternoon is in hot water with school and police officials. Franco Gallo Keystone Schools Superintendent Franco...
View ArticleMachete-wielding man in wheelchair indicted for store robbery
ELYRIA – A man riding in a wheelchair and armed with a machete when he allegedly robbed a Lake Avenue store has been indicted on aggravated robbery and criminal trespassing charges. Graham Ley, 34,...
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Srinivasan could be first Indian-American on U.S. Supreme Court
EDITOR’S NOTE: First in a series of profiles of potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sri Srinivasan, a federal appeals judge...
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Lorain man arrested following shooting that wounded 6-year-old girl
Shawndell Partin LORAIN — An East 42nd Street man is in custody after a fight escalated into gunfire, wounding a 6-year-old girl. Around 6:49 p.m. Monday, Lorain police were called to a fight in...
View ArticleJoint operation between Lorain, Elyria police yield arrests
ELYRIA — Narcotics detectives from Lorain and Elyria police searched multiple homes and arrested multiple people in a series of raids around 7 a.m. today. According to a statement from the city of...
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