Medina County man charged in overdose death
ELYRIA — A Liverpool Township man is facing involuntary manslaughter and other charges stemming from a fatal overdose at a North Ridgeville hotel earlier this year. Kevin Dentz, 34, also is charged...
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Lorain County coroner: We lost the War on Drugs
AVON LAKE — Nancy Krasienko knows the agony that comes with watching a loved one spiral out of control as heroin addiction consumes them. The Lorain resident watched her daughter Megan Wheeler go from...
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Survivors talk heroin at Wellington town hall meeting
WELLINGTON — Tears welled in the eyes of Wellington Schools Superintendent Dennis Mock while describing losing his nephew to a drug overdose to a crowd gathered to learn about the dangers of heroin...
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Mother shares pain of son’s drug death
ELYRIA — Kerri Johnson clung tightly to a framed photo of her son, Ryan, and watched the crowd with trepidation. Will they listen to what she had to say or make comments to their friends as the gravity...
View ArticleForum discusses drug dangers, increase in overdoses
ELYRIA — Drug overdoses aren’t diminishing, and the heroin epidemic is something the community cannot arrest its way out of. Presenters at a sparsely attended community forum Wednesday at the Elyria...
View ArticlePair arrested after car, foot pursuit
ELYRIA — Two men were taken into custody after a car chase and brief foot pursuit involving police Tuesday morning. Elyria police Capt. Chris Costantino said shortly before 8 a.m. an officer saw a Ford...
View ArticleUkraine releases documents showing attempts at foreign influence of Trump...
MOSCOW — Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin party were released on Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump's campaign chairman.
View ArticleGOP slams Obama after explanation of $400M payment to Iran
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is facing a storm of Republican criticism after acknowledging that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of...
View ArticleInvestigators search new area of Indian Ocean for missing Malaysian plane
CANBERRA, Australia — Experts hunting for the missing Malaysian airliner are attempting to define a new search area by studying where in the Indian Ocean the first piece of wreckage recovered from the...
View ArticleTrump concedes some painful remarks, expresses regrets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a highly uncharacteristic move aimed at resetting his struggling campaign, Donald Trump has said for the first time that he regrets some of the caustic comments he's made that may...
View Article10 things to know, Friday, Aug. 19
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
View ArticleFive indicted on federal drug charges
ELYRIA — Five drug dealers who police say sold heroin mixed with fentanyl that resulted in overdoses in Elyria and Lorain have been indicted in federal court.
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-If nothing else, Donald Trump keeps people on their toes. Did you ever think you’d hear these words come out of his mouth?
View ArticleLorain school board holds retreat, sans one
HURON — The Lorain school board has been plagued with infighting and lawsuits, but many on the board are hoping that a retreat Thursday will improve their communication with each other.
View ArticleHigh school football 2016: Firelands wants to continue winning ways following...
HENRIETTA TWP. — Firelands most certainly does not want history to repeat itself.
View ArticleLocation announced for tonight's OVI checkpoint
ELYRIA — During a news conference this morning, the Ohio State Highway Patrol Elyria Post and the Lorain County Safe Community Coalition announced the location of an OVI checkpoint starting at 8 p.m....
View ArticleIndians notes: Salazar looks shaky without minor-league rehab start
CLEVELAND -- Right-hander Danny Salazar looked as though he could have used a minor-league rehab appearance prior to his first start off the disabled list Thursday night.
View ArticleIndians 3, Blue Jays 2: Naquin inside-the-park HR gives Tribe walk-off win
CLEVELAND -- Team resiliency was at it again Friday night at Progressive Field.
View ArticleElyria High students to get busing option
ELYRIA — High school students will have the option of bus transportation with a new initiative from First Student, the Elyria Schools’ bus contractor.
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