Lorain County fire departments responded to a series of unrelated fire incidents Sunday, June 8, including a building fire at the former US Steel property and a propane tank explosion in Amherst. Emergency crews from multiple jurisdictions were dispatched throughout the day as reports came in from across the region. Continue Reading

Image credit: Danielle Herron Amherst, Ohio – June 8, 2025 Traffic is currently slowed on State Route 2 eastbound late Sunday afternoon following a vehicle fire between Oak Point Road and State Route 58. The incident occurred shortly around 7 p.m., with emergency crews from Amherst Police and Fire responding swiftly to Continue Reading

Lorain County voters will be asked in November to consider a 0.25 percent sales tax increase that would provide permanent funding for the operations of the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on June 6 to begin the formal process required to place the measure on Continue Reading

More than 20 undocumented immigrants have been deported from Lorain County since the beginning of 2025, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. The removals followed a series of arrests connected to labor, drug, and sex trafficking cases investigated by local authorities. The figures were shared publicly during a county Continue Reading

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — A Lorain man who led law enforcement on a nine-hour manhunt in March has been indicted by a Lorain County grand jury on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. James Douglas Meadows, 37, was indicted on May 30 on charges that include escape, tampering with evidence, assault Continue Reading

A Huron man was arrested on felony charges after law enforcement officials say he attempted to meet two individuals he believed were underage girls in exchange for contraband. Travis Brown, 39, was taken into custody in Monroeville by members of the HEAL Human Trafficking Task Force. Investigators allege Brown had Continue Reading

The Lorain County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on June 3, 2025, to approve a resolution stating that Lorain County is not, and has never been, a sanctuary county. The decision followed several days of public concern and media attention after the county was listed as a sanctuary jurisdiction by Continue Reading

Police in Elyria are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday evening during a large disturbance involving approximately 40 people. Officers were dispatched shortly before 9 p.m. after receiving reports of a physical fight taking place in a residential area. While responding, additional calls came in indicating that shots had been Continue Reading

LORAIN, OH — A preliminary report from the Lorain County Coroner indicates that 30-year-old Emily Simmons may have been the shooter in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide that left two people dead on Lorain’s west side. Police were called to a home in the 200 block of West Continue Reading

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