Terms of Use

Effective Date: August 19, 2026

Welcome to Lorain Daily. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of loraindaily.com (the “Website”) and the content, features, and services provided through the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the Website.

1. About Lorain Daily

Lorain Daily is a local news and information publication covering Lorain, Ohio, Lorain County, and surrounding communities. We publish original reporting, breaking news, public safety information, community news, government coverage, photographs, video, and other locally relevant content.

Questions regarding Lorain Daily or these Terms may be directed to:

Lorain Daily
Email: erik@loraindaily.com
Website: loraindaily.com

2. News and Editorial Content

Lorain Daily strives to publish accurate, timely, and responsibly sourced information.

News reports may rely on information provided by government agencies, law enforcement agencies, courts, public records, public officials, businesses, witnesses, interviews, press releases, publicly available materials, and Lorain Daily’s own reporting.

Breaking news situations can develop rapidly. Information available when an article is initially published may later change or be supplemented by additional information. Lorain Daily may update, correct, clarify, or remove content when appropriate.

3. Corrections

Lorain Daily is committed to correcting material factual errors when they are identified.

Readers who believe an article contains a factual error may contact us at erik@loraindaily.com with the article in question and an explanation of the requested correction.

Correction requests will be reviewed, but submitting a request does not guarantee that content will be changed or removed.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, original articles, photographs, graphics, videos, logos, designs, and other original materials published by Lorain Daily are owned by Lorain Daily or used with permission.

Content may not be copied, republished, reproduced, distributed, sold, modified, or commercially exploited without authorization except as permitted by applicable law.

You may share links to Lorain Daily articles through social media, email, messaging services, and other platforms.

Third-party photographs, documents, trademarks, or other materials remain the property of their respective owners.

5. Syndication and Distribution

Lorain Daily may authorize third-party publishing and distribution partners to reproduce, display, adapt, format, summarize, promote, archive, syndicate, and distribute Lorain Daily content in accordance with the applicable agreements between Lorain Daily and those partners.Lorain Daily may distribute, license, syndicate, or otherwise make its content available through third-party platforms, news aggregators, social networks, search engines, content-distribution services, newsletters, applications, and other publishing partners.

This may include allowing authorized partners to reproduce, display, format, summarize, promote, archive, or distribute Lorain Daily content according to agreements between Lorain Daily and those partners.

6. User Conduct

When interacting with Lorain Daily or its Website, users may not:

Use the Website for unlawful purposes.
Attempt to interfere with the operation or security of the Website.
Introduce malicious software, viruses, or harmful code.
Attempt unauthorized access to the Website or related systems.
Use automated systems to substantially reproduce or commercially exploit Lorain Daily content without permission.
Violate the intellectual property, privacy, or other legal rights of Lorain Daily or another person.

7. Third-Party Links and Services

Lorain Daily articles and pages may contain links to third-party websites, government agencies, businesses, social media platforms, advertisers, or other external services.

Lorain Daily does not control these third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, or policies.

A link to a third-party website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of that organization, product, service, or viewpoint.

8. Advertising and Sponsored Content

Lorain Daily may display advertisements, sponsorships, affiliate links, sponsored content, or other commercial material.

When appropriate, paid or sponsored editorial-style content will be identified so readers can distinguish commercial material from independent news coverage.

Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for claims made in their advertisements and promotional materials.

9. Public Records and Publicly Available Information

As a news organization, Lorain Daily may report information obtained from public records, court filings, law enforcement records, government databases, public meetings, official statements, and other lawful sources.

The appearance of a person’s name, photograph, allegation, charge, arrest, lawsuit, or other information in a news report does not necessarily indicate guilt or liability. Criminal defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

10. Copyright Concerns

Lorain Daily respects intellectual property rights.

If you believe material appearing on the Website infringes your copyright, please contact erik@loraindaily.com and provide sufficient information to identify the copyrighted work, the material you believe infringes it, your contact information, and the basis for your claim.

11. Disclaimer

Lorain Daily makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate and timely news and information. However, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Lorain Daily makes no warranties regarding the completeness, accuracy, availability, reliability, or suitability of information published on the Website.

Content published by Lorain Daily is provided for general news and informational purposes and should not be considered legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Lorain Daily and its owners, employees, contributors, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from access to, use of, or inability to use the Website or reliance upon information appearing on the Website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

13. Privacy

Use of the Website is also subject to Lorain Daily’s Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and disclosed when visitors use the Website.

14. Changes to These Terms

Lorain Daily may modify these Terms of Use from time to time.

Changes will become effective when the revised Terms are published on the Website. The effective date displayed at the top of this page will indicate when the Terms were most recently updated.

Continued use of the Website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

16. Contact

Questions, concerns, copyright notices, or correction requests regarding Lorain Daily may be directed to:

Lorain Daily
Email: erik@loraindaily.com
Website: loraindaily.com