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The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of a missing swimmer who jumped off the Conneaut Lighthouse in Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, and never surfaced at about 8 p.m., July 27, 2010.

A Conneaut man, charged with trafficking 446 grams of marijuana, was one of numerous area residents indicted recently by an Ashtabula County grand jury, according to Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records.

Music, food and some sweet rides will be served up at the Lake Erie shoreline Saturday during DockFest 2010, sponsored by the Conneaut Port Authority.

City officials were encouraged to learn one of the town's ugliest, blighted properties has a date soon with the wrecking ball.

Depending upon the Web site and who is doing the talking, Ashtabula County has been the recipient of more than $34 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding since February 2009.

Betty Jean Emmett, age 84, of Plymouth Township, died Friday, July 23, 2010, peacefully at her home.

Donald Bowers, age 92, of Conneaut, Ohio, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at his home.

Patricia A. O'Connell, age 64, of Conneaut, died early Friday morning, July 16, 2010.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon ROBERT RICHCREEK, owner of a service station in Pierpont and a township trustee, is unhappy with Andover Bank's decision to close the branch up the street from his business.

Gale Sweeney Rosado, age 49, beloved wife of Ricky Rosado, died Friday, July 9, 2010, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Emergency personnel responded to a gas leak at a transmission building on the West Side early Sunday morning, according to witness accounts and a Conneaut firefighter.

Beverly J. Cox, age 66, of Madison, Ohio, formerly of Conneaut, died Thursday, July 8, 2010, at her home.

The FBI has stepped up its investigation into a Conneaut man who admitted trying to set fire to a church two months ago, officials said.

WATERVILLE, Maine - Edith Loveland, age 83, formerly of Bolton, England, and Ashtabula, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease at Lakewood Manor in Waterville, Maine.

Kenneth Neal Laveck, age 86, a resident of Lake Pointe Rehabilitation, died Wednesday, July 7, 2010.

Edward John Fiala, age 78, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at his home with his loving wife by his side.

Area residents are having mixed results dealing with the unrelenting heat and humidity that this week has brought to much of the eastern United States.

Nancy B. Shiley, age 87, of West Springfield, Pa., went home to be with her Lord on Monday, July 5, 2010, at St.