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- St. Rocco festival opens today in Cleveland
St. Rocco Church, 3205 Fulton Road, Cleveland. Annual festival with games, rides, food and casino.
- Elyria bar owners talk safety with police
Elyria bar owners vow to do a better job of policing patrons and keeping out underage drinkers, and the Elyria police vow to work with local establishments to squash criminal activity in and around bars in accordance with an information agreement set up this week.
- Judge tosses Elyria firefighter demotions
Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi ruled Wednesday in favor of nine Elyria firefighters who argued they were wrongly demoted in October 2009 because the demotions were based on seniority level in the department instead of seniority within the rank.
- Funeral plans set after murder-suicide
Funeral plans have been made for Michael and Mary Rothgery, who police found after a murder-suicide at their Bay Village home.
- Virginia K. Moore
Virginia K. Moore Virginia K. Moore, 97, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at Med Central Hospital in Mansfield.
- Amherst man gets probation for loan scheme
An Amherst man avoided prison Tuesday when he was sentenced to five years of probation for his role in a scheme to defraud banks who made loans to homebuyers who had no intention of liv-ing in the properties they purchased.
- PETA leader seeks criminal charges against bear owner
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has kept an extensive file on exotic animal owner Sam Mazzola and urged the county sheriff and prosecutor to charge the Columbia Township man with reckless homicide in the fatal Aug.
- Chad Everett Earl
Chad Everett Earl Chad Everett Earl, 39, of Lorain, passed away at the Cleveland Clinic surrounded by his family.
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- Josephine Theresa Dumke
The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.
- Out with red brick: Panel OKs design review changes
Design review in Elyria is not going away, but red brick is being given a fond farewell.
- 2 men critical after crash
Two men pulled from a car that struck a utility pole on Cleveland Street early Sunday were listed in critical condition Monday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.
- Rothgerys' deaths ruled murder-suicide
" The death of a former Elyria man, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday, and his wife, who was found dead inside the couple's Bay Village home, has been ruled homicide-suicide, according to Cuyahoga County Corner's spokesman Powell Caesar.
- Two injured in high-speed Elyria crash
A car speeding down Cleveland Street in the early hours of Sunday led to a spectacular crash and a lengthy extrication that sent two men by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, according to the Elyria Fire Department The crash happened around 3 a.m. The men in the car were not identified Sunday night, but they had been flown to ...
- Officials, teachers exult in new EHS
Nearly five years ago, Superintendent Paul Rigda stood inside the dark, old auditorium at Elyria High School and introduced himself as the new leader of the district.
- Couple found dead in Bay
A former Elyria man was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound outside of his Russell Road home Saturday, and his wife was found dead inside the home, according to police.
- Rally kicks off campaign to pass 1.8-mill levy for LCCC
Dignitaries spoke one after another at a rally Friday about the importance of a 1.8-mill replacement levy for Lorain County Community College that will go before voters in November.
- Ads in governor's race flooding airwaves
It's been a busy day in the TV ad war in the Ohio governor's race, with four ads reportedly now airing or soon to air -- three from Gov.
- Teen involved in NaJia Boone case picked up after drive-by
ELYRIA a ' An Elyria man on probation for a gun charge stemming from the death of his 8-year-old cousin last year was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly participating in a drive-by shooting.
City DescriptionElyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 55,953. The city is named for its founder, Heman Ely . The city is home to Lorain County Community College.
Elyria was founded in 1817 by Heman Ely, who built a log house, dam, gristmill, and sawmill on the site. Ely began to build more houses to accommodate immigrating settlers. By the time Ely died in 1852, Elyria had 5 churches, 3 grocery stores, 3 flour mills, a newspaper, and a population of more than 1,500. As the 1900s arrived, Elyria was a small town of about 8,000. In 1908, Elyria Memorial Hospital was built and has since evolved into an award-winning regional healthcare system. In August 1967, at the peak of Elyria's population, Midway Mall was opened and changed the face of the local economy as local businesses either moved into the mall or closed down. In the August of 1975, interracial tensions between blacks and whites erupted in a riot that resulted in broad vandalism and burnt buildings and shops particularly in the southern and western portions of the ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Lorain County Courthouse
- Lorain County Community College
- Ohio Institute of Health Careers-Sheffield Village
Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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