Officials in Oberlin have a new tool to help ensure they are giving the residents what they need.
This tool is in the form of a 108-page binder holding the results of a recent phone poll, online survey, focus groups and individual interviews completed by the Impact Group, a public relations firm hired by the city to increase communication between the administration and the community.
Lorain police have confirmed that Emil J. Bayus was apprehended June 17 in Pensacola, Fla.
The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task force had named the Amherst man a Fugitive of the Week.
COLUMBUS, Ohio >> Ohio plans to train the undercover agents who investigate liquor, tobacco and food stamp violations to identify and help victims of human trafficking.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced Monday that the Ohio Investigative Unit has formed anti-regional human trafficking groups to help youths and adults who may be potential victims.
A new edifice is gracing the Avon Lake skyline.
Avon Lake Regional Water officials gathered June 19 to celebrate the raising of the bowl for their new water tower in the 33000 block of Walker Road.
Todd Danielson, chief utilities executive for Avon Lake Regional Water, said the raising of the bowl is a milestone toward the goal to modernize the city's utility service.
CINCINNATI >> An American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma has died in Ohio. Otto Warmbier was 22.
The family announced his death in a statement released by UC Health Systems, saying, "It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home.
NEW YORK >> The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame plans to expand - into the House of the Rising Sun.
The Cleveland-based museum has announced plans to create a permanent presence in Tokyo. A short-term exhibit will open in September.
Hall of Fame President and CEO Greg Harris says, "Japan is the second-largest music market in the world, making it the perfect place for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first international expansion.
Members of the Lorain Police Department, city officials and community members gathered June 19 to celebrate the opening of Lorain City Schools' Safety Town.
This will be the first class to graduate from the annual safety school in their new digs at Lorain High School, 2600 Ashland Ave.
Previously, the classes were held at the old Southview High School, located at 2270 E.
The city of Elyria has a new partnership with the Cleveland Restoration Society Heritage Home Program and Northwest Bank to offer free technical assistance and low interest loans to owners of homes 50 years or older in the West By The River Historic District, according to a media release from the city.
A convicted felon with violent tendencies from Watertown, Conn., was arrested in Amherst June 18 after an alarming Facebook Live video, according to a media release from Amherst police.
The Amherst Police Station was contacted by Watertown Connecticut Police Department about Stevie Martinez, the release said.
An Elyria man accused of stabbing a man and carjacking others was arrested June 17 in Elyria, according to Elyria police report.
Brandel Baylock, 24, of Vine Street, was charged with felonious assault and robbery following the incident around 11:40 p.m. in the area of Middle Avenue and Second Street, the report said.
CINCINNATI >> Jurors began deliberations Monday in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist after pulling him over for a missing front license plate.
The panel will reconvene Tuesday morning. The jurors were sequestered Monday evening after about three hours of deliberations.
COLUMBUS, Ohio >> Authorities on Monday asked for information about four former Ohio residents who may have moved to Alaska as part of their investigation into the unsolved slayings of eight family members last year.
Investigators said they're seeking details on personal or business interactions and conversations that people may have had with the four, who once lived near the victims in southern Ohio.
Ohio officials have taken to Twitter to express their condolences in the tragic death of U.S. Navy Fire Controlman First Class Gary Leo Rehm.
Rehm, 37, of Elyria and six other sailors died June 17 after a USS Fitzgerald destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan, according to a June 18 article from Associated Press.
A presentation from GPD Group showed schematics for a new elementary school in Amherst, on June 19.
Rodwell King, design manager, and Aaron Rodebaugh, project manager, of GPD Group in Akron, described how the project at the Harris Elementary site evolved at 393 S. Lake St. in Amherst.
Speaking with staff and citizens gave designers good direction toward meeting community expectations for the new building, King said.
Lorain's Safety Service Director Dan Given was hoping to have a yes or no vote on raising the sewer rates in the city by the end of the June 19 City Council meeting.
He'll have to wait a bit longer.
Lorain residents and employees of Lorain City Schools trickled and flocked to focus group meetings June 19 at Lorain High School.
Jim Hager of Las Vegas is president of Atlantic Research Partners of Chicago, the group responsible for conducting a nationwide search for a chief executive officer to run the district.
COLUMBUS >> The family of an Ohio woman who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Carolina outdoor recreational park.
The family of 18-year-old Lauren Seitz filed the federal lawsuit Monday in Columbus, Ohio, against the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lorain citizens looked back while gazing ahead toward hiring a chief executive officer to run the district.
They sifted through disappointments and challenges to discern qualities of a district leader.
The process happened because the newly appointed Lorain Academic Distress Commission
COLUMBUS >> A southwest Ohio airport has received mobile radar equipment to help with research on drones.
The Springfield News-Sun reports the equipment at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport came through state and federal grants.
An official with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton says the equipment will be used to test beyond line of sight operation of the unmanned aircraft.
WASHINGTON >> The Republican campaign to roll back former President Barack Obama's health care law is colliding with the opioid epidemic. Medicaid cutbacks would hit hard in states deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner, according to state data and concerned lawmakers in both parties.
