Amherst News

AVON - Last season, Amherst graduate and Lorain native Antone DeJesus came to All Pro Freight Stadium in a slump.

Joan M. Bailey , 93, of Amherst , passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

AMHERST - A recent crackdown on drugs led to several drug-related arrests, including some at Amherst Junior High School and Nord Middle School.On Friday, a 13-year-old student was arrested for allegedly selling drugs to other students in the building.Vice Principal Rhonda Neuhoff contacted police at 11:45 a.m. Friday after she learned that a ... (more)

An enlarged version of this painting, "Reflections" by artist Lee Teter, will join a mural on the side of a building in downtown Amherst that depicts the Iwo Jima flag-raising during World War II.

Douglas Maldwyn Richards, Jr., 62, of Elyria, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 6, 2013, at Palm Crest Nursing Home in Elyria.

Voters head to the polls today for a primary election that will decide which partisan candidates make it to the general election in the fall and whether they want to approve a string of levies.

LORAIN - Homeowners will receive $3.50 credit on their next utility bill because of garbage collection interruptions last month.Mayor Chase Ritenauer told City Council members at their Monday meeting that he "pushed and pushed" for a $5 credit from Republic Services, Lorain's garbage collector, but believed $3.50 was fair.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

ELYRIA - It starts gradually at first, so gradually that most people miss the signs.But there are almost always signs.They are signs of verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse of both males and femalesIt isn't just aimed at adults, it happens to teens as well, according to Todd Walts, president and CEO of Campus Impact in Amherst.Campus ... (more)

LORAIN - Deaf and severely hearing impaired students at General Johnnie Wilson Middle School use sign language to give Sawyer commands, but don't need it to communicate their appreciation for the certified therapy dog.Sawyer was greeted with smiles Wednesday in teacher Jane Lewis' classroom.Hugs and "high tens" - in which Sawyer stood on his ... (more)

SOUTH AMHERST - State troopers and units from the South Amherst Fire Department were investigating reports of a late-night collision between a vehicle and a horse on Quarry Road.The Elyria post of the Ohio Highway Patrol received a call of a car striking a horse in the roadway about 10:15 p.m., according to a dispatcher.The crash was said to have ... (more)

Virginia "Ginny" Buchs, 88, of Henrietta Township, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Mill Manor Nursing Home in Vermilion, surrounded by her family.

Betty L. Kurish , 90, of Amherst, passed away Friday, May 3, 2013, at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Lorain, following a brief illness.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

Laura Perkovic testified in a deposition last month that she never told Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge that her neurologist ex-husband told her the 2004 death of Riley Smath was "cold-blooded murder." Burge has insisted that Perkovic conveyed the opinion of Dr.

Andrew M. Kaya, 97, of Lorain, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Mill Manor Care Center in Vermilion while surrounded by his family.

Esther Mayabelle Conrad, 91, left this world Monday, April 22, 2013, following a brief illness.

Ten area residents have been chosen to receive the 10th annual Outstanding Service Awards by Owens Community College's Alumni Association for tremendous contributions to Northwest Ohio's surrounding communities.

Ethel Lupe , 94, and a resident of South Amherst, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 at her home, following a long illness.

LORAIN - Joel Miller, a court security officer at Lorain Municipal Court, was arrested in March on a misdemeanor criminal trespass charge for allegedly entering his estranged wife's Lorain home without permission.Miller, a retired Lorain police officer, was asked to take about two weeks off after the incident but has since returned to work, his ... (more)