Amherst News

An empty section of lawn at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Lorain County played host Saturday to 98 empty chairs, each placed in honor of a local soldier who never came home.

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

Fighting fires and rescuing people in emergencies is no problem compared to the latest feat by members of the Farmington Hills Fire Department who endured the gruelling Tough Mudder course - for a good cause.

Oldsmobile long had a reputation for building quality cars that did little to move the excitement meter.

Tuesday, May 8 2:48 p.m. - 2200 block Fairless Drive, a clerk at Dollar General said two men entered the store and tried to steal items.

Prescription drug abuse is skyrocketing, and EMH Healthcare is taking steps to ensure its three emergency rooms in Elyria, Avon and Amherst are not an easy stop for painkillers, officials said Friday.It has posted new signs warning patients that the hospital is checking the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System before prescribing drugs to prevent ... (more)

ELYRIA - A former Amherst police officer convicted in 2009 of attempted unauthorized use of property for hacking into an Amherst police dispatcher's personal email account has asked a county judge to seal the case file.[caption id="attachment_120763" align="alignright" width="135" caption="Kurt Oehlstrom"][/caption][caption id="attachment_120762" ... (more)

Elmer G. "Bill" Garn, Jr., 68, of Oberlin, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, following a long illness.

Helen J. Vittori , 91, passed away Friday, May 4, 2012, at EMH Healthcare. She was born January 18, 1921, in Cleveland.

LORAIN - Saturday's 15th annual Cinco de Mayo parade was the biggest in the history of the event, and it couldn't have been in more gorgeous weather.Under clear blue, sunny skies, a slight breeze and temperatures hovering around 70, a record 65 units made their way down Clinton Avenue past Oakwood Park as a crowd numbering in the hundreds looked ... (more)

Michael A. Gedwill, 78, of North Ridgeville, died unexpectedly, Saturday, April 28, 2012 at his home.

ELYRIA - Despite losing $6.5 million last year, the long-term prognosis for EMH Medical Center in Elyria and its affiliates is good, hospital officials said at their annual meeting today.The EMH system, which includes facilities in Amherst and Avon, had about $247 million in revenue and $253.5 million in expenses, according to Jim Simone, EMH ... (more)

The Columbia Schools teacher accused of sending topless photos of herself to the son of a man who then allegedly tried to blackmail her was formally charged Monday with disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy - and the loss of their house and a car, in the process - were their own unique story.

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