Amherst News

After baptizing nearly 130 people in the area of Kirtland, Ohio, a group of missionaries continued westward toward Missouri.

A 40-year-old Lorain man was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday on Leavitt Road at Walnut Drive.

Ronald C. Caldwell, 23, 8438 Northshore Boulevard, Marblehead arrested by Danbury Township Police Department on a warrant for failure to comply, $5,000 bond.

A Lorain man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle struck a Chevrolet Cavalier on Leavitt Road.

You could call it a case of plowing the money back into the business. Except in this case, the business is Marion L. Steele High School.

The Lorain school board on Wednesday approved a contract extension for Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson that will keep her in the district until 2014.

AMHERST, Ohio -- Wheeling an empty green container back to his garage, Richard Mika of Amherst says he has made recycling a part of his routine.

Archive for June 11th, 2009 Court KOs residency requirement In Amherst, the city's Fire Department is staffed with part-timers who have to meet one caveat: to live in the city.

In Amherst, the city's Fire Department is staffed with part-timers who have to meet one caveat: to live in the city.

Drivers travelling on the Ohio Turnpike will soon have the option to pay with a debit or credit card.

The annual Relay for Life cancer society team fundraiser will be Sunday at Marion L. Steele High School.

As her classmates prepare for a journey in uncertain times, Ariana Reynolds thought it might help if they understood that tough times are nothing to be afraid of.

Karen Wright, who recently retired as an educator in the Gallia County Local Schools, has been chosen the Education Hero of 2009 in the "Everyday Heroes" recognition program sponsored by the Gallia County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Even Recycle Man's costume is... recycled. The superhero outfit used to be a wet suit, but when Lorain county's Cavan O'Hara puts it on with his cape - the high school senior is Recycle Man.

On May 27 Firelands High School inducted 12 new members into chapter 2212 of the National Art Honor Society.

A northeast Ohio man faces execution on Wednesday for locking a woman in the trunk of her car in 1991 and burning her to death just hours after he was rejected by two old girlfriends.

It's been a long time coming, but the wait was well worth it for Josh Price. The North Olmsted senior won the boys long jump title at Wednesday's Division I regional track meet at Richard S. Cooley Track.

Quick action by the public may have prevented a tragedy. A Lorain County Amber Alert was activated this morning, for a man who was suspected to be suicidal.

An Amber Alert was issued for two local children Friday morning, but police have apprehened an abduction suspect.

A harrowing ordeal for a young Amherst couple whose baby boy arrived nearly three months early - with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck - was summed up best by a veteran nurse who came to the rescue.