Elyria News

Sterling "Shorty" Behnke, 83, of Elyria, died on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Lorain, Ohio.

Lorain County law enforcement officers gathered in Ely Square in downtown Elyria on Thursday at the Police Memorial Service to remember the county's fallen officers.

ELYRIA - KJ Allgood didn't know he was going to start Elyria's Division I sectional tournament opener until batting practice.

Essie "Chee-Chee" Johnson , 63, of Elyria, passed away unexpectedly at her home Monday, May 13, 2013.

The St. Joseph Senior Choir and the Patriots Symphonic Band will join forces to present "Organ Transplant," a concert to begin the summer season and raise funds for St.

ELYRIA - Students at Elyria High School are in an uproar over the loss of an administrator who will not have his contract renewed for the coming school year.

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ELYRIA TWP. - The State Highway Patrol seized $11,000 worth of Ecstasy along with marijuana during a traffic stop on the turnpike Monday.

According to the patrol, Gordon D. Williams, 36, and Paige L. Darrington, 29, both of Cleveland, are charged with possession of a schedule I drug and aggravated drug trafficking. Darrington is also charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Troopers stopped a 2012 Buick LaCrosse with a South Carolina registration for a turn signal violation near milepost 142 at 7:12 p.m.

Darrington admitted to having a small bag of marijuana and a glass pipe in her purse in the vehicle's trunk, the patrol said.

Further investigation revealed a perfume box containing 596 Ecstasy pills, worth an estimated $11,000.

Williams and Darrington were taken to the Lorain County Jail.

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ELYRIA - Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor on Tuesday removed Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge from the case of convicted killer Stanley Jalowiec.O'Connor, however, rejected Assistant County Prosecutor Tony Cillo's request that Burge be barred from handling any case Cillo is involved in, including the cases of Albert ... (more)

Melvin A. Kauffman, 83, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, following a long illness.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Elyria 322-4626. Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram.Content copyright The ... (more)

Elyria policeMonday, May 135 a.m. - 100 block Kenny Brook Lane, theft of a wallet containing only a Social Security card and reward cards from an unlocked vehicle.2 p.m. - Lake Avenue, Nolan Meinke, 31, 100 block Denison Ave., arrested and charge with possession of drug paraphernalia and cited for left of center and seat belt.

ELYRIA - A Lorain County Jail inmate allegedly beaten by a corrections officer last year was sentenced Monday to three years of probation in an unrelated robbery case.Jordan Sand, 19, also was ordered to repay the Marathon Gas Station on West River Road $3,000 by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski.

ELYRIA - Former Lorain County Community Action Agency Director Robert Gilchrist pleaded guilty Monday to four felony counts of illegal voting, but those charges will be dropped if he completes a year-long diversion program.

The Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership lists local garlic mustard pulls. Most have occurred, but some opportunities remain.

"He said 'somebody took your car,' Garnett said. They walked outside the room at the Budget Motel on South Anderson Road to find an empty parking space where their 2005 Ford Explorer was sitting hours earlier.

CARLISLE TWP. - A Vermilion teenager was taken to a Cleveland hospital Saturday morning after he rolled his vehicle near Oberlin-Elyria Road, according to the State Highway Patrol.Jesse Estep, 15, was traveling from a residence in Oberlin to Elyria about 7:30 a.m. to check on what time a scrap yard opened, according to Trooper Vernon ... (more)

The Church At Bear Lake will participate in the "GROW Ministry Weekend" from May 31 to June 2. During this weekend, the church, in cooperation with Church of the Open Door from Elyria, Ohio, will plant gardens for those who might not be able to get out and till the ground or might not have the space to plant.

ELYRIA - The victim of an apparent suicide around 3 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Lorain County Sheriff's Office has been identified. Allan Joseph, 62, no address given, died of a shotgun blast to the upper torso, according to Dr.

Linda L. Tompkins, 79, died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born October 1, 1933 in Wyse County, Virginia, to the late Stephen C. and Stella E. Webb.

James V. "Jim" Pronesti , always had a song to sing, a smile for all he met, and a caring nature that buoyed family and friends through crisis and heartbreak, and through joyous events.

William S. "Steve" Burdette, 86, of Elyria, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland.