Litchfield News

For a safe and happy Halloween, Sheriff Neil F. Hassinger advises: Parents should make sure their kids can't trip on their costumes, can see out of masks and know how to cross the street safely.

FIGHT, E. HOMSTEAD: Officers witnessed several individuals fighting around 1:30 a.m. Oct.

BRUNSWICK An 11-month investigation conducted in conjunction with the MEDWAY drug enforcement agency in and around the city climaxed last Thursday with the serving of 26 warrants on indictment.

Don't mess with the mailboxes on Yorktown Drive. That's the message residents sent about midnight Sunday when a spree of mailbox bashing sent several neighbors running down the street in pursuit of three young men who allegedly took two hammers and a wooden pickaxe handle to 12 mailboxes in the 900 block of Yorktown and two on Quincy Court.

Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti reset his own Lorain County Fair record for the grand champion single fryer rabbit.Stammitti paid $800 for Jacqueline Squires of Vermilion's grand champion rabbit.

An electrical fire related to roof repairs nearly caused the loss of a Richman Road home Tuesday afternoon.

One person was flown by helicopter to a hospital after a two-vehicle collision this evening in Litchfield Township, according to a Medina county state highway patrol dispatcher.

The 65th annual meeting for the Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District will be Aug.

Ask any member of the Indoe family about the tornado that flattened three of their barns and damaged a silo at their farm on Richman Road two years ago, and they will respond with stories of kindness.

Firefighters from seven departments were called out about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday for a blaze that destroyed a barn at the Double D Farm on state Route 162.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested a Columbus woman after finding thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise in her car.

LITCHFIELD TWP. a ' A 14-year-old township boy riding his bike was hit by a car at Vandemark and Branch roads Monday night.

Most Southwest Valley teachers laid off this spring have their jobs back but for some districts classroom sizes are on the rise.

Tripp Forstner, farm manager of Magical Farms Inc., an alpaca farm in Litchfield, Ohio with around 1600 alpacas in residence, talks about the farm and alpacas.

Your local letter carriers will be picking up more than just mail on their routes this Saturday, May 9. They are asking for you to help them fill up the food pantries as well as donating some cleaning supplies, like disinfectant and personal hygiene items like soap and toothpaste.

A sober message May 2nd, 2009 Lisa Hlavinka The Gazette WESTFIELD TWP. - With a presentation both humorous and heavy, teachers and troopers teamed with - and against - one another to warn Cloverleaf High School students about the dangers of driving drunk on prom night and every night.