Erie County News

Erie County commissioners abruptly slammed the brakes on a proposed license plate tax hike, which could have doubled or tripled fees for area residents.

The woman was taken by ambulance to Fremont Memorial Hospital. 9:22 p.m., a Green Creek Township woman reported someone was shooting a gun toward her home, 400 block of South Sandusky County Road 232.

A letter received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has prompted the agency to call in the Lorain County Bomb Squad and Erie County Hazmat Team to the NASA Plum Brook facility.

That's according to new figures the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released Tuesday, which show Ottawa County's unemployment rate dropping to about 10 percent in April, down from 13 percent the month prior.

Police say a death Tuesday night on the Norfolk Southern train tracks near Main Street and Sandusky was a suicide, involving a 16-year-old girl.

Police in Erie County said the death of a 16-year-old who was struck by a train late Tuesday night appears to be suicide.

Orzech said because the pastor won't talk they are in the process of rounding up all the evidence.

The USAF Jazz Ensemble, Night Flight, entertained at the State Theater in Sandusky Monday night to benefit needy children in Erie County.

The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering free, two-hour seminars, "Small Business Basics," that will answer questions about starting, buying or expanding a small business.

Lisa Beursken, the county's solid waste district coordinator, said cost issues and new state environmental regulations are forcing the site's closure.

The following real estate transactions represent the highest and lowest amounts recorded in Erie, Huron and Ottawa counties for the week ending May 18, 2012.

An Erie County grand jury has indicted a Sandusky man on two counts of rape for an alleged incident involving a 12-year-old girl.

A Norwalk reserve officer and his girlfriend were charged with domestic violence Tuesday following a scratching fight at a Bardwell Road home, an Erie County deputy's report said.

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A teenage girl from Bellevue reported missing by her parents last week was found late Sunday night at a Parish Street home with a 34-year-old Bellevue man, a registered sex offender.

The bicyclist refused transportation by ambulance. 10:37 p.m., an officer witnessed as a trooper read the BMV 2255 form to a suspected drunken driver, a 37-year-old Fremont man.

William Stevens, 34, of Bellevue, was charged with obstructing official business, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.

Police said Hall resisted being handcuffed and pounded her forehead against his police cruiser and banged her head against the concrete driveway before being handcuffed.

Read more: Local , Crime , Strange , Ohio , Sandusky Ohio , Erie County Ohio , Laundry Fight , Fight Over Laundry , Man Attacks Fiancee , Fiancee Bra Dispute , Bras , Wet Bras , Jared Boesch , Jessica Lovett SANDUSKY -- A Sandusky man is accused of trying to run his fiancee off the road after a fight over laundry.

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