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Q: Some in the community have suggested the county consider funding and re-establishing a task force similar to the county Drug Task Force that existed from 1983 to 2006.

A Huron man who tried to rob a gas station at knifepoint Dec. 23 has been indicted on a charge of aggravated robbery.

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Coroners have determined the death of a 47-year-old Vermilion man on Tuesday morning in the Erie County jail was a result of natural causes.

The race for Erie County commissioner is the topic of the day when incumbent Pat Shenigo debates his Democratic primary opponent Sam Artino on a special edition of "Between the Lines" at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Court Reporters Association's president wants Erie County officials to "do their homework" and proceed carefully regarding a proposal to install more than $100,00 worth of digital audio recording equipment in all courtrooms at the Erie County Courthouse.

Corrections officers checked on Robert Baswell Jr. at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday and found him to be OK in his cell.

The Bowling Green Republican says he's calling for a "Marshall Plan for Lake Erie," an urgent bipartisan effort to restore Lake Erie and respond to the growing threat posed by toxic algal blooms and other problems.

Data for 2011 is not complete. The department receives information on crimes from about 70 percent of the state's law enforcement agencies.

Robert Lippert, who recently retired from the Erie County Sheriff's Office after 25 years of service, has landed the $65,000-a-year job as Huron police chief.

An ordinance on Erie County Council's Tuesday meeting agenda seeks to set aside $104,102 to equip all nine courtrooms at the Erie County Courthouse, Erie County Council Chambers and a room used for juvenile court hearings with digital audio recording equipment.

A Huron woman who stole more than $140,000 from two Sandusky churches was sentenced to four years in prison today.

Since arriving nine years ago, Michael Smith has designed and installed many of the 3,200 traffic signs posted on county roads.

The Erie County Sheriff's Office has released new evidence in the New Year's Day death of a jail inmate, including an investigative report and video footage recorded by the jail's surveillance cameras.

Birdwatchers who flock to the Lake Erie coast to look at eagles, shore birds and migrating song birds no longer have to wing it when they're making plans.

If November's general election constitutes the main event of politics, then the March 6 primary resembles the integral opening political clash.

The move will save the state money but also will locate the office at a more convenient location, in the middle of its service area, said Gail Hesse, executive director of the commission.

That county's unemployment rate stood at 13.3 percent in December, up from 11.9 percent in November, according to new figures from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.