Lorain Amherst police target 33 stores in teen alcohol sweep
Lorain and Amherst police conducted a joint operation targeting 33 stores to stop sales to minors. Twelve outlets sold alcohol to teen informants during the crackdown funded by a federal grant. Three young adults volunteered as decoys before the weekend social scene, with officers rotating through stores to maximize coverage.
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Lorain
James McCann
Amherst
McCann
Cooper-Foster
Leavitt Road
Lorain opens Lorain High after district merger
Lorain High School opened on the Admiral King campus as part of a consolidation that closed Southview and Admiral King high schools to save 2.8 million. About 600 freshmen began classes with a staggered schedule, while parents expressed mixed feelings but many students showed excitement. Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson praised the opening as a citywide success.
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Lorain
April Krzak
Cecylia
Lorain High School
Southview High School
Krzak
Southview
Admiral King
Lorain High
Cheryl Atkinson
Fairview Park
Elyria man indicted after bringing ax to child's party
Elyria resident Brian Andrews 31 faces charges including obstructing official business and aggravated menacing after arriving uninvited to a Brunswick Drive home party with a small ax. Police say he threatened guests, shouted racial slurs, refused to drop the weapon, and invited officers to shoot him.
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Elyria
Brian Andrews
Andrews
Brunswick Drive
Fair week crisis as oven dies before bakeathon
Veronica Seman faces a race against time with the fair one week away after the heating element fails. Her husband Brian Leman weighs two costly options: repair for 150 or replace with a new oven that night, threatening their baking plans and fair dominance.
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Penfield
Veronica Seman
Brian Leman
Hawaii
Boise
Local Fair Schedule Highlights With Morning Gates Open
Today's events include 7:30 a.m. gates, 8:30 a.m. junior fair livestock auction for market beef in barn 9, 9 a.m. Lorain County Tractor Pull, 10 a.m. Pony Fun Show, 12:30 p.m. junior fair livestock auction for market hogs in barn 9, 2 p.m. Kiddie Pedal Pull in Pavilion 2, 3 p.m. Draft Horse and Draft Pony Fun Pull, 4 p.m. Fiddle Contest in Pavilion 2, 6 p.m. 4-H Band Concert in Building 14, and 7 p.m. Combine Derby and Pick-up Truck Derby.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Fair Attendance Rises with New Attractions
Attendance through Wednesday reached 49 733 up from 46 471 last year with Wednesday showing about 3 000 more visitors. New events include a corn hole tournament and a truck pull the Buckeye Blackout drawing 2 252 fans. Sami Grills restored a pink John Deere tractor in tribute to her father Scott Grills who died of brain cancer.
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Lorain County Fair
Brian Twining
Twining
Ron Pickworth
Fair Board
Chip Benton
Ohio
Benton
Sami Grills
Sami
Scott Grills
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