Hopeful Signs of Jobs Uptick in Lorain County
Lorain County and the state show only modest declines in unemployment amid a slow post holiday period. Tom Payne of Minutemen Staffing Services reports a small pick up in hiring at factories and machine shops as Elyria and Lorain reduce rates to 9.8 and 11.2 percent respectively while statewide unemployment sits at 10.6 percent.
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Middle Avenue
Elyria
Payne
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Lorain
Erie County
Medina County
Ashland
Huron
ODJFS
Douglas Lumpkin
Burger King
Second Harvest Food Bank
Elyria 107.3 FM to switch formats
Elyria 107.3 FM will abandon its 22 year smooth jazz format within 10 days for a Triple-A lineup blending emerging artists with alternative and classic rock. WNWV owned by Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. will adopt a new 107.3 BOOM! branding to offer broader variety and local control versus national chains.
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Lonnie Gronek
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Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Gronek
Cleveland
WNWYV
Ohio
Clear Channel
CBS
Radio One
Salem Communications
Santa Makes Quick Stop at Lorain Christmas Party
About 500 area children attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lorain County Christmas party at the Lorain Party Center. Donors including the Cleveland Indians, PolyOne, Macy's, Elyria Catholic and Keystone high schools supported 526 children with food and activities as Santa arrived.
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Lorain County
Cleveland Indians
PolyOne
Macy’s
Elyria Catholic
Keystone High
Fauver Walker-Keyes
Donovan and Children Services
Santa Claus
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Anthony Wilson
Santa
Boys and Girls Club
Lorain Party Center
April Torres
Boys and Girls Club of
Jail population drops at Lorain County two months into new program
Lorain County Jail in Elyria reports 335 inmates, the lowest in memory, down from 393 on December 22 2008. Sue Smink, the jail expeditor, speeds case processing by interviewing inmates and arranging rapid bonds.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Richard Resender
Bart Hobart
Smink
Hobart
Murder charges dropped in Lorain shooting
Prosecutors dropped murder charges against Avery Taylor and Andrew Lorenzana in the February Lorain shooting near West 29th Street and Ashland Avenue. Police say the suspects remain under investigation as the drug buy gone bad case continues.
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Lorain
Elyria
Avery Taylor
Andrew Lorenzana
Christopher Lundberg
West 29Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Amherst fire death likely an accident
A disabled man died in an Amherst house fire, likely from late Friday night or Saturday morning. Police say the blaze started on a couch and the victim Charles Longworth, 52, who had multiple sclerosis, could not move quickly. he lived alone on North Main Street and was found by a neighbor with Longworth’s mother.
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Amherst
Dan Jasinski
Jasinski
Charles Longworth
North Main Street
Longworth
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