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Police have identified the inmate who died at the over the weekend at the LaGrange County Jail as 37-year-old William Ellis ...
The scam caller tells targets the jail is "overcrowded" and offers an early release option for their incarcerated loved one ...
The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a scam targeting friends and family members of inmates currently in the Lorain County Jail.
Lorain County Sheriff’s Office officials are warning the public of a scam targeting friends and family members of inmates currently housed in the Lorain County Jail. The Sheriff’s Office received ...
A Shelby County Jail inmate, Courtney Berry, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on Sunday. Berry's death marks at least the fifth inmate death at the overcrowded facility this year.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy and chilly. Overnight lows will be in the 30s across Northeast Ohio. Places well inland, with some partial clearing, could drop below freezing. Tonight will be mostly ...
LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - According to Elyria Police Captain James Welsh, fugitive James Meadows was arrested by U.S. Marshals Thursday evening. Meadows was taken into custody in the 500 block ...
Lorain County commissioners unanimously approved spending $100,000 for design work for the new county jail. During a recent meeting, commissioners hired DLZ Architects to conduct the design work ...
ELYRIA, Ohio -- Lorain County’s 911 emergency communications center is introducing significant changes to address critical staffing needs that have been ongoing since 2023, raising concerns ...
BEREA, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission announced it's closing the I-80 west offramp at Toll Plaza in Lorain County on April 9. The closure will allow ODOT to continue work on ...
(WSAW) - Staff at the Wood County Jail have completed an additional step toward utilizing the county’s new facility. On Saturday, 101 housed inmates were moved from the old jail to the new one.