12:21 PM
Feb 02
2012

Woman who stole from churches sentenced to jail

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

02:00 PM
Feb 03
2012

Dogs available for adoption

The Erie County Dog Pound has these dogs available for adoption:

08:00 AM
Feb 03
2012

Area teens provide leadership, community service

Seventeen area schools are involved in a group called the Teen Leadership Corps, which teaches core values, leadership, and works with local and national organizations on service projects.

05:00 AM
Feb 01
2012

Erie County sign making a one man job

There’s only one way signs on Erie County roads get made.

12:58 PM
Jan 30
2012

Perkins Township employees finish conflict resolution classes

Perkins Township taxpayers spent nearly $20,000 to create harmony and unity amongst its government employees, according to a Register analysis of financial documents.

09:00 AM
Jan 30
2012

Sheriff releases info on New Year's Day jail death

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.

05:00 AM
Jan 30
2012

On the job: Furniture repair is an art form

Chair caning, repadding, new fabric, rows of upholstery tack, tassels to adorn the bottom of a chair. Sometimes it takes up to a week to bring a piece back to life.

It is an art form. I would have been lost if I did not have the guidance of Al and Dan Mielke of Mielke Furniture.

06:00 AM
Jan 29
2012

Adventurers take the plunge for a worthy cause

Brian Grice, of Euclid, wanted out — quickly.

08:00 AM
Jan 28
2012

Tenacious sailor back at Catawba Island, for now

Thomas Louis Corogin's wanderlust is already calling him back to sea.

02:07 PM
Jan 27
2012

Cats available for adoption

The Erie County Humane Society features these cats and kittens available for adoption:

02:41 PM
Jan 26
2012

Surviving workers cling to life after Turnpike wreck

A young turnpike worker from Clyde is clinging to life after a semi-truck plowed into him and other employees Tuesday morning on the Ohio Turnpike.

08:00 AM
Jan 26
2012

Hancock Street assault suspect arrested

Police arrested a drunken Sandusky man Tuesday after he punched out a window at a Hancock Street home and busted down the door to get at his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend, a police report said.

11:20 AM
Jan 24
2012

Ohio Turnpike westbound lanes closed for fatal crash

(UPDATED WITH VIDEO) The Ohio Turnpike's westbound lanes closed for several hours Tuesday at the 91.8 mile marker near Ohio 53 in Fremont after a fatal crash.

04:25 PM
Jan 23
2012

100 gallons of diesel leaks into Castalia duck pond

The Ohio EPA is working to clean up a diesel spill that leaked about 100 gallons of fuel from a semi truck into a storm sewer that drains into the Castalia Duck Pond.

10:41 AM
Jan 23
2012

Learning home economics can go a long way

When I went to school it was called Home Economics or “HomeEck.” Now, thinking back, I’m not sure that title really fit the class. The class had everything to do with what high-schoolers needed to learn in the home, but I never really learned the economics of it. I could probably use the lesson in economics now.

08:00 AM
Jan 23
2012

On the Job: Bailiff plays vital role in court

Carol Baumbusch has been working with Sandusky Municipal Court Judge Erich O'Brien for 25 years, 16 years as his bailiff at Sandusky's Municipal Court.

They are like an old married couple, anticipating what the other will need and what the other is going to do. The judge relies on his bailiff to provide the information he needs.

03:00 PM
Jan 22
2012

Report: Erie County too fat, too much smoking, drinking

We're fat. We smoke more than most Americans. And we drink more, too.

06:01 AM
Jan 22
2012

Cedar Point dinosaur: Lake Erie coast is dino-mite!

If the tourists visiting the Lake Erie Shores & Islands booth this weekend don't notice the four tons of sand, perhaps the roaring dinosaur will get their attention.

08:00 AM
Jan 21
2012

Zoning board gives approval to tourist rentals

A Curran Street couple received the OK to keep renting out their two homes to tourists.