[Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that police are now describing the weapon allegedly used against officers as a wooden table leg.] LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) -- Members of a U.S. Marshals task force, while serving a warrant, shot and killed a fugitive they said attacked officers with an improvised weapon. It happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Thursday at a home in the 900 block of West 21st Street, near the Beech Avenue intersection, according to a news release from Lorain police Lt. Jake Morris ..read more

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) - Police were called after a student brought a fake gun to a local middle school on Monday. According to Lorain City Schools Superintendant Jeff Graham, the district worked closely with the Lorain Police Department and visited the home of the student accused of bringing the gun to Southview Middle School. Do you have it? $50k Powerball ticket sold in Ohio Graham said officials met with the student's family and said "everyone was very cooperative." ‘Superman’ filming in Ohio to cast locals as extras "The school will react in a manner that is consistent with our policies and ..read more

AKRON, Ohio -- Issue 2, passed by Ohio voters last November, authorizes the legal sale of recreational marijuana in Ohio with the state required to have applications for dispensaries ready by June 7. NE Ohio casting company wants your dog for national ad! The expectation was the first legal sales of adult-use recreational marijuana would not start until at least September. Now, state lawmaker, Rep. Jamie Calendar of Concord, said publicly it could happen as soon as June. Klutch Cannabis, an Akron headquartered cultivator, says it will be ready to go. "I'm not willing to say, hey, I think it's ..read more

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) - While many of us were watching the total solar eclipse in amazement, universities across the country were launching weather balloons to closely study the astronomical event. One of those balloons is now lost after veering off course and landing in Lake Erie. The celebration of the eclipse started with great promise for engineering, technology and computer science students and staff at Purdue University Fort Wayne in northeastern Indiana, as they launched their weather balloon at 2:20 p.m. on Monday. The balloon was loaded with equipment that would allow the university to g ..read more

*Above video shows safety tips for during severe storms* LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) -- While people were looking up at the Total Solar Eclipse Monday, a sophisticated weather instrument was coming down, and it wasn't supposed to. Lorain police issued an alert asking the public to keep an eye out for a lost eclipse weather device called a high-altitude weather kit that could wash up on the shore. What were the red bursts coming from behind the moon during the eclipse? According to Purdue University's web page, it appears they didn't launch your basic weather balloon, but instead, it's a 10-foot weather ..read more

***Video above: How to report a tip to U.S. Marshals.*** LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) - A Lorain man faces murder charges after a woman was shot and killed in the city on Tuesday. According to the Lorain Police Department, officers were called to the area of E. 31st Street and Pearl Avenue for reported gunshots late Tuesday evening. When they got there, officers found bystanders trying to help a woman near the roadway. The victim suffered from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a police report. Tragedy strikes group of local friends leaving concert The victim, identified as Lupita Rivera-Lopez, was l ..read more

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) -- In cities big and small, more than 31 million people will soon be able to look to the sky for the total solar eclipse. "We're all excited for the eclipse," said John Barker, CEO of the Ohio Restaurant and Hospitality Alliance. "So much of Ohio is right in the middle." Barker said the alliance, formerly the Ohio Restaurant Association, represents 10,000 locations, and members are planning to cash in on all things eclipse, some doubling supplies ahead of April 8 to meet expected demand. Ohio town among 20 best places to live in the US, study finds The Lorain Port and Financ ..read more

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) - Lorain City Schools want to put on 'the biggest concert Lorain County has ever seen.' That's the goal when students - from both choir and band - will give a live simultaneous performance of Bruno Mars' hit 'Count on Me.' Dairy Queen to open freezer full of Blizzards past "The middle and high school bands and choirs will be at the heart of the action at Lorain High School. Simultaneously, middle and elementary students will join the performance via live stream from their respective schools, showcasing the unity and collaboration that defines Lorain City Schools," rea ..read more

*The above video shows fire prevention safety tips from the American Red Cross* LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) -- All Lorain fire stations that were on 'lockdown', since 2:30 a.m. Saturday, are no longer on lockdown as of 4 p.m. Saturday The lockdown was lifted after the suspect, whose "threatening actions" triggered the lockdown, was taken into custody, officials told Fox 8 News. How police tracked a man they say took truck & child Lorain firefighters had been told to "be careful and stay inside" their fire stations and only leave to respond to emergency calls, Assistant Chief Jonathon George said. A ..read more

[Editor's Note: You can watch previous coverage in the video player above.] (WJW) – If you live in 'The 440' starting today (March 1) a new area code is coming to the region. For years, the 440 area code has served, and will still serve, the northern portion of Ohio, including Ashtabula, Eastlake, Elyria, Lorain, Mentor, North Olmsted, North Ridgeville, North Royalton, Parma, Parma Heights, Rocky River, Solon, Strongsville, Westlake and Willoughby. But, due to a projected "third quarter 2024 exhaust of the 440 area code" -- a new one was needed. Local library no longer charging overdue fines T ..read more