The Oberlin Police Department is investigating the shooting death of Donte A. Noble, a 31-year-old man from Lorain. According to authorities, officers responded to the 100 block of South Pleasant Street Monday just after 6 p.m. for a shots fired call. When they arrived, officers found Noble lying in a driveway. He had been shot in the chest. A gun was found at the scene. Noble was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities said Xavier A. Smith, 19, of Oberlin, was later identified as a suspect and arrested. Smith is charged with two counts of murder and one count of ..read more

News 5 is following through as an Elyria City Councilmember has proposed purchasing a problem home at the end of the Chestnut Ridge Road and South Abbe Road intersection. In seconds, Dennis and Patricia Campanalie's lives were uprooted for a fourth time in the early morning hours of Nov. 5. "We worked hard to have something," said Campanalie. "My wife worked hard. I worked hard, not by hook or crook, but we worked hard, and boy, the wind up like this, it hurts." The Campanalie's home has been the epicenter of crashes over the last 25 years. Elyria Police incident reports dating back to 1995 sh ..read more

This holiday, a Northeast Ohio familys grief was accompanied by gratitude. For a second year, friends and family of Ryan Walker spent their Thanksgiving morning completing a 5K in his honor. Its a sunny day today. Well take that. Its Ohio, its November, said David Walker, Ryans father. Like the sun cutting through the November chill, Ryans family said the support theyve received over the last year has helped cut through the loneliness of grief. That is the sunshine on the dark spot, David Walker said. It makes a difference, Ryans mother, Belinda Walker, added. It helps us to meet this day with ..read more

For Christa Cassis, her dog, Doof, is her world. Shell do anything for him, even play outside on a cold, rainy Wednesday. He has a fun personality, said Cassis. Hes super playful. Hes fun to hang out with. I will come to this park and we will run around on everything. Cassis also owns her own dog training business, Koena K9. She boards and trains up to five dogs every four weeks. She said the mystery dog illness spreading across the county is worrisome. Its a concern especially because I take care of other people's pets, said Cassis. So, its a concern making sure I am keeping everybody else's ..read more

A 23-year-old mother and a 24-year-old father in Elyria are facing a misdemeanor child endangering charge after their 4-year-old child wandered outside in the cold Tuesday morning. The child was found in the 300 block of Washington Avenue around 6 a.m. and brought to the Elyria Police Department. The child was wearing minimal clothing, authorities said. Police searched for the child's parents for about three hours before they were able to find them. The parents told police that it was a "lack of communication" that enabled the child to leave the home unsupervised, authorities said ..read more

The Lorain Police Department held a news conference Monday afternoon to go over its preliminary investigation into the deaths of a man and woman and two children found deceased in a home on Sunday. According to authorities, the bodies of Tyler Young, 29; Skylar Young, 24; 9-year-old Angel Issac; and 4-month-old Bandin Young were found by officers Sunday around 10 a.m. when they responded to an apartment in the 100 block of East 9th Street after getting a call about loose dogs at the home. The preliminary investigation indicates that Tyler Young shot and killed his wife, biological son and step ..read more

Two children and two adults were found dead inside a home in Lorain Sunday morning, according to the Lorain Police Department. Around 10 a.m., police responded to a call about dogs at large at a home on East 9th Street, police said. Upon checking the property, police said they found the residence to be unsecured and entered the home. When entering, they found two young children and two adults dead. Joason Van Wagnen has lived in Lorain his whole life. He said he often saw law enforcement outside the apartment. "It's terrible, terrible," said Van Wagnen. "Theres always been trouble over there ..read more

Property owners in select counties across Northeast Ohio will notice an increase in their 2023 property taxes, thanks to robust and record-breaking real estate sales. County appraisers in Ashland, Ashtabula, Geauga, Richland, Summit, and Wayne counties are wrapping up their required sexennial and triennial property reappraisals and are seeing an average of more than 30% increases in residential property values. However, as Geauga County Auditor Chuck Walder points out, that percent increase doesn't necessarily correlate to the tax increase. "Just cause your taxes are going up X percent, that ..read more

The North Ridgeville City School District is thanking the community for passing a bond issue that will bring in a total of $143 million to build a new high school, auditorium and transportation center. It was the third time the district, in recent years, had asked voters to approve a ballot measure. The district said the high school is outdated and overcrowded, with more than 1,400 students in a space with a total capacity of 900. "We are excited for students. We're excited for the community," said David Pritt, the district's assistant superintendent. "This has been a struggle we've had for a ..read more

A Bay Village resident's pet dog was recently killed after a pack of coyotes attacked it when it was outside in a fenced-in backyard, the Bay Village Police Department said in a Facebook post this week. Police said they are monitoring the situation and working with Bay Village Animal Control to "mitigate the problem." To help prevent similar coyote attacks on pets, Bay Village Police advise that if you have a cat, keep it indoors and don't leave food or water bowls outside overnight. When it comes to dogs, police said the best thing to do is to keep your pet leashed and stay outside with it. T ..read more