A look at upcoming high school softball sectional-district tournaments involving area teams: Division I Northeast 4 Berea Top seeds: (2) Amherst, (7) Medina Highland, (3) Brunswick Other area teams: (12) Avon, (17) North Olmsted Up next: Winner advances to a Division I Youngstown Regional semifinal against the district champion from Northeast 2. Outlook: Amherst and Avon were district finalists last year, and they have tough paths if they want to meet for a district final rematch from 2022. Amherst will host the winner of (27) Cleveland Rhodes and (29) Shaker Heights. The winner advances to a ..read more

WASHINGTON  — A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated “only as a traffic crash” and there was no threat to the president’s residence, law enforcement authorities said. The male driver, who was not immediately identified, was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10:30 p.m. at an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex, the U.S. Secret Service said in a statement. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department said the vehicle crashed into a security barrier at the inter ..read more

KYIV, Ukraine  — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 had been shot down by air defenses. Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Fires broke out when debris from drones that were shot down fell on buildings in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region. No casualties were rep ..read more

Lorain County Community College and Sherwin-Williams have collaborated to launch “Create Your Possible: Sherwin-Williams Career Accelerator,” a new scholarship program for students studying software development at LCCC or the LCCC University Partnership, according to a news release. “This new scholarship continues the long history of partnership between LCCC and Sherwin-Williams,” said LCCC President Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D in the release. “This program will allow more students access to education and software development, proactively building a workforce to fill software development jobs ..read more

By Brian Dulik The Associated Press Bo Naylor hit his first career grand slam, Austin Hedges had his first homer since June 14 and the Guardians beat the Angels, 7-1, on Saturday night. Naylor’s two-out blast to right in the sixth inning came off Angels starter Reid Detmers (3-3), who had loaded the bases on three walks. “Anytime I’m out there, I’m ready to play and this was a great opportunity to help the Guardians win,” Naylor said. “This team is really resilient and we take everything super serious.” The four RBI were a career high for the third-year catcher. “I just didn’t execute, the pit ..read more

Baseball Avon Lake 6, Rocky River 0 Rocky River * 000 * 000 * 0 * — * 0 * 2 * 3 Avon Lake * 101 * 022 * x * — * 6 * 7 * 0 Avon Lake: Kretchmar 2H, 2RBI, R, BB, SB, I. Soloff 1H, HBP, 3R, BB, SB; Rocky River: Ferchill 1H, BB, Perry 1H WP: Andresen 7IP, 2H, 0R, 2B, 4K (3-1); LP: Brant 5.1IP, 2ER, 4K (3-1) Records: Avon Lake 9-12, Rocky River 17-4 North Ridgeville 2, Bay 1 NR * 100 * 010 * 0 * — * 2 * 5 * 1 Bay * 000 * 100 * 0 * — * 1 * 4 * 1 North Ridgeville: Padgett 1H, RBI, K, Lowe 1H, RBI, K; Bay: McAlea 1H, 3B, R WP: Lowe 7IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 3K; LP: Ropelewski 6IP, 4H, 2ER, 9K Records: No ..read more

The Gallery of Success at Brookside High School, 1812 Harris Road in Sheffield Village, will add three new members this year. Essentially, the gallery serves as the school’s hall of fame, according to Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School District Board of Education member Sandra Jensen. This year’s inductees were chosen for the Gallery of Success for a variety of reasons, Jensen said. All three of the the latest class of Gallery of Success have had a profound impact on the Lorain County community in one way or another, Jensen said. “The committee aims to choose candidates who inspire others through ..read more

Avon Lake needed a spark after going 3-11 coming back from their spring break trip in early April with a 5-1 start. Hosting Rocky River on May 4, the Shoremen found exactly what they were looking for. Young starter Blake Andrensen pitched a complete game two-hitter for the Shoremen and the offense was led by Cavin Kretchmar’s two hits and two RBI, for a 6-0 win. “At the beginning, my mindset was just to go out there and throw strikes, trust my defense, and I know I did that,” Andrensen said. “My boys went out there and defended every single ground ball. I kept throwing strikes, and the offspee ..read more

The Oberlin African-American Genealogical and History Group held its biennial Mind Feast event May 4 at the Oberlin Public Library. The event featured presentations from professional genealogists J. Mark Lowe and Deborah Abbott, and A.G. Miller, pastor at Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship and professor emeritus of Religion and Africana Studies at Oberlin College. Oberlin resident Rita L. Fitch was in attendance at the meeting to learn new methods of genealogical research. “I really want to know how I got my last name,” Fitch said. “There’s Fitch road around here and a Fitchville and so I’ve ..read more

The  Allen Memorial Art Museum will close for the summer starting May 27 in the lead up to the completion of Oberlin College and Conservatory’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP), according to a news release. This project will transition the campus to a geothermal heating and cooling system and bring it within sight of the goal of attaining carbon neutrality by 2025, the release said. During the closure, the Allen will have the opportunity to make key upgrades throughout its galleries, according to the release. “In the meantime, we invite you to explore the museum digitally with All ..read more