COLUMBUS– State Representatives John Rogers (D-Mentor-On-The-Lake) and Jeff Crossman (D-Parma) today introduced a number of legislative proposals aimed at assisting with the economic wellbeing of Ohioans impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and the State’s Executive orders addressing the pandemic. This package…

By Betsy Scott bscott@news-herald.com @ReporterBetsy on Twitter Fallen Mentor Police Officer Mathew J. Mazany is a step closer to being memorialized on the stretch of freeway where he lost his life. State officials announced Feb. 13 that House Bill 276…

By Adam Dodd adodd@news-herald.com @therealadamdodd on twitter Ahead of the Jan. 20 national holiday, Bishop Gerard Mirbel has been awarded the Governor’s Humanitarian Award by the Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission. Elevated to bishop in 2018, the…

Chad Felton, The News Herald (Willoughby, OH) An abandoned “drug house,” formerly at 161 Jefferson St. in Painesville and boarded up since October 2017, has been recently taken down by the Lake County Land Bank. The organization has demolished 104…