The Morning Journal

NEWARK (AP) — The bidding on eBay topped out at more than $1,000 for a motorized bar stool that an Ohio man rode right into an arrest for drunken driving. Full Story »

COLUMBUS (AP) — Prices at Ohio gas pumps are down 6 cents from last week amid a slide in oil prices to the lowest levels in more than two months. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (AP) — China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a man stunned by an officer's Taser gun stopped breathing a short time later and was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Full Story »

COLUMBUS — Neighbors of Erie MetroParks’ Huron River Greenway want the Ohio Supreme Court to hold the park district in contempt of court. Full Story »

SANDUSKY — The Erie County Chamber of Commerce is warning area businesses and consumers about a possible scam. Full Story »

ELYRIA – Terry Little was found guilty today of six of seven charges including murder and felonious assault for a July 2007 shooting of Lewis Turner. Full Story »

Global consulting firm Accenture Ltd. has ended its relationship with Tiger Woods, marking the first major sponsor to cut ties altogether with the golfer since his alleged infidelities surfaced and he announced an indefinite leave from the sport to work on his marriage. Full Story »

Woman's purse, car stolen from Rebman Recreation Full Story »

LORAIN — Two new sports teams have learned Lorain pride is thicker than water. Full Story »

LORAIN — Despite numerous attempts by its members to stop this day from coming, Holy Trinity Church, 2428 Elyria Ave., Lorain, closed its doors forever yesterday, as protestors carried signs outside while other parishioners inside stood and walked out during the service. Full Story »

ELYRIA — A bust at a Lorain Road motel Thursday morning netted police more than 110 ounces of marijuana, according to an Elyria police report. Full Story »

Compassion and empathy are the traits that keep us human. What better example of these qualities than the volunteer shoppers of the annual Mary Lee Tucker Clothe-a-Child program sponsored by The Morning Journal. Full Story »

LORAIN — Tim Lee, a native of Lorain — the International City — now will lead the international growth of General Motors Co. Full Story »

More than $9,500 worth of items stolen from home Full Story »

MILAN TOWNSHIP — Workers at one area assembly plant help other businesses — and drivers — stay in high gear. Full Story »

LORAIN — Christmas 2009 will be like no other for a South Lorain family that was forced from its East 29th Street home last night by a house fire. Full Story »

LORAIN — More than $2.2 million in federal funds for Lorain County projects was secured by U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley, yesterday. Projects the money will fund include El Centro's building renovation and new digital radios for the Sheriff's Department. Full Story »

OBERLIN — Paula Jones, the former treasurer of Oberlin Schools' Eastwood PTO, was indicted on six counts of theft yesterday by the Lorain County grand jury. She is accused of stealing more than $22,000 from the Eastwood PTO, Oberlin Community Services and the Oberlin School Endowment Board. Full Story »

LORAIN — Lorain County Community College has committed to stay in the St. Joseph Community Center through June and possibly longer. Full Story »

ELYRIA — Former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross, dressed in the orange and gray Lorain County jail uniform with his hands cuffed, looked stunned when he was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison yesterday by visiting Judge Judith Cross. Full Story »

LORAIN — More than 100 grams of powder cocaine and 25 grams of crack cocaine were confiscated during the search of a West 25th Street apartment Thursday morning. Three Lorain men, one of whom is on probation for an Elyria involuntary manslaughter conviction, were arrested during the raid, Lorain Narcotics detective Dennis Camarillo said. Full Story »

ELYRIA — Former Avon Lake mayor Vince Urbin, convicted in 2001 of having an unlawful interest in a public contract, tampering with evidence and complicity to tampering with evidence, has applied to have his record expunged, according to Lorain County Common Pleas Court documents. Full Story »

ELYRIA — The new U.S. District Attorney for Northern Ohio, Steven Dettelbach, said he wants Lorain County officials to expect and demand excellence and integrity from his office on all issues. Full Story »

LORAIN — Lorain residents will be able to get such things as an MRI, blood testing and allergy medications at a fraction of the retail price through a reduced price program. Full Story »