The Morning Journal

LIMA (AP) — A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was once honored for making the most DUI arrests has been charged with drunken driving. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and the first lady will travel to Killeen, Texas, to meet with those most affected by the Fort Hood shootings. Full Story »

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed for the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation’s capital region for three weeks in October 2002. Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) — With more than a month and a half still left in the year, the number of Cleveland homicides in 2009 is already close to the count for all of last year. Full Story »

Lorain County Coroner Dr. Paul Matus said Eric Witcher had a blood alcohol content of 0.184. Incorrect information appeared Saturday. Full Story »

Man robs, threatens to shoot Marco's Pizza delivery woman Full Story »

AMHERST — Owners of the new Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral and Cremation Center want additional parking and are asking Amherst City Council to rezone a land west of their business from residential to commercial so they can build a parking lot. Full Story »

LORAIN — A 17-year-old Clearview High School student was taken into custody yesterday afternoon after police received tips he was carrying a gun, Lorain police Lt. Roger Watkins said. The teen was cited for delinquency for a weapon violation. Full Story »

LORAIN — Two 16-year-old boys were attacked by groups of men and knocked unconscious in two separate incidents Friday night, but police do not believe the attacks are related, Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said. Full Story »

LORAIN — Mary Ivan-Garza, United Steelworkers Local 6621 president, does not want to see temporary workers at City Hall if her bargaining unit members are getting laid off. Full Story »

ELYRIA — A powwow at Lorain County Community College today will offer an educational experience in honor of Native American History Month. Full Story »

TOLEDO — A federal court has recommended a new trial for a man convicted of a June 1994 murder in Sandusky. Full Story »

LORAIN — A 32-year-old Lorain man was slashed across the chest and stomach after fighting with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend Sunday morning. Shadd Boggs refused treatment from LifeCare paramedics at the scene, according to a Lorain police report. Full Story »

LORAIN - A "Stop the Violence" candlelight vigil for Bryant Ortiz took place at East 37th Street and Pearl Avenue Monday in Lorain. M. Bryant Ortiz, 33, was shot on East 37th Street on Sept. 21 after an argument inside Ray's Memory Lane. Ortiz was pronounced dead at the scene after the 1:30 a.m. altercation. Full Story »

LORAIN — Six yes votes from Lorain City Council were all the administration needed to end the multi-year, expensive legal battle with the county about the city's controversial and Community Reinvestment Act tax abatement program on the west side of the city. It only received five, with four members voting it down. Full Story »

AVON — Avon City Council is looking to change a tax abatement agreement with Shur Tech Brand Inc. because the company cannot meet the abatement requirements. Full Story »

ELYRIA — The man who brutally attacked a woman and left her paralyzed from the waist down will spend 33 years in prison for the May 2008 attack. But the victim said the punishment is not tough enough. Full Story »

HURON TOWNSHIP — A 58-year-old woman found dead in Pennsylvania on Saturday died from blows to her head, according to a preliminary ruling from the Erie County, Pa., Coroner's Office. Full Story »

ELYRIA — The trial of former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross, accused of 22 counts of corruption, began yesterday before visiting Judge Judith Cross. Full Story »

Take a look back at the week of Nov. 2-8, 2009. Full Story »

LORAIN - A "Stop the Violence" candlelight vigil for Bryant Ortiz took place at East 37th Street and Pearl Avenue Monday in Lorain. Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether a man whose home and yard harbored the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk, a hospital spokesman said today, but it’s unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the shooting spree. Full Story »

ELYRIA — A 26-year-old man will spend 33 years in prison for the brutal May 2008 attack that left a woman paralyzed from the waist down. Full Story »

LORAIN — A 32-year-old Lorain man was stabbed in the chest and stomach after fighting with his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend yesterday, according to Lorain police. Full Story »