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drug bust video Authorities in Ohio have arrested 10 men in a human trafficking sting. The men, who range in age from 30 to 55, were arrested Thursday on sex charges in North Olmsted by the members of the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. On the same day, a Lorain County man who was previously convicted of 31 human trafficking offenses was sentenced to life in prison.

One of the candidates seeking to unseat Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in Ohio's 4th Congressional District election had to suspend his campaign after the Lorain County Board of Elections rejected his petitions to appear on the ballot after thousands of signatures were found to be illegible. The Chronicle-Telegram reported the board voted unanimously to not certify Christopher Gibbs' petitions, who was running as an independent. He was required to submit 2,458 signatures to appear on the ballot. Circulators filed 3,065 signatures on 140 petitions Gibbs' his behalf. The board found a majority of the signatures, 1,790, were invalid, with only...

Upwards of 300 demonstrators, many energized by Tuesday's election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate, gathered near Lorain County Community College on Friday to wave signs and banners and try to make their voices heard by President Barack Obama. They lined Abbe Road, which was closed to traffic, to chant "Can you hear us now?" in the direction of Obama's arriving motorcade and later toward Ewing Field House, where the president spoke around 2 p.m. About 100 of the group who stood to the end, shouted "You lie" and booed as the departing president's motorcade passed around 3:15...