Lake County is known for receiving high amounts of snow every winter, with numerous lake-effect snowstorms causing slowdowns and crashes. As a result, the Ohio Department of Transportation and Lake County Sheriff’s Office continue to work together on a Variable Speed Limit section of Interstate 90, using digital signs to reduce the speed limit during […]
A 56-year-old man died from injuries suffered after being hit by a dump truck at the Lake County Solid Waste Facility in Painesville Township. According to a post on the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, at 11:33 a.m., Feb. 1, deputies responded to the facility at 2039 Blasé Nemeth Road in Painesville Township for […]
Concord Township recently informed county officials that it intends to reduce its Sheriff’s Office coverage from nine deputies down to six due to budget limitations, Township Administrator Andy Rose recently announced. Rose contacted the Lake County commissioners and sheriff to amend Concord’s police protection contract, he told the township trustees on Jan. 17. He later […]
The Lake County commissioners have terminated an agreement between Perry Township and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to provide extra police protection for the community at the township’s request. The unanimously adopted resolution is the result of recent official correspondence issued to Commissioners John Hamercheck, John Plecnik and Richard Regovich asking the board to dismiss […]