Football season is nearly upon us, which means it is time for the United Way of Greater Lorain County Kickoff Campaign!

On Friday, August 17th from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m at Mike Bass Ford in Sheffield Village the United Way welcomes the community to come out and celebrate the start of the 2018 Football and Campaign season with a free lunch.

The event that will feature food, prizes, and plenty of activities for everyone. WEOL will also be broadcasting live from the event bringing you all the fun over the air-waves of  AM930.

If you have school supplies to drop off for the “Fill the Bus” drive, make sure to bring them along! “Fill the Bus” consists of collecting and sorting school supplies in order to send Lorain County children back to school prepared to learn.

You can get more information and register for the 2018 Campaign Kickoff on the United Way of Greater Lorain County Website.

Gubernatorial Candidate Mike DeWine (Center), and his Wife Fran (Right) pose for a picture with David Arredondo (Left) at the Corn Festival

On Saturday, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mike DeWine made a campaign stop at the North Ridgeville Corn Festival.

While he was there, our own Craig Adams caught up with the Ohio Attorney General to talk about his visit into Lorain County, the Opioid Epidemic in the state and House Bill 70 and the effect it has had in schools like Lorain.

Hear the conversation below.

The 2018 Lorain County High School Football Preview Show is in the books!

If you missed the show on August 9th, don’t worry, you still have a chance to hear what your favorite coach had to say. WEOL will re-air the entirety of the Preview Show on Saturday August 18th at noon. If you can’t wait until then, check out the WEOL Facebook page where you can watch all the interviews from the show.

Don’t forget to pick up you copy of the Fall WEOL Forecast Magazine coming out in home delivered Chronicle Telegrams and at local business on Friday, August 17th. This year’s issue will once again feature high school football schedules from the area, a Lorain County high school football preview, a look back at Cleveland sports when WEOL first took the air in 1948 and an article chronicling the history of Ely Stadium as the Pioneers get set to open the year in their brand new facility.

WEOL will officially kick-off the High School Football season on Thursday, August 23rd when the Avon Eagles host Akron Buchtel. For the complete WEOL High School Football Broadcast Schedule visit the Cleveland Clinic Gridiron Clash Schedule page here.

The First Response: A Project of the Lorain County ADAS Board series continues this week with David Covell Pam Weiland who tell us about Project DAWN