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“Punxsutawney Phil” emerged about dawn today. He failed to see his shadow, signaling an early spring, according to legend.
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ELYRIA — A fight involving at least 15 inmates broke out Saturday night at the Lorain County Jail.

Sheriff’s Lt. Jack Hammond said in a news release that the incident, which took place in an area where high-risk inmates are held, appears to have been spurred by tension between inmates from Elyria, Lorain and Cleveland. Gang involvement is also being investigated, he said in the release.

Hammond said two corrections officers responded within seconds to the fights breaking out and nine other corrections following soon after that. The incident was under control within a few minutes of it beginning at 9:29 p.m., he said.

“The responding officers’ tactical approach was textbook which prevented the outburst from escalating to a full blown riot like event,” Hammond wrote.

He said only one inmate was injured in the melee and was treated at the jail by on-duty medical personnel at the jail.

Fifteen inmates have been placed into disciplinary lockdown while an investigation into the incident takes place.

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ELYRIA — Holly Brinda, a lifelong resident of Elyria and Elyria Schools board member, formally announced her bid for mayor today.

Brinda

Brinda, 52, will seek the Democratic nomination and will face Mayor Bill Grace in the May primary.

“I made the decision to run for Mayor, because I cannot just sit back and watch what is happening in our community,” Brinda said. “Despite Elyria’s many strengths, our city is de-clining. Not because we don’t care, but because we don’t trust. We have experienced wasteful spending and the Grace administration’s misguided priorities, placing aesthetics over basic city services and business development.”

Brinda is kicking off her campaign with a plan for reform – The Putting Elyrians First: The Brinda Reform Plan to Make Elyria City Government Work.

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Contact Lisa Roberson at 329-7121 or lroberson@chroniclet.com.

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LORAIN — Police confiscated a gun yesterday afternoon after a 7-year-old girl told officers she found it in her 17-year-old sister’s closet.

Officers, who were called to the West 10th Street home about 1 p.m. Sunday, spoke with the child’s father, who said he also found a bullet and believed the gun might have belonged to the girl’s boyfriend.

The father said that the girl and her boyfriend have a child together, and she is currently pregnant as well.

After officers left the scene, they were called back when the 17-year-old and her boyfriend returned, the report said.

The daughter told police she was aware of the weapon in her room. She said she did not see her boyfriend put it there, but she was aware that he was holding it for a friend, the report said.

Police charged Antonio Stewart, 23, with furnishing a weapon to a minor. The gun, a .22-caliber rifle with its barrel cut down, was placed into evidence.