Lorain/Elyria, OH
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Regina disqualified; EC girls back in
ELYRIA — Elyria Catholic girls basketball team is back in the game after the Ohio High School Athletic Association disqualified Regina, the team that defeated Elyria Catholic on Wednesday night.
Elyria Catholic now will face Smithsville at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Cuyahoga Falls High School, which is a suburb of Akron.
Eric Rothgery, EC’s coach, said [...]
Accident near Avon Commons sends two people to area hospitals
Michelle Park, The Chronicle-Telegram
AVON — A two-car accident at the Detroit Road entrance to Avon Commons sent two people to area hospitals this morning.
The vehicles, a red Nissan Sentra that was turning left into Avon Commons and a black Dodge sedan that was westbound on Detroit, collided about 10:30 a.m.
The female driver of the Nissan [...]
Elyria Auditor Ted Pileski’s salary donation $4,551, not $1,295
ELYRIA — City Auditor Ted Pileski is a little more generous than people think.
On Dec. 30, 2009, just two days before a 2.5 percent pay increase went into effect, Pileski wrote a check to the city for $3,255.77 to cover the bump in pay. It was the second such payment Pileski made in the year [...]
Ohio bowling alleys want video slots, too
COLUMBUS — Ohio bowling centers are arguing they should be allowed to offer video slot machines, too, if the state’s horse racing tracks get them.
Bowling alley representatives made their case Wednesday before an Ohio House panel that’s considering legislation to pave the way for slots at seven horse tracks.
Joseph Gambish owns a bowling center in [...]
Lorain County under flood warning through tonight
Lorain County is under a flood warning through this evening as temperatures rise and snow continues to melt, and minor flooding is already occurring, according to the National Weather Service.
Flood stage is 9.5 feet, and at 5 a.m. today the stage was 9.6 feet and rising. The river will continue to rise and will crest [...]
South Amherst Fire Department receives grant of nearly $50,000
The South Amherst Fire Department has received a $49,676 grant from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
According to a news release from Sen. Sherrod Brown, AFG grants target fire departments and EMS organizations that are unaffiliated with hospitals to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public and first-responder personnel.
The funds [...]
Careless cooking damages Lorain home overnight
LORAIN — A woman who left food cooking and forgot about it caused about $12,000 worth of damage to her mother’s home overnight.
Lorain firefighters were called to 1501 Shaffer Drive a little after 3 a.m. for a fire in the kitchen on one side of the duplex, according to Assistant Fire Chief Randy Hupp.
Hupp said [...]
Fire overnight damages 3 South Lorain garages, car
LORAIN — Lorain firefighters responded overnight to a fire that destroyed one South Lorain garage and damaged two others and a car.
Firefighters were called to 4421 Camden Ave. about 4:40 a.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Randy Hupp. Camden runs between Homewood Drive and Fairless Avenue east of Southview High School.
The fire was fully involved [...]
ACORN agrees to leave Ohio in lawsuit settlement
COLUMBUS — The community organizing group ACORN has agreed to permanently give up its business license in Ohio, under a settlement with a libertarian organization.
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law had filed a lawsuit against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN’s full name. The suit alleged that ACORN’s voter registration drives amounted [...]
Cavs overcome 21-point deficit; Detroit’s Stuckey OK
CLEVELAND – There was a period where LeBron James didn’t care about the game.
But once it was learned that Detroit guard Rodney Stuckey was OK, James got back to work and led the Cavaliers to a 99-92 win over the Pistons on Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
Stuckey had an apparent seizure during a timeout [...]