Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 14th, 2007
Police Blotter - 06/14/07
County sheriff Friday, May 25 8:12 a.m. – 900 block Griswold Road, $4,500 steel container stolen from property.
Tuesday, May 29 3 a.m. – 22000 block West Road, $1,400 worth of aluminum cable stolen from scrap bin.
Wednesday, May 30 10:06 a.m. – 13000 block S. Durkee [...]
Stars and Stripes Proudly waving
ELYRIA — Members of the Elyria Elks Lodge and American Legion are at work today turning Ely Square into a powerhouse of patriotism for tonight’s annual Flag Day celebration. Ron Carr, color guard commander for American Legion Post 12, will give a historical presentation of America’s flags from the classic 15-star version to [...]
Lawyers call terror expert ‘unreliable’
Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press COLUMBUS — Lawyers for a man charged with plotting to attack a shopping mall want the government’s terrorism expert prohibited from testifying in an upcoming trial. They say the expert is not reliable and has his facts wrong. The expert, Singapore-based Rohan Gunaratna, is scheduled to [...]
Police: Robber chose lender over bank
LORAIN — Police suspect a man who robbed Pay Day Loans at gunpoint also cased a Fifth Third Bank hours earlier and snatched a woman’s wallet as she walked to her car from the bank. The man, described as a 5-foot-10, 265-pound Hispanic man in his 30s, didn’t rob the bank, but police [...]
Foltin takes finance post at Tri-C
Lorain mayor to leave office in August
Brad Dicken and Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — Mayor Craig Foltin won’t finish his term as mayor. Instead, the two-term Republican will leave his post to become executive vice president of finance and business services at Cuyahoga Community College starting Aug. 13. Foltin’s [...]
Mayor’s early departure throws wild card into GOP’s plans
LORAIN — Mayor Craig Foltin’s decision to leave office early appears to be setting up a struggle for the Republican nod to replace him. The current Republican candidate running to replace Foltin, who did not seek re-election, would seem like a shoo-in for the job [...]
State report finds several flaws in fatal rescue try
WELLINGTON TWP. — The Wellington Fire Department should have used an inflatable boat to rescue two teens clinging to trees in the swollen Black River last June rather than allowing rescue diver Allan “Buz” Anderson Jr. to enter the raging water, a report by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources concluded. Anderson, 47, attached by [...]
Memorial for Anderson to be dedicated June 22
WELLINGTON TWP. — American flags mark the spot where rescue diver Allan “Buz” Anderson died last June trying to save two teenagers stranded on flooded Pitts Road. But at 10 a.m. June 22 — the first anniversary of the day he died — a more permanent marker will be dedicated. It’s [...]
Plaintiffs winners in bingo battle
Ruling states leaders of Avon church must repay $623K
ELYRIA — Dissident members of an Avon church who waged a nine-year legal fight because of concerns about how the church leadership was spending bingo money won their court fight Wednesday. Visiting Judge Lynett McGough ordered five of the six defendants in the case [...]
Reflecting Lorain’s history
Underground Railroad tribute hoped to spark interest
LORAIN — This Saturday, the city officially will have another historical landmark — this one paying homage to the abolitionists who risked their lives by helping slaves escape to Canada when they arrived at Underground Railroad station No. 100. The dedication ceremony for a reflective garden and [...]