Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July 13th, 2007
Bring on the 2nd half
Tribe hopes to duplicate early gains
CLEVELAND — The Indians spent 63 days atop the Central Division standings throughout a first half that saw them post the third-most wins in the majors with a 52-36 record — their best mark at the All-Star break since 1999. Their home record (31-12) and [...]
Time to worry about Sabathia
CLEVELAND — The Indians are well on their way to locking up all of their core players to long-term contracts, but they still have one remaining — and it’s a big one. On Thursday, Cleveland announced a contract extension for Travis Hafner that will pay the designated hitter a guaranteed $57 million [...]
Cavs gain much by doing little
The Cavaliers have gotten a lot done by doing virtually nothing in free agency. When Memphis agreed to a contract with unrestricted free agent power forward Darko Milicic on Wednesday, the Cavs immediately gained the upper hand in negotiations with their own power forward, Anderson Varejao, a restricted free agent who had been courted [...]
Officials plead for money
ELYRIA — County agencies and departments have been trying to scrimp and save after budget cuts earlier this year, but it doesn’t appear to be enough. Sheriff Phil Stammitti told county commissioners at a budget hearing Thursday that if he doesn’t get his department’s lost money restored, he may have to lay [...]
Justice Center keeps cracking
ELYRIA — You might want to wear a hard hat the next time you’re walking past the county Justice Center. County officials were forced to close off an area outside the south end of the building Wednesday as they reinforce pieces of brick that have continued to loosen just three years after [...]
Lorain man stabbed in back after argument
ELYRIA — A Lorain man was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife following an argument over a woman, police said. Cleveland Merritt was treated at EMH Regional Medical Center following the stabbing. He was later flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. He was listed in fair condition Thursday, said [...]
Whiz kids at CWRU
36 kids design games, robots at tech camp
CLEVELAND — Eight-year-olds creating video games. Twelve-year-olds building robots. Thirty-six children, ages 7 to 17, were designing, programming and creating video games, Web sites and robots at the internalDrive Tech Camp at Case Western Reserve University this week. On Wednesday, 11-year-old Matt Avampato, [...]
CHP buys up land
Hospital, Elyria Schools in property tax battle involving 13 acres near Ireland Cancer Center
ELYRIA — Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center and the Elyria Schools are locked in a legal fight over how much some of the land the hospital has been quietly buying up near the Ireland Cancer Center is worth [...]
New Lorain super already on payroll
Atkinson being paid $15,000 as consultant amid staff cuts
LORAIN — Cheryl Atkinson, who becomes superintendent of Lorain schools on Aug. 1, has kept a low-profile in the community but has been working behind the scenes and is being paid $15,000 as a 10-week consultant to the district. Her role as a [...]
Officer quits 3 months after Taser reprieve
Daniel Bozsoki had been fired, then reinstated
LORAIN — A Lorain police officer who was returned to the force after being fired for Tasering a prisoner in custody resigned Thursday. Daniel Bozsoki told Chief Cel Rivera that he was quitting the police department to avoid possible termination for failing to turn in a [...]