Archive for August 8th, 2007
Fire at Wilkes Villa
Man douses self with lighter fluid, sets blaze as cops stand outside ELYRIA — A 24-year-old man doused himself with charcoal lighter fluid and set fire to an apartment in the Wilkes Villa housing projects after police officers were called by a woman seeking help to get her ex-boyfriend to leave. LifeCare paramedics and police [...]
Flooding not as bad as expected in Lorain
Still, many basements and roads flooded in city and across region LORAIN — On the day after an isolated thunderstorm blanketed much of Northeast Ohio, a secretary in the Lorain mayor’s office appeared flustered as the phone rang once again. A pile of carpet from the flooded basement of Joel and Judy Gesoh sits by [...]
Warnings stay up at Lakeview beach
LORAIN — Beach advisory signs that were posted at Lakeview Park last Thursday warning of unsafe levels of E. coli have been left up because of Tuesday’s storms. “We talked with the Ohio Department of Health, and we both thought it was wise to leave the signs up because of the storms,” said Park Manager [...]
Fireworks killings weren’t planned, attorney says
CLEVELAND — The firefighter charged with killing three people in an apparent dispute over July Fourth fireworks will challenge prosecutors’ claims that the attack was planned, his defense attorney said Wednesday. Hough John Hildebrand, attorney for Terrance Hough Jr., 35, a Cleveland firefighter, said the defendant appeared to have snapped early July 5 before the [...]
Key witness ditches trial for lotto show
AKRON — A man chose to appear on the Ohio Lottery’s television game show rather than testify at a robbery trial, and prosecutors said they were forced to allow the suspect to plead guilty to lesser charges. James Finch, 41, of Akron, was supposed to be the key witness in the case against William Archibald, [...]
Strongsville levy fails
STRONGSVILLE — Despite passing in the tiny portion of the Strongsville school district that falls in Columbia Township, a levy that district officials say would have staved off $6 million in cuts this year narrowly failed Tuesday. According to unofficial election results, the measure failed with 4,675 votes against it, or 50.4 percent of the [...]
Heat wave settles on state for third day
Cities allowed people into pools for free and opened emergency cooling stations as temperatures hovered in the 90s across much of the state Wednesday. The sheriff in one southwest Ohio county opened a renovated, unused jail as a place for senior citizens to cool off. “It’s times like these that we need to use our [...]
Ohio State to use car-sharing company to encourage carpooling
COLUMBUS — Ohio State University will use a fleet of vehicles from the car-sharing company Flexcar as part of a new program designed to relieve the campus parking crunch and encourage students and employees to use environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Students without cars as well as and others who walk, bike, car pool or [...]
Irma May Randle
Irma May Randle, (nee King), 97, of Frederick, MD, went home to be with the Lord on August 3, 2007. Born in Oberlin, she attended the Oberlin Public School systems where she excelled in music, especially playing the piano. She played in a jazz band in her younger days, but preferred playing Gospel more than [...]
Mary Burtze
Mary Burtze (nee Rogan), 92, of Lorain, died Monday August 6, 2007 at her home while under the care of New Life Hospice. She was born November 13, 1914, in Vestaburg, PA, and had resided in Lorain most of her life. Mary worked at U.S. Steel in the Galvanizing & Coupling Shop for 30 years [...]
Timothy J. Miller
Timothy J. Miller, 56, of Elyria died August 7, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. Born January 10, 1951 in Cincinnati, he had been a resident of Elyria since 1993, moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He was a semi-truck driver and was employed by Camaco Enterprises in Lorain. He is [...]
Eula Faye McGlocklin
Eula Faye McGlocklin, 86, of Grafton, and formerly of North Ridgeville died Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road at state Route 57, Elyria.
Colin K. Moffitt
Colin K. Moffitt, 65, of Elyria, passed away Monday, August 6, 2007 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born December 13, 1941 in Robbins, TN and has resided in Ohio since 1955. He retired in 1985 from A&C Tire in Amherst where he recapped truck tires. He enjoyed country [...]
Darryl John Szatala
Darryl John Szatala, 55, of Parma, formerly of Lorain, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at the Rennaisse House, Cleveland Clinic Hospice in Olmsted Township, following a brief illness. Mr. Szatala was born in Lorain, on October 21, 1951. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1969. He was a member of the DeMolay in high [...]
Cecil K. Dotson
Cecil K. Dotson, 97, of Grafton, passed away Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 in Elyria Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born September 30, 1909 in Ritchie County, WV. Mr. Dotson retired from CCC Truck Line where he worked as a truck driver. He is survived by son, Ronald Dotson of Grafton; grandchildren, Charlotte, [...]
Flash Flood Watch for tonight
Flash Flood Watch in effect from 10 pm edt this evening Through Thursday evening, The NWS in cleveland has issued a Flash flood watch for portions of north central ohio, northeast ohio and northwest ohio, Including The Following areas, In North Central ohio, Erie Oh, Huron And Lorain. In northeast ohio, Ashtabula Inland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, [...]
New home run king: Bonds connects for No. 756
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds hit No. 756 over the right-center field wall Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball’s new home run king. Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s storied record in the fifth inning, connecting on a 3-2 pitch from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Three [...]
Browns: Quinn signs 5-year, $20.2 million deal
BEREA — The agent did his job. Now it’s time for Brady Quinn to get to work. The Browns’ second first-round pick, 22nd overall, signed a five-year deal Tuesday night. He attended meetings and is scheduled for his first practice today. He will meet the media at 8 a.m. “He’s got a lot of [...]
Indians 2, White Sox 1: Westbrook wins second straight start
CHICAGO — After a rough start to the season, Jake Westbrook is finally looking like the pitcher the Cleveland Indians used to depend on. Westbrook retired 23 of 24 batters at one stretch and Grady Sizemore hit a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth inning to lead the Indians to a 2-1 victory over [...]
Browns notes: Steinbach injures knee in practice; McGinest ailing
BEREA — Coach Romeo Crennel was awaiting medical reports Tuesday on two of his top starters. Left guard Eric Steinbach walked off the practice field Tuesday and didn’t return. Linebacker Willie McGinest didn’t practice with a back injury and is headed to Los Angeles for further examination. Steinbach, who signed a seven-year, $49.5 million [...]
Soaking, sweltering
Heavy heat follows heavy rain in county, across state An isolated thunderstorm that hovered over the county Tuesday morning dumped almost 4 inches of rain in some spots, soaked basements, flooded roadways and turned parked cars into flotation devices. The owner and patrons of the Three Star Restaurant look out on a flooded East 28th [...]
Browns Lowdown: A quick look at Tuesday’s training camp
TODAY PRACTICE: Closed to public THE LOWDOWN WHAT HAPPENED: The practice was closed to the public after morning thunderstorms, and the drops followed the team inside. Tight ends Darnell Dinkins and Buck Ortega and receivers Braylon Edwards and Travis Wilson dropped passes, and quarterback Charlie Frye dropped a snap. WHAT’S NEXT: The Browns will practice [...]
Dan Coughlin: Will Quinn be worth the wait … and the money?
Now that he’s signed and in camp, let’s lay off Brady Quinn. I guess he squeezed the last dollar out of the Browns. Hooray for him. That’s to be expected. Nobody plays pro football as a hobby. What a great first job out of college this is. The first-round draft picks are paid millions. [...]