Archive for September 10th, 2007
SUV hits train; woman injured
WELLINGTON TWP. — A Parma woman was seriously injured when her sports utility vehicle hit the side of a train Sunday afternoon at the Quarry Road railroad crossing south of state Route 18. Linda Lishchuk-Hupert, 55, was taken by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland where she was listed in fair condition late Sunday. [...]
Jury to hear murder case
ELYRIA — Willie Evans IV said Friday that he won’t plead guilty to a murder he didn’t commit. If the 18-year-old doesn’t change his mind about a plea bargain today, a jury will decide whether he pulled the trigger of a 9 mm pistol that police say fired the fatal shot that killed retired steelworker [...]
Iraq war report: It’s all in the numbers
Statistics and data may differ from what top general in Iraq reports
Steelers 34, Browns 7: Some things never change
CLEVELAND — A season premiere is supposed to grab the audience’s attention with new ideas and imaginative plotlines. The Browns didn’t get the memo. They haven’t for years. With fans in a fever pitch for the start of a new season, the Browns trotted out the same stale rerun Sunday. Sloppy play, big mistakes, no [...]
Commentary: If Frye is out, might as well turn to Quinn
It took Charlie Frye six weeks to win the Browns’ starting quarterback job in training camp, but fewer than two quarters to lose it Sunday afternoon. Welcome to Cleveland, where absolutely nothing goes according to plan at the position. Frye and Derek Anderson both played poorly in the Browns’ 34-7 season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh [...]
Craig wants to take back guilty plea
WASHINGTON — Sen. Larry Craig will file court documents today asking to withdraw his guilty plea in a sex sting that seems likely to end his career, his attorney said. Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct following a sting operation in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. Craig He [...]
States target texting teen drivers, cell users
SAN FRANCISCO — Narin Leininger knows about the risks of talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. The 16-year-old high school junior says he’d only use his phone behind the wheel in an emergency — a flat tire, traffic jam or crash. But if he ever decided to whip out his [...]
Browns insist they’ll be all right
CLEVELAND — The Browns looked shell-shocked. Even boisterous tight end Kellen Winslow — who had the team’s top offensive performance with four catches for 83 yards — was subdued and quiet while answering questions after Cleveland’s 34-7 season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon. “It’s a team game and you can’t point any [...]
Browns notes: New job no snap for punter
CLEVELAND — You only get one chance to make a first impression, and Paul Ernster’s was a doozy. Ernster dropped the snap on his first punt for the Browns exactly 61 seconds into their 34-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, on Sunday, setting in motion a comical series of events. After mishandling the ball deep [...]
Police blotter: Sept. 10
Elyria police Friday, Sept. 7 12:30 p.m. – Chestnut Commons, Harley-Davidson motorcycle was stolen from parking lot but later abandoned in North Ridgeville. 2:40 p.m. – 42000 block Emerson Court, juvenile female ran away. 3 p.m. – 6100 block S. Gateway Blvd., two lawnmowers stolen. 3:15 p.m. – 300 block East Ave., man said his [...]
Man hits officer, then hides in sheets
ELYRIA — A 39-year-old Elyria man was found cowering under a sheet in a closet of a Wilkes Villa apartment Saturday after allegedly punching a police officer who was trying to arrest him, according to a police report. Michael A. James, of West 16th Street, was charged with assault on a police officer, burglary, obstructing [...]
Briefs: Sept. 10
Man charged with looting hotel vending machine ELYRIA — An Elyria man staying at the Red Roof Inn was charged with theft and tampering with coin machines after allegedly breaking into a vending machine and stealing cookies and crackers, according to police. Sean Bruce, 29, of Lake Avenue, was arrested after an unknown man at [...]
Browns extras
PLAYER OF THE GAME Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers QB He owns Charlie Frye and the Browns. He didn’t lose to Frye through college and is 6-0 vs. the Browns. He led a fourth-quarter comeback last year at Cleveland Browns Stadium and threw a career-high four touchdowns Sunday. He was 12-for-23 for 161 yards and a 114.3 [...]
Indians 6, Angels 2: Garko’s homer lifts Tribe to series split
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It isn’t enough that the Los Angeles Angels’ pitchers might have to deal with Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez again should they face Cleveland in the postseason. Now, Ryan Garko has given them something extra to think about. Garko hit a three-run homer, Aaron Laffey pitched out of trouble for [...]
Character development: Avon program teaches Mandarin Chinese
The students at Avon middle and high schools are speaking a whole new language, and it isn’t the pop-culture slang that many parents have come to expect from their adolescents. No, this is something less expected: Mandarin Chinese. JASON MILLER/CHRONICLE Avon High teacher Jacqueline Chiang works on vocabulary and pronunciation with freshmen Paul Mayton (left) [...]
Avon/Avon Lake police blotter: Sept. 10
Avon police Saturday, Sept. 1 8:56 p.m. – Avon police station, a male caller in Avon, Ind., was incorrectly dispatched to the police station in Avon when he tried to report hearing gun shots outside a Wendy’s restaurant. Sunday, Sept. 2 10:16 p.m. – 36900 block Detroit Road, a male attempted to take an air [...]
Juvenile prison return rates rising
COLUMBUS — Nearly half the youths who leave Ohio’s juvenile prisons return within three years, even though state taxpayers spend nearly $80,000 a year on each inmate, nearly three times what is spent on offenders in adult prisons, according to newspaper reports. About 1,800 young people are housed in Ohio’s eight juvenile prisons on a [...]
Tennis: Federer wins fourth straight U.S. Open
NEW YORK — The chase is on. Roger Federer used to shy away from talking about overtaking Pete Sampras in the Grand Slam record book. Not these days. Not with Sampras so close. Able to come through when it counts the most, Federer just keeps adding to his trophy collection. In the U.S. Open final [...]
Backers say more toxic air monitors needed
COLUMBUS — Higher-than-expected levels of airborne toxins and other hazardous pollutants are often found by state environmental officials in residential areas near factories, which advocates said points to the need for more state-run monitoring machines. There are no federal standards for how many air monitors that states should have to detect toxic compounds released by [...]
EC grad Wilhelm gets first start with Chargers
Elyria Catholic and Ohio State grad Matt Wilhelm made his first career start at inside linebacker for the Chargers on Sunday, and recovered a fumble that set up a touchdown in San Diego’s 14-3 win over Chicago. The 6-foot-4, 245-pounder also had four solo tackles and an assist. An all-state star for the EC Panthers, [...]
Company health insurance costs up because of health risks
CINCINNATI — First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb. Lee Morrison, 51, doesn’t mind the push, which came in the form of added insurance charges from his employer, Western & Southern Financial Group. “I knew [...]
State briefs: Sept. 10
Waverly DUI suspects go free with donation WAVERLY — Nearly 100 drunken-driving suspects in this southern Ohio town avoided convictions or jail time last year after making voluntary $1,000 donations to the police department, county records show. More than a third of the drunken-driving cases filed by Waverly police in Pike County Court last year [...]
Willa Mae Duvall
Willa Mae “Bee Bee” Duvall, 71, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord, on Friday in the EMH Regional Medical Center, following a long illness. She was born in Macon, GA, coming to Elyria, 54 years ago. She was employed as a machine operator, for the General Motors Plant in Brook Park, and [...]
Robert H. Korfhage
Robert H. Korfhage, 84, died September 9, 2007. Robert was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He was the beloved and devoted husband of the late Annabelle T. (nee Keating); loving father of sons, Kurt (Diane), Robert A. (Sandy), Gary (Marie), Brian, John (Monica); and daughter, Lynne Mantkowski (Ron); grandfather of eleven and great-grandfather of [...]
Phineas G. Serfozo
Phineas G. Serfozo, 67, of Vermilion, died on Saturday, September 08, 2007 at Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born on June 26, 1940 in Lorain. Phineas was a 1959 graduate, of Clearview High School, where he was his class president. He was employed as a laborer for the Laborer’s [...]