Archive for September 19th, 2007
Ann Chonko
Ann Chonko (nee Ilcisko), 86, of Lorain, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at Community Health Partners following a long illness. She was born May 1, 1921, in Lorain and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Chonko was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Lorain. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, baking, shopping, and [...]
It’s a SWEEP!
CLEVELAND (AP) — C.C. Sabathia upgraded his Cy Young resume and Cleveland finished declawing the Detroit Tigers with a 4-2 win on Wednesday that completed a three-game sweep and reduced the Indians’ magic number for clinching the AL Central to three. When Cleveland, which hasn’t made the playoffs since 2001, was in the midst of [...]
Evans found guilty
ELYRIA — It took jurors in Willie Evans IV’s aggravated murder trial only an additional hour on Tuesday to convict Evans of nearly all the charges leveled against him — charges that could send him to prison for life. The jury of nine women and three men had deliberated about five hours Monday before breaking [...]
Coroner IDs body found in Lake Erie
ELYRIA — Dental records helped identify a badly decomposed body found Sunday in Lake Erie as missing boater Daniel Crowner, 44, of Wooster. An autopsy Monday revealed that Crowner drowned during a fishing trip earlier this month, and Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller ruled that the death was accidental. Investigators originally speculated that the 21-foot [...]
Ridgeville man faces charge of hitting ref at pee wee game
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A pee wee football coach wanted a penalty. He got a mug shot and a court date instead after getting into an on-field fight with a referee, police said. Mark Klanac, 26, of North Ridgeville, was coaching his team about 9:30 a.m. Sept. 8 in Frontier Park when he became outraged that [...]
Police blotter: Sept. 19, 2007
Elyria police Sunday, Sept. 16 3:55 p.m. – 600 block Middle Ave., Josh Fryson, 23, of Elyria, charged with domestic violence. 4:18 p.m. – 400 block Lake Ave., Monique Young, 36, of Elyria, warrant arrest. 5:05 p.m. – 700 block Infirmary Road, females fighting, one sent nasty messages to the other on MySpace.com account. 5:25 [...]
Stuck in traffic? It could be worse, study says
Study: Ohioans have relatively smooth commute WASHINGTON — As drivers nationwide waste nearly an entire work week each year sitting in traffic on the way to and from their jobs, Northeast Ohio cities are among the least congested metropolitan areas in the country, according to a national study released Tuesday. The nation’s drivers languished in [...]
Fed slashes interest rate
Wall Street soars on news of half-point decrease WASHINGTON — It took more than four years, but borrowers finally got some interest rate relief. In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half percentage point on Tuesday and left the door open to further rate cuts to prevent a [...]
U.S. home foreclosures soar in August, up 36 percent from July
ANGELES — The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals many homeowners are increasingly unable to make timely payments on their mortgages or sell their homes amid a national housing slump. A total of 243,947 foreclosure [...]
Elyria gets GetGo gas station
ELYRIA — There’s another GetGo gas station — you know, that place where you can get gasoline cheap after shopping at Giant Eagle — nearby. The former Clark gas station at 209 E. Bridge St. recently converted to a GetGo station, and it will honor the grocery chain’s Fuelperks program, Giant Eagle spokeswoman Kimberly Pupillo [...]
Crusading lawyer dies at 61
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Outspoken defense attorney Chris Crobaugh died of a massive heart attack Tuesday at the age of 61. “He was a loving and caring person, he really was, beneath that rough exterior,” said Susan Crobaugh, his wife of 25 years. Lawyers remembered him fondly Tuesday as news of his death spread through the [...]
Mom angry autistic son was Tasered
LORAIN — The police officer who used a Taser to subdue a 14-year-old autistic boy acted within police policy, a police official said. Police Lt. Thomas Mize said he was not there Sunday night when officers made the decision to bring the teen under control with two short cycles from a Taser; however, a review [...]
Legislature moves to ban cash-paying gaming machines
COLUMBUS — After a summer full of political wrangling and fingerpointing over the sudden proliferation of gaming machines, House Republicans said Tuesday they will introduce a plan they previously opposed: allowing game players to win modest prizes but not cash. The mind-boggling complexity of regulating machines with names like Tic Tac Fruit has House Republicans [...]
Elderly driver plows into shopping plaza
AVON LAKE — Helen Garbash could only watch helplessly Tuesday afternoon as an elderly man pulled out of a parking spot in front of her eatery and plowed through two pillars on the front of her building, crashing to a halt on a tree trunk some 30 feet away. “With all the smoke and screeching, [...]
Indians use home runs to down Verlander, Tigers
CLEVELAND — The Indians killed two birds with a number of very large stones Tuesday night at Jacobs Field. In addition to beating Detroit 7-4 to strengthen its lead in the Central Division race, Cleveland also helped C.C. Sabathia’s Cy Young cause by taking it out on one of his closest competitors — Tigers ace [...]
Lorain Schools officials take on parents’ questions
LORAIN — A partnership between Oberlin College and Lorain Schools may be the key to putting instrumental music programs back in the elementary schools. Lorain Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson said Tuesday that she may seek the help of college students to teach the program if the district doesn’t receive a federal grant to restore the program. [...]
Tribe notes: Blake apologizes to Tigers for HR celebration
CLEVELAND — A Detroit television reporter brought an apology from Casey Blake to the Tigers clubhouse on Tuesday, but it was an unnecessary one. Blake, who hit a walk-off home run to beat Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings on Monday night, felt as though he might have overdone it as he circled the bases yelling [...]
Local briefs: Sept. 19, 2007
15-year-old Elyria boy again charged with BB gun attack ELYRIA — One day after police charged a 15-year-old boy with cruelty to animals for shooting his mother’s dog with a BB gun, the teen was back at it again — this time hitting a 19-year-old woman in the leg, a police report said. On Tuesday [...]
Coughlin: With the Indians, home is where the hurt is
Casey Blake has played third base, first base and right field, and he has batted almost anywhere in the order. Name the role, he’ll play it. Maybe it won’t be his favorite role, but nobody will know that. He’ll keep his mouth shut and do it. Lately he’s been playing the hero role. Last Friday, [...]
Browns analysis: Just when you think you know a team …
I’m still trying to get my head around what happened Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The embarrassing loss to the Steelers the week before I understand. I’ve seen it dozens of times. The Browns were outclassed, outplayed and outworked. But the 51-45 win over the Bengals was new territory. The Browns never play a game [...]
Cavaliers unveil their new training facility today
INDEPENDENCE — If the Cavaliers fail in their quest to win a championship in 2007-08, it won’t be because they lack a state-of-the-art practice facility. Fresh off its first NBA Finals appearance, Dan Gilbert’s franchise will hold a grand opening for the Cleveland Clinic Courts today at 2:30 p.m. The $25 million, 50,000-square-foot facility has [...]
Lutheran West wins PAC golf tournament for third straight time
COLUMBIA STATION — It’s getting to be a habit — a good one — for Lutheran West’s golf team and its coach Karen Wittrock. For the third straight year — as long as the Patriot Athletic Conference has existed — the Longhorns captured the conference tournament championship. They finished with a team score of 316 [...]
High school golf notes: Midview rights ship
Midview got back on course, as they say in golf, after a slight stumble last week. The Middies made it through the first half of their West Shore Conference dual-match schedule undefeated only to get upset by Vermilion last week at Willow Creek. That left them tied for first in the conference with Firelands, but [...]
Ohio State not taking Northwestern lightly
COLUMBUS — Coach Jim Tressel likes to think his Ohio State players live in a cocoon, only concentrating on their practices, their game, their immediate opponent. But they are well aware of what’s going on around them. The No. 8-ranked Buckeyes play Northwestern in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday. The Wildcats [...]
Getting EDGEucated at JVS
Adult cosmetology classes spur dreams PITTSFIELD TWP. — Melissa Hawley always liked cutting hair. When she was a kid, she took her scissors to her only willing clients — her dolls. “I’d cut all the hair on the baby dolls and Barbies and my mother got mad,” she said with a laugh. Now people willingly [...]