Lorain/Elyria, OH
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 [...]
Links to Patti Ewald’s blog, columns
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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 [...]
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 for [...]
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 power boat [...]
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 a [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 painful [...]
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 [...]