Archive for September 30th, 2007
Mayor shares plans for city by the lake
John Romoser swiveled his chair around to stare out the full-length windows behind him. It’s a beautiful view from his seventh floor office inside City Hall. Romoser’s new office overlooks the entire Lorain harbor, the red-topped lighthouse and a great lake that seems to stretch forever. The lake is especially calm on this rainy day [...]
Parents and tweens chase Cleveland’s hottest ticket
CLEVELAND — So close, but yet so far away. That’s how many parents likely felt Saturday morning when, after showing up with their young kids in tow, they were told tickets were sold out for the Jan. 3 Miley Cyrus “Best of Both Worlds” concert tour date at Quicken Loans Arena. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE People wait [...]
Police: Man stole Westlake cruiser
WESTLAKE — A Westlake police cruiser stolen by a Cleveland man during a traffic stop on Interstate 90 early Saturday was recovered in Avon just minutes later, albeit with a flat tire and a coat of mud. The alleged car thief — Frankie Molina, 33 — was arrested not far from the abandoned cruiser shortly [...]
Ohio State downs Minnesota as many top college football teams fall
MINNEAPOLIS — Ohio State turned in another well-rounded victory, staying unbeaten while several other top-ranked teams couldn’t. Chris Wells rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns, and the Ohio State defense didn’t budge in a 30-7 win at Minnesota on Saturday night. The eighth-ranked Buckeyes (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) have allowed only 34 points in [...]
Indians loss gives Boston top record in AL; Tribe will start playoffs vs. Yankees on Thursday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On the next-to-last day of the regular season, the Cleveland Indians absorbed a postseason setback. Joey Gathright’s RBI single in the eighth inning lifted Kansas City past Cleveland 4-3 Saturday night and ended the Indians’ chance to get home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs. Cleveland’s loss gave AL East champion Boston [...]
Cleveland’s Jamal Lewis to meet Baltimore’s Ray Lewis for the first time today
CLEVELAND — Ray Lewis and Jamal Lewis appreciate the same things in a football game. Teeth-rattling tackles, bone-crunching blocks, pad-popping runs. For the first time, the Lewises will be standing on opposite sidelines, which should lead to some memorable collisions between one of the top running backs of the decade and one of the best [...]
Elyria residents deal with water woes
ELYRIA — A project designed to boost water pressure in a northside neighborhood has left some Elyria residents feeling a tug of impatience as they go without water, sometimes for hours at a time. “I’m trying to potty-train three toddlers,” Dena Meredith of Hawthorne Street said Thursday. “I thought we’d be out of water for [...]
Youngstown’s Kelly Pavlik knocks out Jermain Taylor to win the world middleweight title
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Kelly Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round Saturday night to win the world middleweight title. Far behind on points after absorbing a brutal beating in the second round, the Youngstown native cornered Taylor and stunned him with a hard right to the jaw, then sent him down with [...]
Bomb kills 30 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai on Saturday offered to meet with the Taliban leader and give militants a government position only hours after a suicide bomber in army disguise attacked a military bus, killing 30 people — nearly all of them Afghan soldiers. Strengthening a call for negotiations he has made with increasing frequency [...]
Shaw derails Admiral King for Lake Erie League football win
LORAIN — Admiral King was headed for its fifth straight football victory on Saturday. The Admirals held a lead on Shaw for nearly half of their Lake Erie League football game and there was light at the end of the tunnel late in the fourth quarter. Then the Cardinals struck with three big plays and [...]
Amherst boys, Bay girls defend team titles at Obenour Memorial cross country invitational
VERMILION — The Amherst boys and Bay girls cross country teams proved they’re ready for the stretch drive. The Comets and Rockets successfully defended their team titles at Saturday’s 29th annual Jim Obenour Memorial Invitational at Sailorway Middle School. For the second straight year, Amherst toppled Bay for the boys title, 29-51. The Bay girls [...]
Hudson defeats Louisville to win Midview’s Cannon Classic volleyball tournament
GRAFTON — The South rose again at this year’s Cannon Classic. Two teams from far south of the tournament site reached the championship match in the 23rd edition of the prestigious tournament Saturday at Midview High School. Hudson, from Summit County, defeated Louisville, of Stark County, in three games, 22-25, 25-21 and 26-24. It was [...]
Elyria’s Alex Treuel wins LCAAA golf tournament
AVON — It’s been a very good year so far for Alex Treuel of Elyria. Next Wednesday, at Thunderbird Hills North in Huron, he’s primed to make it even better. That’s where the Division I sectional golf tournament will be held in the first step toward next month’s state tournament in Columbus. On Saturday, Treuel [...]
Ruling protects juvenile defendants
COLUMBUS — Just before his 14th birthday in August 2005, Corey Spears went on a crime spree — stealing and crashing two cars, taking a gun from a trailer, smoking marijuana laced with cocaine, and shooting a cow and horse. He pleaded guilty to several crimes after declining legal representation, and a judge in Licking [...]
Is Cleveland’s polka party winding down?
KIRTLAND — The aging of polka dancers could jeopardize a tradition popular in the eastern European immigrant community. People are getting older and dying off, and raising interest among the younger generation has proven to be difficult, said Joe Blatnik, secretary-treasurer of the SNPJ Farm Board that hosts polka dances in this community east of [...]
A quarter of Cincy bus drivers had arrests
CINCINNATI — Nearly a quarter of the city’s public school bus drivers have been arrested since 1991, including at least 50 charged with violent crimes, records show. Of the 458 drivers, 111 have been arrested on 242 charges, including six drunken driving charges, 12 drug charges and 25 domestic violence charges, according to records compiled [...]
Roundup: Sept. 30
School bus driver cited for running red light ELYRIA — A First Student bus driver carrying at least six students was cited for running a red light on Abbe Road, a sheriff deputy’s report said. Stephen Sopko, 63, of Lorain, was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy at 8:10 a.m. Sept. 17 after he drove [...]
Elyria notebook: Sept. 30
Peter and the Wolf at LCCC The Elyria High School Chamber String Orchestra, together with the Lorain County Civic Orchestra, will perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Stocker Arts Center at Lorain County Community College. A special guest will narrate this collaborative performance. T he EHS Chamber String Orchestra includes some of the high school’s [...]