Archive for October 17th, 2007
Safety program awards $857K to local businesses
ELYRIA — The state’s message to Lorain County employers: It pays to be safe. The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation paid more than $857,000 to 136 county businesses that participated in the Lorain County Safety Council this past year, a joint program headed by the Lorain County Chamber of Commerce and the workers compensation bureau. [...]
Decrepit strip mall coming down
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The old Ridgeville Shopping Center, long devoid of any tenants, is bustling with activity again. But now the commotion is a wrecking ball. A demolition crew finally got to work Tuesday tearing down the vacant shopping center, which exists as only a shell of its former self. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Demolition [...]
Dirty work clothes helped ignite man who died of burns
ELYRIA — A flammable lacquer on an Elyria man’s clothing helped flames overtake his body, which ultimately led to his death, Elyria Assistant fire Chief Robert Dempsey has said. Donald Secrist, 50, died from internal burns Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller said. Secrist, who polished cabinets for Patriot [...]
School board candidates discuss bringing back classes
LORAIN — Lorain school board candidate Jim Smith said programs the district cut over the summer to save money could return by next fall. Smith made the claim during an hour-long debate Tuesday night featuring all seven candidates for the board. Each candidate was given two minutes to answer questions selected by the hosts of [...]
Holly Brinda to stay on November ballot
Elyria school board member Holly Brinda is on the November ballot to stay. The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to reconsider its decision earlier this month that placed Brinda on the ballot. Brunner and the Lorain County Board of Elections had sought to bar Brinda [...]
Blotter: Oct. 17, 2007
Lorain police Saturday, Oct. 13 8:35 p.m. – 1900 block W. 27th St., a woman said her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend harassed her by phone. Sunday, Oct. 14 3:58 a.m. — 300 block Delaware Ave., Terrance M. McAfee, 25, 1800 block Hancock St., Lorain, charged with obstructing official business, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and disorderly [...]
Police blotter – Oberlin and Wellington: October 17
Oberlin police Tuesday, Oct. 9 4:33 p.m. — 100 block of South St., family disturbance. Wednesday, Oct. 10 8:20 a.m. — Roosevelt Court, unruly 15-year-old girl. 12:10 p.m. — 200 block of North Pleasant Street, laptop worth $1,400 stolen from Oberlin High School. 5:47 p.m. — Roosevelt Court, unruly 15-year-old girl. Thursday, Oct. 11 4:46 [...]
Crash drives dashboard into teenager’s chest
ELYRIA — A teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after a crash into a guardrail broke his legs and drove part of a dashboard into his chest. Debra Adkins, 36, was driving her Honda Accord with Florida plates east on state Route 57 around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when she clipped the mirror of a passing truck and [...]
Man ambushed woman at apartment, police say
LORAIN — A woman returning from the grocery store around 10 p.m. Monday was ambushed at her Fulmer Road apartment by a man against whom she had a restraining order, according to a Lorain police report. Paul Mohn, 34, surprised the woman at her door, knocked her cell phone out of her hand when she [...]
Chopper for charity
Shop builds bike to support girl in her fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Jim Fekete displays the chopper he built to sell for Ashleigh Martin. WELLINGTON — It all started innocently, when their vibrant young daughter trotted up and said, “I have a bump on my neck.’’ Certainly, it couldn’t be much, [...]
Indians use 7-run fifth inning to down Red Sox in ALCS Game 4
CLEVELAND — Somebody contact the Colorado Rockies and inform them that their World Series opponent may be coming from C-town, not Beantown. Though most expected the high-powered, high-payroll Red Sox to represent the American League in the Fall Classic, it is the unheralded, low-budget Indians who are on the verge of taking their place. Thanks [...]
Petrak: Tribe just one win from the World Series
CLEVELAND — Dare to dream. Feel free to fantasize. It’s OK to imagine. The Indians are one win away from their first World Series since 1997. Let your mind wander through everything that would mean to you, your family, your friends and all of Northeast Ohio. The Indians won 7-3 Tuesday night at a raucous [...]
Byrd’s magical performance turns into 3-1 series lead
CLEVELAND — Paul Byrd said Tuesday was a magical night. And he wasn’t just talking about hitting 90 mph on the radar gun. “I hit 90 tonight out of nowhere,” said the veteran right-hander known more for his guts and smarts than anything even resembling a big-time fastball. “We all know that happens a few [...]
Council wary of donated building
ELYRIA — Elyria Council members are trying to decide whether the city should accept a 200,000-square-foot building that a philanthropic organization has offered to hand over, though a stipulation that the facility be used for youth programs over the next decade has some on Council concerned. Nordson Corporation Foundation has offered to give the city [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge’s postseason moves have been perfect
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Eric Wedge recently was named The Sporting News’ American League manager of the year, and he’s a strong candidate to receive the same award from the Baseball Writers Association of America, which votes for the awards recognized by Major League Baseball. Had the ballots not already been cast and had they [...]
No one hurt in spectacular rollover
AMHERST — About 700 new phone books stuffed into a Ford Explorer were enough to help unbalance an SUV flip several times while traveling down state Route 2 about 4 p.m. Tuesday but not enough to seriously injure the driver. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE This SUV, unbalanced due to a heavy load of phone directories [...]
Manhunt ends with arrest at Elyria hideout
ELYRIA — A three-week manhunt for a man who police say shot 23-year-old Justin Lee in Lakewood on Sept. 25 ended in Elyria during an early-morning raid Tuesday by U.S. marshalls. Francisco L. Rodriguez, 28, of Lakewood, was arrested on charges of attempted aggravated murder about 6:20 a.m. at a Melvyn Avenue residence, according to [...]
Man, hit by train Saturday, still critical
ELYRIA — An Elyria man, who was struck by a train on the tracks near Infirmary Road on Saturday, was walking along the tracks when he was hit, Elyria police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said. The conductor of the Norfolk Southern train that struck 34-year-old Andre McGee, told police he saw McGee attempt to jump out [...]
Coughlin: Towels don’t make for a loud crowd
Television photographers often share a self-deprecating joke when they set out on a story with reporters. “What do you want today, sound or pictures?” they ask. It’s a joke. They’re asking the same thing in the Indians’ front office but it’s no joke. They have to make a choice. It’s about the white towels. “Do [...]
Elyria blanks Southview in boys sectional soccer opener
ELYRIA — Elyria’s struggling soccer team might have reached low ebb when it tied Southview a month ago. A lot has changed since then. Caught in a win-or-go-home crunch, Elyria blasted the Saints 5-0 on Tuesday in a Division I sectional tournament opener at Pioneer Field. The Pioneers got two goals each from seniors Rayshawn [...]
Lorain chase totals police car, hurts police dog
LORAIN — A driver who police said was high on crack cocaine led officers in a winding chase up and down Oberlin Avenue early Monday — leaving in his wake a trail of turfed lawns, a crushed squad car and an injured police dog. Eugene Frost, 45, of Lorain, is charged with fleeing, unlawful restraint, [...]
LeBron James enjoying fame in China
SHANGHAI, China — LeBron James looms large in Shanghai. He hovers over a basket in billboards around the city leading to Wednesday’s NBA exhibition game between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic and another game Saturday in the former Portuguese territory of Macau. “For me, growing up, I never thought about having a billboard [...]
Bernie Kosar brings Arena Football League team to Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Bernie’s back, and brought an Arena Football League team. Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar headlined a news conference Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena to announce the arrival of the Las Vegas franchise. Kosar is president, CEO and a minority owner. “I want to do this to be proud of it,” Kosar said. “I’m [...]
Bathroom scrawlings prompt school lockdown in North Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Threats scrawled in purple marker on the walls of two girls’ toilet stalls led to a 90-minute lockdown Tuesday at North Ridgeville Middle School. The threats, which claimed a bomb would be detonated today at the school, turned out to be a hoax by a 12-year-old seventh-grader, Superintendent Michael Tefs said . [...]
Midview student, 15, denies making threats
GRAFTON — A 15-year-old boy accused of making threats last week at Midview High School was arraigned Tuesday in county Juvenile Court. The student denied charges of aggravated menacing and inducing panic — the equivalent of pleading not guilty — and was released to in-home detention, where court staff will monitor his whereabouts until his [...]