Archive for October 26th, 2007
Daniel visits his mother
Daniel Petric, the 16-year-old son of a pastor, accused of killing his mother and shooting his father, was granted private visitation at his mother’s casket today. His attorney had asked the court if Daniel could have a furlough to go to the funeral on Saturday. Instead, private visitation was granted. We went to cover the [...]
Prep football: Midview, North Ridgeville rediscovering the richness of their rivalry
For a decade, it was a rivalry built in reverse. It was growing less intense with time. When North Ridgeville quarterback Eric Proszek was attending varsity games back in his middle school years, the Rangers no longer scheduled games with Midview — its oldest and most impassioned rival. Among fans, players and coaches, the grudge [...]
District volleyball: Amherst digs deep, downs Olmsted Falls for first title since 2003
EATON TWP. — Down 23-20 in a pivotal Game 3, Amherst volleyball coach Laurie Cogan pleaded with her Comets during a timeout, telling them it wasn’t too late to rally. She was right. It wasn’t too late and Amherst did rally, winning its first Division I volleyball district championship since 2003 with a 24-26, 25-21, [...]
Wedge sees bright future for Indians
CLEVELAND — It took a trip to the Amazon jungle for former Indians shortstop Omar Vizquel to get over the pain from a Game 7 World Series loss to the Marlins in 1997. Eric Wedge hasn’t gone to those extremes, but it’s been five days since his team finished off squandering a 3-1 ALCS lead [...]
Red Sox rely on pitching this time, grab 2-0 Series lead
BOSTON — There’s more than one way to rough up the Rockies. Boston’s big bats battered them in the World Series opener. Then October ace Curt Schilling and a stingy bullpen shut down Colorado in Game 2. Relying more on guile than pure gas, Schilling pitched Boston to a 2-1 victory Thursday night and a [...]
Report: County faces huge debt
ELYRIA — Lorain County’s financial future is bleak, according to an independent report presented to the county commissioners Thursday. The report, prepared by the Public Service Institute at Lorain County Community College as county voters get ready to vote on whether to allow a sales tax increase, said that the county could have a budget [...]
Suspect in mom’s killing wants to be at her funeral
Daniel Petric’s attorney files papers so teen can go to services
Browns GM Savage savoring positives, .500 record
BEREA — General manager Phil Savage held a state-of-the-team news conference Thursday and spent the 45 minutes discussing offense, defense and special teams. That the topics didn’t include staph infections, motorcycle accidents and Cleveland’s woe-is-me attitude qualifies as progress. So does the team’s 3-3 record. “The good part about the first six games is we [...]
Future of Avon Lake Ford plant hinges on UAW talks
AVON LAKE — The fate of the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake rests with the United Auto Workers, city officials said. The possibility that Ford Motor Co.’s Avon Lake plant could close was floated by the company to the union’s national negotiators during recent contract talks in which Ford sought favorable contract terms in [...]
Browns notes: Top goal is getting a road win
BEREA — Coach Romeo Crennel has a singular theme this week: Win a road game. The Browns are 0-2 away from Cleveland Browns Stadium this year, losing 26-24 at Oakland on a blocked field goal in the final seconds and 34-17 at unbeaten New England. The 0-7 Rams host the Browns on Sunday in the [...]
Judge reduces convicted dealer’s sentence
ELYRIA — County Common Pleas Judge James Burge has reduced the lengthy prison sentence of another prisoner over the objections of prosecutors. On Thursday, Burge slashed the 25-year sentence of convicted drug trafficker Randy Charlton to 12 years. Kreig Brusnahan, Charlton’s attorney, said his client requested a resentencing under an Ohio Supreme Court decision that [...]
Boys soccer: Lake Ridge gets revenge, along with first district title
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It was Adam Severs 2, Independence nil. The junior’s two second-half goals put top-seeded Lake Ridge Academy (15-4) in the Division III regional for the first time in school history Thursday with a 2-0 revenge victory over second-seeded Independence (13-5-1) at Lake Ridge. Last year, Independence beat Lake Ridge in a shootout [...]
Do you believe in ghosts? One-third in U.S. do
WASHINGTON — It was bad enough when the TV and lights inexplicably flicked on at night, Misty Conrad says. When her daughter began talking to an unseen girl named Nicole and neighbors said children had been murdered in the house, it was time to move. AP Misty Conrad (right) of Hampton, Va,. along with her [...]
Boys soccer: Bay wins third straight district title
BAY VILLAGE — It must be frustrating to be a Revere soccer fan. For the second year in a row, Bay’s boys shut out the Minutemen in a Division II district soccer final Thursday night. It took the Rockets a while to break a scoreless tie, but when junior Aaron Adkins blooped a shot into [...]
Hawk may soon be free bird
BAY VILLAGE — Perched atop a tree branch draped between two walls in a small flight room, a red-tailed hawk at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center stared intensely into the eyes of the few humans standing in the room. Although just a few feet separated the predatory bird from the humans, the 1-year-old [...]
Donated building? Boys & Girls Club wants to lease it
ELYRIA — The executive director of Boys & Girls Club of Lorain County says he’s interested in signing a 10-year lease for a building that a philanthropic organization has offered to donate to Elyria. Nordson Corporation Foundation, the owner of the 22,000-square-foot building at the corner of Oberlin-Elyria Road and Middle Avenue, is looking to [...]
Man blames baby’s injuries on bad knee
ELYRIA — A man accused of shaking his baby girl and causing brain damage says a bum knee is to blame. Jack McDougal, 22, of Elyria, says his knee joint often goes out, and that’s what caused him to fall while holding 9½-week-old Paige McDougal on Sept. 8, according to his attorney, Marilu Laubenthal. “He [...]
Diversity expo courts more than minorities
ELYRIA — Dozens of small-business owners and minority entrepreneurs turned out at a Lorain County conference to network and get a leg up in their industries, and one big-ticket item — the Elyria High School construction project — attracted a number of contractors looking for a piece of a $68 million pie. The third annual [...]
‘Jesus Christ` arrested by Domino’s
CARLISLE TWP. — A man who told police he is Jesus Christ was arrested Wednesday after a pizzeria employee accused him of fondling her. Cornelius Casey, 34, of Elyria, who is registered as a sex offender in Cuyahoga County, was charged with gross sexual imposition and was being held at the county jail on a [...]
Grocery could become morgue
OBERLIN — A closed grocery store could find a second calling as offices for the Lorain County General Health District and maybe as the new county morgue. Joseph Greulich of Crescendo Properties on Thursday asked members of a county health board subcommittee to consider leasing or buying the former Missler’s SuperValu on state Route 58. [...]
Police: Runaway may have been sexually assaulted
ELYRIA — Police are investigating a reported sexual assault involving a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home Wednesday. Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said the girl spent the night in Cascade Park near the Ohio Turnpike and was picked up by officers about 6 p.m. while walking on Gulf Road. Initial reports said callers who saw [...]
Grafton library weighs growth
GRAFTON — As Grafton is growing, so are the needs of its library. And it may not be long before approving funds for a new library goes before voters. In 2005, the Library Board of Trustees determined that the current library needed to update its strategic plan. An independent consultant was hired to survey 1,000 [...]
$1M bond set for family in girl`s stabbing
CLEVELAND — Bond of $1 million each was set Thursday for the mother, grandmother and cousin of a murder suspect accused in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl. Municipal Court Judge Joseph J. Zone scheduled preliminary hearings Nov. 2 for Annetta Holliman, 60, on aggravated murder and felonious assault charges; Yulonda Holliman, 32, on [...]
LNB enjoys 18 percent earnings growth
LORAIN — LNB Bancorp, Inc. — parent of Lorain National Bank — announced third quarter earnings for 2007 are up 18 percent. “The performance this past quarter is a positive indication of the solid progress we are continuing to make with our long-term strategy,” said Daniel E. Klimas, president and chief executive officer of LNB [...]
Treasurers talk foreclosure crisis
ELYRIA — Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray calls it one of the greatest threats of our generation, while U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral says the threat will only grow astronomically if we don’t act now. Added Doug Shelby, Cleveland’s Housing and Urban Development director: “It’s going to take a lot of us working together to get [...]