Archive for November 23rd, 2007
Avon police officer injured in early morning crash
While responding to a one car crash around 4:45 a.m. Friday on I-90 in Avon, another vehicle traveling east on I-90 lost control due to the slick road conditions, struck an Avon police cruiser and a tow truck from Hall’s towing that was clearing the initial crash. An Avon police officer was investigating the original crash [...]
In North Ridgeville, business is booming
Commercial surge coming on heels of population growth NORTH RIDGEVILLE – Once-wooded lots are being cleared away and in their place a plethora of “coming soon” signs have sprouted up in empty fields along Lorain Road. STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE The area off Lear-Nagle Road (right) near Lorain Road in North Ridgeville is set for [...]
Former reporter takes on Kucinich
It took Rosemary Palmer extended stays in New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and China to realize that, as the saying goes, all politics is local. Palmer The Wooster-born 60-year-old, who also was a Chronicle-Telegram writer in the 1970s, returned home from her travels and is now running against Dennis Kucinich for the Democratic nomination for the [...]
Deaths spur changes to police chase policy
CLEVELAND – A rash of deaths and injuries resulting from police chases has led the city to revise its policy on pursuing would-be fugitives. So far this year, at least eight people have been killed or injured following chases in the city, a newspaper reported. The accidents this year, which include the injury of an [...]
Landfill may lose its permit
AKRON – The operating permit for a troubled landfill in Northeast Ohio should be suspended because of continuing problems with odors and underground fires, the Stark County health commissioner said. A suspension would shut down the 258-acre landfill in southern Stark County until the problems are corrected. Republic Services, the Florida parent company of the [...]
Operation: Black Friday
The Dodson team will be doing battle in the retail trenches for the best deals It`s 3 a.m., and while most people are still sleeping off the intoxicating effects of Thanksgiving dinner, Linda Dodson and her band of merry shoppers already have showered, piled on layers of comfy clothing and headed out the door armed [...]
Browns: Time to talk playoffs?
BEREA – If the season ended today, the Browns would be tied with Tennessee for the final playoff spot in the AFC. After a survey of the locker room, the Browns are 100 percent certain their season doesn`t end today. As fans throughout Northeast Ohio spent Thanksgiving discussing the Browns` surprising 6-4 record and dissecting [...]
Al-Qaida, soldiers battle in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Al-Qaida militants commandeered Iraqi army vehicles and then attacked U.S.-backed Sunni fighters in south Baghdad during a fierce gunbattle that left 18 people dead Thursday, police and local Sunnis said. Later Thursday, mortars or rockets slammed into the U.S.-protected Green Zone – dramatizing warnings by senior American commanders that extremists still pose a [...]
Mich. man blasts neighbor’s cow, says he thought it was a coyote
COLFAX TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man says he shot and killed a neighbor`s cow after mistaking it for a coyote. Authorities and the owner are skeptical. The undersheriff in northern Michigan`s Benzie County says he doesn`t see how anyone could confuse a 1,400-pound, pregnant cow with a coyote, which typically weighs 20 to 45 pounds. [...]
Grafton/LaGrange police blotter: Nov. 23, 2007
LaGrange police Saturday, Nov. 17 1:30 p.m. – North Center and East Prospect streets, Lisa Armbruster, 18, Lorain, charged with underage consumption and open container. Taylor Given, 19, Elyria, charged with driving under the influence, plate light required, underage consumption and open container in a motor vehicle. Tuesday, Nov. 20 10 a.m. – Lions Park, [...]
Police blotter: Nov. 23, 2007
Lorain police Tuesday, Nov. 20 4:22 p.m. – 700 block Idaho Ave., a television was stolen from a boat in storage. Wednesday, Nov. 21 8:06 p.m. – 1200 block W. 33rd St., a house was broken into and a bowl full of spare change was stolen. Thursday, Nov. 22 2:11 a.m. – El Patio Mexican [...]
Typhoon threatening Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – A tropical storm gained strength and developed into a typhoon Thursday as it headed toward an eastern Philippine region ravaged last year by flash floods and volcanic mudslides that killed more than 1,000 people, officials said. Typhoon Mitag was packing 75 mph winds with gusts of up to 94 mph as it [...]
Couple finds love at doughnut shop
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – It was at the Honey Dew Donut shop that Cyndi LaRose and her honey said, “I do.” LaRose and Joseph David Smith exchanged wedding vows Wednesday at the North Kingstown shop where they had met. Marjorie Harrison, the baker, made the food. Faraq Mohamed, the shop`s owner, greeted customers with a [...]
Ruth Prior
Ruth Prior, 95, of Lorain, died unexpectedly at her home Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home For Funerals, 1124 W. 5th Street, Lorain.
Toilet group taking the lead
Flush with fervor, group promises improved sanitation SEOUL, South Korea – The World Toilet Association kicked off its inaugural conference Thursday, hoping to spark a sanitation revolution that will save lives through better hygiene and break taboos about what happens behind closed bathroom doors. To the celebratory rhythms of a percussionist beating on toilets, dozens [...]
Walter C. Swaney
Walter C. Swaney, 86, of Elyria, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Mr. Swaney was born May 31, 1921 in Oliphant Furnace, Pennsylvania and made his home in Elyria since 1953. He served with the United States Navy during WWII where he received the Victory Medal, American [...]
Court upholds $5M judgment against Sony Music over logo dispute
CLEVELAND – Sony Music must pay the founder of a small record company $5 million for failing to put the company`s logo on reissues of Meat Loaf`s “Bat Out of Hell” album, a federal appeals court ruled. Steve Popovich, who started Cleveland International Records in 1977 and soon afterward signed a chubby singer named Marvin [...]
Parishioners keep church going
North Eaton Christian Church celebrates 165th year EATON TWP. – Religious history runs deep in Roberta Balogh`s family, which has been attending the North Eaton Christian Church since the mid-1800s. Balogh is the fourth generation of North Eaton Christian Church parishioners. The history of the church is rich in Balogh`s past, because her family helped [...]
Jean Irene Shaffer
Jean Irene Shaffer (nee McCullen), 85, born May 12, 1922 in Cleveland. She lived most of her life in Elyria. Though stricken by polio at a young age, Mrs. Shaffer lived a full life. She belonged to the Elyria Y-Echos group (for the handicapped) from 1955 to 1978 where she learned many craft skills, the [...]