Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for December 15th, 2007
Doug Clarke: Bill for the clear and the cream is due and baseball has to pay
For months, baseball and its fans have been lying awake in a second-floor bedroom staring at the ceiling, waiting for The Other Shoe to hit the floor. The first shoe fell long ago when it linked Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire to steroids. Bonds’ linkage was courtesy of the BALCO [...]
Cavaliers’ defense nowhere to be found in loss to Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — His players couldn’t stop the Nets, so Mike Brown hoped Josh Boone’s free throw shooting would do it for him. That didn’t work, either. Boone scored a season-high 15 points, foiling the Hack-a-Boone strategy by making just enough when he was twice fouled [...]
Browns’ Chudzinski keeps opposing defenses guessing
BEREA — Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski is making life miserable for opposing defensive coordinators. Not only does Chudzinski have the fifth-ranked scoring offense (27.7 points) and possible Pro Bowlers in receiver Braylon Edwards and tight end Kellen Winslow, he expands the playbook almost on a weekly basis. The [...]
Man charged with murder
Police: Lorain man ambushed, shot boyfriend of his ex-wife
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE
Bail was set for $1 million for Frank Honaker as he appears before Lorain Municipal Judge Mark J. Mihok via video. Honaker is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of Christopher Betts.
LORAIN — A Lorain man killed his estranged wife’s boyfriend Thursday [...]
Browns notes: Planning for Sunday includes precipitation anticipation
BEREA — If there’s a game that should be played in wintry conditions, it’s Browns-Bills in December. Mother Nature looks like she will cooperate, as the weather.com forecast for Sunday calls for snow, 22 mph winds, 29 degrees and a 90-percent chance of precipitation. Linebacker Andra Davis said Friday he didn’t think weather [...]
Holiday displays turn on to LEDs
Lights provide a more efficient ‘green’ bulb
STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE
The holiday light display on Ely Square in Elyria, shown here on Friday night, uses traditional and LED bulbs.
What does the city of Elyria want for Christmas? A full set of LED — or light-emitting diode — bulbs might just top [...]
Teens recant kidnap story
ELYRIA — Three teens who said they were kidnapped at gunpoint Monday night and forced to drive around Lorain now say they made it up.
“The detective was suspicious about the lack of detail in their story,” Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said. “It all kind of snowballed on them.”
The teens, ages 15, 17 and 18, originally said [...]
Safety crews scout house contaminated by mercury
CARLISLE TWP. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made its first trip Friday inside a Butternut Ridge Road home contaminated by mercury.
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE
Decontamination workers prepare to enter a Carlisle Township house that has been contaminated by mercury.
James Boddy, director of environmental health for the Lorain County General Health District, [...]
Winter storm warning issued
ELYRIA — Come tonight, you might as well consider hanging those car keys by the door and stoking the fireplace.
If weather predictions are on the money, the first real storm of the season is supposed to hit —dumping as much as 6 to 12 inches of snow and about a half-inch of ice on the [...]
Police blotter: Dec. 15, 2007
Elyria police
Wednesday, Dec. 12 8:35 a.m. – Police station, West Avenue, Kevin D. Dukes, 27, Elyria, contempt of court warrant. 9:47 a.m. – Elyria High School, Sixth Street, a 14-year-old boy was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after he was found with a knife at school. [...]