Archive for December 18th, 2007
Latest news: Details about $500 million quarry project revealed
The $500 million quarry project on the county`s west side will have a focus on nature and outdoor activities and eventually include about 1,000 homes ranging in price from $750,000 to $1.3 million, the developer and county officials announced today. The quarry, which is being developed by the Los Angeles-based Industrial Reality Group, also will [...]
Latest News: Man Arrested in Attempted Kidnapping
LORAIN – A man suspected of grabbing a 6-year-old girl on her way to school Tuesday morning was arrested as he attempted to flee through the police department parking lot. Police say 34-year-old William Metcalf, of Lorain, grabbed the girl on her arm about 8 a.m. as she was entering Lorain Community School, on West [...]
Latest News: Man Arrested in Attempted Kidnapping
LORAIN – A man suspected of grabbing a 6-year-old girl on her way to school Tuesday morning was arrested as he attempted to flee through the police department parking lot. Police say 34-year-old William Metcalf, of Lorain, grabbed the girl on her arm about 8 a.m. as she was entering Lorain Community School, on West [...]
Second OT belongs to Z, Cavaliers
CLEVELAND — A lot of people affiliated with the Cavaliers, coach Mike Brown included, tend to forget about 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Fortunately for Cleveland, LeBron James does not. Playing off his superstar teammate, Ilgauskas made three straight jumpers to start the second overtime, propelling the Cavaliers to a 104-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks [...]
Cavaliers notes: LeBron an advocate for better defense
CLEVELAND — LeBron James didn’t hesitate when asked to name two things that would help the struggling Cavaliers get things turned around. “Defensively, we can get better. And defensively, we can get better. That’s it,” the small forward said prior to Monday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. “If we can get better defensively, we [...]
Browns follow big win with another must-win game
BEREA — The Browns have nine wins for the first time since 2002. They’ve won six straight at Cleveland Browns Stadium to tie the mark for most home wins in franchise history. They pitched their first shutout in two years Sunday, 8-0 over the Buffalo Bills in a blizzard. They’re on pace to have a [...]
Browns notes: Davis’ breakout game a thrill for teammates
BEREA — Linebacker Andra Davis received a plethora of praise from his teammates for his performance Sunday in the 8-0 win over Buffalo. Davis has been with the Browns since 2002 and was voted a captain by teammates. When he exploded for seven tackles, including four for losses, two quarterback pressures and a pass breakup, [...]
Prep gymnastics: Magnificat’s Kmiecik putting all-around strategy to work
Gymnast Kayla Kmiecik seeks an edge. A competitive edge, that is. She wants to define herself. She wants judges to have no trouble distinguishing her from the rest of the field. That’s not selfish. It’s the nature of the sport. The Avon resident and Magnificat senior not only wants an edge, she wants a lot [...]
Prep gymnastics preview: Top gymnasts, team capsules
THE TOP AREA GYMNASTS Kayla Kmiecik, sr., Magnificat Avon resident is a two-time defending Division I state uneven bars champion. Finished second at state as a junior in the all-around. Kelsey Reddy, sr., Magnificat Avon Lake resident bounced back from a staph infection to help the Streaks take second at state. Annie Guido, jr., Olmsted [...]
Prep hockey notes: Laughbaum’s return keys North Olmsted defense
North Olmsted is rolling. The Eagles have a 9-1 record and are 3-0 in Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League standings. The power-packed offense has a lot to do with that, but so does the play from the other end of the ice. Zech Laughbaum moved to North Olmsted from Montana this summer. An Akron [...]
Indians’ Byrd talks HGH in MLB meeting
NEW YORK — Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd met with baseball officials Monday to discuss his use of human growth hormone. It’s uncertain whether Byrd will face any discipline from the commissioner’s office or when a potential punishment might be handed down. Among those at the meeting were Rob Manfred, baseball’s executive vice president for [...]
Time’s running out for toy donations
It’s the last day to give to Not-Forgotten Box JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Students pose in front of a well they created at Firelands Elementary School to collect toys for the Not-Forgotten Box. From left are Phillip Saylor, Grace Habeck, Sean Lipscomb, Brittany Saylor, Ryan Ortner, Isaac Sultzer and Alex Steindl. ELYRIA — If you [...]
Raises rejected for Lorain officials
LORAIN — The city’s auditor and treasurer won’t have raises to look forward to when they begin their new terms next month. City Council tried to pass an ordinance Monday night giving pay increases to both elected officials for 2008, but did not have the eight required votes to make the ordinance take effect immediately. [...]
Developer IRG to unveil $500 million quarry plan
ELYRIA — A California developer will invest $500 million to transform the quarries on the county’s west side into a tony development, according to county officials. Specifics about the largely residential development are being kept quiet until today, when Industrial Realty Group and county officials plan to unveil details of the project, which will be [...]
Elections board pressured to change
CLEVELAND — The elections board in Ohio’s most populated county, under pressure to abandon its method of electronic voting, decided Monday it needed more time to study the issue. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued a report Friday that concluded Ohio’s electronic voting systems have critical security flaws that make them vulnerable to tampering. She [...]
North Ridgeville is talking about walking
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — To truly understand the need for more sidewalks in North Ridgeville, it’s best you ask those who say they need them most. After selling the family car earlier this year because of financial reasons, 36-year-old Tim Rybicki of Ridgeview Boulevard said he does a lot of walking. In the summer, that means [...]
One resident glad to see his house go
First home leveled for new Elyria High ELYRIA — A bit after 2 p.m. Monday, Bob Harlow had very little to say as the second-floor bedroom of his former home was torn to pieces. But a terrific smile that spilled across his 68-year-old face said it all as a mammoth excavator rip into the mint-green [...]
Officials to rule on Antlers fire escape
LORAIN — City officials hope to know by this afternoon whether a fire escape ladder at Antlers Apartments was allowed to be taken down. On Monday, state fire marshal investigators, along with officials from the Ohio Board of Building Standards, investigated the historic Washington Avenue buidling, where a fire broke out last week. Smoke from [...]
Man gets 12 years for child porn
CLEVELAND — A 48-year-old Amherst man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after being convicted on charges he received and distributed child pornography on his computer. Jeffery Jannuzzi was convicted of one count each of possession of child pornography, receipt/distribution of child pornography and receipt/distribution of visual depictions of minors [...]
Attorney general pledges $2M grant to fight meth
BATAVIA — Federal funds will be used to help eliminate the manufacture, sale and use of the devastating drug methamphetamine in four communities as part of a program the state attorney general hopes to see spread across Ohio. The $2 million in grant money will fund a two-year initiative aimed at eradicating the illegal drug [...]
Police blotter: Dec. 18, 2007
Lorain police Sunday, Dec. 16 11:24 p.m. – Washington Avenue, George E. Keressi, 57, 200 block Winckles Street, Elyria, charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to signal turn. Monday, Dec. 17 12:15 a.m. – 1500 block Long Avenue, Wilfredo Rodriguez Garcia Jr., 28, 1500 block Long Avenue, Lorain, charged with [...]
Heating aid program has spent half of budget
COLUMBUS— Winter doesn’t officially arrive until Saturday, yet a program to help needy Ohioans pay their heating bills has already spent half the money budgeted for the season. Officials overseeing the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program, or HEAP, say it’s under pressure from higher fuel costs. They say they’ll have to stretch the program’s $37 [...]
Elyria man indicted for alleged rape at knife point
ELYRIA — An Elyria man who police say raped a woman at knife point last month has been indicted. David Tarrant, 24, is charged with kidnapping, rape and felonious assault for the Nov. 26 attack on the 40-year-old woman. Police twice went to Tarrant’s East Avenue apartment during the alleged rape, but the first time [...]
Man misidentified for explosives avoids prisons for alleged threats
ELYRIA — An Elyria man who was wrongly arrested in connection with throwing a firecracker-like explosive device at a Cleveland Indians game five years ago avoided prison for allegedly making threats to his psychiatrist against the judge, prosecutor and police involved in the case. Clifton Oliver, 27, was convicted by a Cuyahoga County jury of [...]
Teenager pleads guilty to bomb threat at Admiral King
ELYRIA — A 19-year-old man who called in a bomb threat to Lorain Admiral King High School in March pleaded guilty last week to making false alarms and inducing panic, charges that could send him to prison for five years. Christopher Griffith, who was 18 at the time of the bomb threat, called in the [...]