Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for December 29th, 2007
Area natives proud to be ‘losers’
Father and daughter are competing on NBC weight-loss reality show
Few people want to be known as losers.
But North Ridgeville native Lynn Westphal, 60, and his 31-year-old daughter Jenni, an Elyria native now living in Lakewood, have battled with their weight for years. Now they not only want to be known as losers, they [...]
Police: Robbery suspect came back for thirds
Elyrian charged in two robberies at Subway
ELYRIA — Maybe it was the smell of the cold cuts, or more likely the scent of cold-hard cash that drew a man suspected of robbing the same Subway restaurant twice in the past month to try again.
Johnie McCormick, 23, of Elyria, was charged with two counts [...]
Pizzeria murder suspect joins penalty suit
ELYRIA — One day after county Common Pleas Judge James Burge released state documents detailing the state’s lethal injection protocols, a murder suspect is asking another county judge to throw out the death penalty as a possible sentence in his case.
Simpson
Neil Simpson is the only one of three men charged in connection with a [...]
Berner filled Avon Lake coffers, lost his job
AVON LAKE — When political novice Rob Berner walked into City Hall many years ago, he knew he faced an uphill battle proving to residents he was not like his predecessors.
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE
Outgoing Avon Lake Mayor Rob Berner talks about his accomplishments in his office Friday.
Avon Lake could not take another scandal, and Berner [...]
Boys basketball: Host Elyria set for title game showdown with Sandusky in Lorain County Holiday Classic
ELYRIA — It was the age-old basketball battle: Quickness versus size. On Friday, quickness won out as Elyria advanced to tonight’s Lorain County Holiday Classic final by defeating Vermilion 66-60. The Pioneers, two-time defending champs, will take on their old-time Buckeye Conference and Erie Shore rival Sandusky, a 64-53 victor over Admiral King. This [...]
Police blotter: Dec. 29, 2007
Elyria police
Wednesday, Dec. 26
7:45 a.m. – 100 block West Ave., two propane tanks stolen.
7:50 a.m. – Meadow Drive and Abbe Road, Felix Roldan, 40, Lorain, warrant.
9 a.m. – 100 block Charles Court, storm windows stolen.
9:57 a.m. – 1000 block N. Abbe Road, copper wire stolen.
11:50 a.m. – Horizon Daycare, Louden Court, security keypad damaged.
11:25 a.m. [...]
Girls basketball: Falls fells Keystone in finals of Wildcat Holiday Tournament
LAGRANGE — Keystone got the opponent they wanted in its holiday tournament final, just not the result it had hoped for. Olmsted Falls routed the Wildcats 61-34 to take the rotating tournament for the second consecutive year. Keystone, which fell to 8-4, also lost to the Bulldogs in last year’s championship game. [...]
Cranky Texas cafeteria customer leaves $50,000, car to patient waitress
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — For nearly seven years Melina Salazar did her best to put on a smile and tend to the every need of her most loyal and cantankerous customer.
She made sure his food was as hot as he wanted, even if it meant he burned his mouth. And she smiled through his demands [...]
Police: Team digging up backyard looking for evidence of bodies
MANSFIELD — Police were digging Friday in the backyard of a home where two northeast Ohio people were allegedly killed about eight years ago, a detective said.
The search team also was at the site Thursday, when police recovered bits of clothing, fingernails and long blond hair, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
“We did a [...]
Browns: DL Robaire Smith playing through pain to give team a lift
BEREA — Shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, coach Romeo Crennel announced that defensive end Robaire Smith would not be practicing so he could rest a strained neck. At 12:45 p.m., Smith took his normal turn in the defensive line drills. “Me and the head trainer (Marty Lauzon) sat there and argued about it for [...]