Archive for January 8th, 2008
Justices clash over lethal injection
Robert Barnes The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Several Supreme Court justices indicated Monday that it may be difficult for them to definitely answer whether or when lethal injections violate the Constitution’s protection from cruel and unusual punishment. The morning arguments before the court came in a Kentucky case that has led to a halt to [...]
Brick exam costs county $77,000
ELYRIA — The county is shelling out $77,000 to have a masonry expert and a structural engineering firmexamine the entire outer shell of the county Justice Center. BRUCE BISHOP | Chronicle Inspectors check bricks on the face of the Lorain County Justice Center. County Special Project Director Karen Davis said there have been numerous problems [...]
Fans in good spirits at bars
Sam Newhouse Die-hard Buckeyes fans mobbed local bars Monday to cheer on their favorite OSU players. As fans warmed up for the game with pre-kickoff shots and wings at Ziggy’s Sport Bar & Grill on Park Avenue in Amherst, early television flashes of LSU players were met with rampant boos, while chants of “O-H…I-O” could [...]
Buckeyes blasted again in 38-24 loss
NEW ORLEANS – It was a performance the Buckeyes didn’t want to repeat. AP Photo A dejected Ohio State quarterback Todd Boeckman wipes his face during the Buckeyes’ 38-24 loss to LSU in the championship game Monday at the louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. On Monday night, another SEC opponent in the BCS Championship Game [...]
Services merge at Amherst Hospital
Long-term care drops to 28 beds after Elyria/Lorain/Cleveland consolidation AMHERST – The county`s main health care systems will merge their long-term, acute-care services into a single facility at Amherst Hospital, hospital officials said Monday. Within the next four weeks, EMH Regional Medical Center, Community Health Partners and Grace Hospital in Amherst – a Cleveland Clinic [...]
Blame, or thank, global warming?
Unseaonably warm weather is sometimes a convenient truth Ah, 60 degree weather … in January, no less. Go ahead and say it: only in Northeast Ohio, right? Regardless of the wackiness of it, the unseasonably warm weather — a record setter for Cleveland — was expected to continue today with temperatures expected to stay near [...]
Convention center considered in Oberlin
OBERLIN — An area east of Tappan Square might become a lot greener in the next few years. Oberlin College is going to examine the feasibility of building a convention center using sustainable technology to replace the aging Oberlin Inn at the same time it works on plans for new, green dormitories, said Al Moran, [...]
Guard suspended after inmate`s suicide
GRAFTON — The death of an inmate who committed suicide has prompted a criminal investigation and led to one Grafton Correctional Institution guard’s suspension. County Coroner Paul Matus said Earl Elswick, 37, was found dead in his cell at the prison at about noon Dec. 30. Matus ruled the death a suicide, saying the only [...]
Former death row inmate released
OTTAWA — A British citizen who spent two decades on Ohio’s death row was released from jail Monday after pleading no contest to three charges and being sentenced to time already served in the death of a 2-year-old girl. Ken Richey, who once came within an hour of being executed, walked free for the first [...]
Lima Councilman wants FBI to investigate SWAT shooting
LIMA — A City Council member who owns the rental house where a woman was shot to death during a SWAT raid says police officials are conducting a smear campaign against him. Councilman Derry Glenn said he would prefer that the FBI investigate the Friday night shooting rather than the state, and he disputed the [...]
High speed reading
Library has digital books for MP3 players VERMILION — This Christmas, many people found digital music players under their trees. More and more people have these electronic devices and a decrease in their overwhelming popularity is nowhere in sight. With this in mind, Ritter Public Library in Vermilion is helping many tech-savvy book lovers feed [...]
Amherst/Vermilion blotter: Jan. 8, 2008
Amherst police Saturday, Dec. 15 1:27 a.m. — Motel 6, Aaron Howard, 20, 100 block W. 31st St., Lorain, charged with contributing to unruliness, possession of drug paraphernalia, sale to underage persons and underage consumption. Saturday, Dec. 22 2:23 a.m. — Amherst Hospital, Chad Martin, 23, 52500 block North Ridge Road, Vermilion, charged with operating [...]
Sandra J. Brush
Sandra J. Brush, 62, of Wellington, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at Akron General Hospital. Sandra was born December 14, 1945, in Elyria to the late Helen and LeRoy Peabody. She was a graduate of Elyria High School. Sandra worked for many years at Krystowski Tractor in Wellington. She loved dogs and bred collies for [...]
Rebecca Spragg
Rebecca Spragg, 55, of Portage, Mich., died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Rebecca was born August 29, 1952, in Elyria to Herbert and Joyce (Buchholz) Halliday. She was employed by J.C. Penney where she worked as the jewelry manager. Becki was an active member of St. Michael Lutheran Church. [...]
Raymond J. Schartman
Raymond J. Schartman, 95, of North Ridgeville, died on Monday, January 7, 2008, at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Mildred Fallis
Mildred Fallis, 88, of Lorain, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Kingston of Vermilion following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home For Funerals, Lorain.
Lela Glover Deeter
Lela Glover Deeter, 98, of Elyria, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Wesleyan Village in Elyria. She was born October 13, 1909, in Falls Creek, Pa., and had also lived in Emerichville and Bradford, Pa. She had been a resident of Elyria for over 60 years. She was employed at Bendix Corporation in Elyria for [...]
Geraldine Blankenship
Geraldine Blankenship, of Payson, Ariz., died Sunday, January 6, 2008, in Arizona. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Esther H. Hunt
Esther H. Hunt, 100, of Medina, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 6, 2008. She was born in Cleveland on August 17, 1907, and lived in Lorain County for many years prior to moving to Medina in 1989. While living in Grafton, she worked for 15 years at the Dairy Isle [...]