Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 11th, 2008
Naming rights cost Progressive $3.6M annually
It’s official.
Jacobs Field will now be called Progressive Field — at least for the next 16 years.
The auto insurance company purchased the naming rights for the 14-year-old baseball complex for $3.6 million a year.
The downtown ballpark, has been known as Jacobs Field since it opened in 1994, but will be rebranded for the 2008 season, [...]
BULLETIN: The Jake no more?
CLEVELAND — Jacobs Field will be renamed Progressive Field under terms of an agreement between the Cleveland Indians and the auto insurance company, a newspaper reported Thursday night.
The downtown ballpark has been known as Jacobs Field since it opened in 1994 but will be rebranded for the 2008 season.
A formal announcement was expected today, the [...]
Man pleads not guilty to killing girlfriend’s child
ELYRIA — A Cleveland man facing murder and other charges in the September death of a 2-year-old Lorain boy he was babysitting pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday in county Common Pleas Court.
Damien Hiley, 22, could get life in prison if convicted in the death of Nicolas Shaw.
In addition to [...]
Boy burned at daycare
AMHERST — A 1-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns Monday when he was splashed with hot water from a crockpot while at Kiddie Kollege in Amherst.
Police were called at 4:30 p.m. to the daycare in the 7000 block of Leavitt Road after ambulance personnel [...]
Noland: Big Ten is inferior, period
A lot already has happened this year, so let’s catch up on a few things by taking a quick Rick-o-chet around the world of sports: Rather than try to lay blame, explain or rationalize Ohio State’s national championship game loss to LSU, let’s simply cut to the chase: The Buckeyes were not as good [...]
Wrestlers test negative for staph infection
WELLINGTON — Seven high school wrestlers tested negative for a bacterial infection that closed down the Wellington wrestling program last week, county Health Director Ken Pearce said.
The boys were tested after a sophomore wrestler was diagnosed over Christmas break with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, a staph strain that has become resistant to certain drugs. Wellington [...]
Man robs Dollarama Plus
LORAIN — A man brandishing a butcher knife robbed a discount store Wednesday in Lorain.
A store clerk for Dollarama Plus on Oberlin Avenue told police that an Hispanic man walked in shortly after 2 p.m. and handed her a note requesting all the cash in [...]
Railroad brass stolen
LORAIN — Eight hundred pounds of brass was reported stolen over the holidays from Republic Steel’s N & T Railroad.
A supervisor told police that 40 rolling bearing brass pieces, weighing between 13 and 15 pounds each, were stolen between Dec. 22 and Jan. 8.
The brass had to [...]
Charges against cop dismissed after testimony questioned
OBERLIN — A judge on Thursday dismissed a charge accusing Lorain police officer Corey Earl of violating a civil protection order barring him from contact with his estranged wife.
Oberlin Municipal Court Judge Thomas Januzzi said it would not be prudent for the case to go to trial because Amherst city Prosecutor Anthony Pecora doubted [...]
Cavaliers have to be wary of Bobcats’ claws
CLEVELAND — It’s a game the Cavaliers should win, but the Charlotte Bobcats will walk into The Q a confident team. The Bobcats, who visit Cleveland tonight at 7:30, won 95-83 Wednesday in Boston against the powerful Celtics, who fell to 29-4. It was just Boston’s second home loss, and only the second [...]