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 [...]
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 [...]
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 murder charges, [...]
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 notified them that the child had been transferred to [...]
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 as [...]
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. [...]
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 the register. The man spoke broken English and was [...]
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 be loaded with either an onsite [...]
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 road win [...]
Long-time volunteer creates a special display for Lorain County Metro Parks
CARLISLE TWP. — Lorain County Metro Parks volunteer Ric McCaslin has a knack for woodworking, something he has done for 30 years. Recently, the 55-year-old woodworker has shared his talent with others at the Carlisle Visitor’s Center. In June, McCaslin was asked by his wife, Patricia, who is the assistant director and chief ranger at [...]
Grafton/LaGrange blotter: Jan. 11, 2007
Grafton police Thursday, Jan. 3 10:20 p.m. — 1000 block Cleveland St., a husband reported that his wife was being “watched” by his female neighbor for two days. The woman then made contact with the wife and proceeded to sit inside a vehicle at the end of the driveway. The woman was asked to leave [...]
Deborah A. Wagner
Deborah A. Wagner (nee Novak), 44, of Elyria Township, died January 7, 2008. She was born October 29, 1963 in Elyria and graduated from Elyria West High School in 1981. She was a beautician and was an accomplished seamstress and upholsterer and also worked with leather and canvass. She was active with breast cancer awareness [...]
Food program celebrates five years of help and helpings
ELYRIA — In the Bible, Jesus fed the masses when he multiplied five small loaves and two fish. Using donations from Second Harvest Food Bank, area foundations, companies and individuals, the small congregation at Mount Nebo Primitive Baptist Church tries to do the same each month. Love — and lots of food — is plentiful [...]
Eliza P. Hernandez
Eliza P. Hernandez (nee Palacios), 94, of Lorain, died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at her residence while under the care of New Life Hospice. She was born June 14, 1913 in Coahuila, Mexico, living in Malakoff, Texas before coming to Lorain in 1941. While living in Texas, she worked as a nurse’s aid and as [...]
Mary R. Jones
Mary R. Jones, 61, of Lorain, died Monday, January 7, 2008. Arrangements will be announced by Brown-Robinson Funeral Home, Lorain.
Lloyd Evan Burcham
Lloyd Evan Burcham, 74, of Carlisle Township, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2008 in EMH Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
David Lee Burnside
David Lee Burnside, 57, of Elyria died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on February 28, 1950 in Weston, West Virginia and lived in Elyria since 1957. He was a graduate of Elyria High School and attended the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland. He [...]
Rosemary K. “Rosie” Fabian
Rosemary K. "Rosie" Fabian (nee Jasensky), 66, of Lorain, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain after a lengthy illness. She was born April 21, 1941 in Cleveland and grew up in Vermilion. She had resided in Lorain for the past 43 years. Rosie graduated from Vermilion [...]
Freshmen help Elyria get wrestling win over North Royalton
ELYRIA — A couple of freshmen put a smile on Elyria coach Erik Burnett’s face. One was Myles Wright, who overcame a 2-0 deficit and pinned Dalton Hayes with 6.8 seconds remaining in the first period of their 125-pound match. The other was Jason Gott, who also fell behind before all but sealing a victory [...]
Lieutenant George A. Billings
Lieutenant George A. Billings (Retired), 95, formerly of Lorain, died Friday, January 04, 2008, at Grace Hospital in Amherst following a short illness. Born on November 29, 1912 in Lorain, he lived in Lorain most of his life. He spent the last several years of his life living in Elyria, near his son. He graduated [...]
Robert C. Wilcox
Robert C. Wilcox of Peoria, Arizona, passed away Monday, January 7, 2008, at Sierra Winds Health Center. He was born April 2, 1918, and raised in Elyria, the youngest of five siblings (Elizabeth, Josephine, Hubbard, and Evangeline) of Judge Harvey and Grace Wilcox. He graduated from Elyria High School, attended Oberlin College, and graduated from [...]
John G. Wash
John G. Wash, 64, of Sarasota, Florida and formerly of Elyria, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 in Sarasota after being stricken by an automobile. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.