Archive for January 14th, 2008
Man charged with DUI in Rt. 57 accident
ELYRIA TWP. – A 47-year-old Cleveland man has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with a three-car crash Sunday night on northbound Route 57 near Griswold Road. According to police, the accident, which injured at least four people, occurred when Eric Munoz, 47, of Cleveland , failed to maintain an assured clear [...]
NFL playoffs: Banged-up Chargers KO Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — After handing New England a huge gift, the San Diego Chargers believe it’s time to give the unbeaten Patriots something else: a challenge. And, oh yeah, a loss. By stunning Peyton Manning and the defending champion Colts 28-24 on Sunday, undermanned San Diego removed New England’s biggest road block to the Super Bowl. [...]
NFL playoffs: Eli Manning leads Giants over Dallas
Jaime Aron The Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Peyton Manning has a championship game to be at next weekend after all. He can go watch baby brother Eli guide the New York Giants. A few hours after the reigning Super Bowl MVP lost his chance to get back to the big game, the less-heralded, often-criticized [...]
Cavaliers’ LeBron James was ticketed going 101 mph
LeBron James was ticketed by the State Highway Patrol for driving 101 mph on an interstate highway in Medina. The Cleveland Cavaliers star was cited in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 71 near Medina at 2:43 a.m. on Dec. 30 — his 23rd birthday. Cleveland attorney Colin Jennings filed a not guilty plea for [...]
Commentary: Tony Romo shaky following Mexican vacation
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Jessica Simpson had probably given up and gone shopping during the drive commanded by her boyfriend that took up much of the second quarter and gave the Dallas Cowboys what turned out to be a short-lived lead over the New York Giants. But, really, what’s a girl to do? Long drives [...]
Colts brass doing everything to keep Dungy
INDIANAPOLIS — Colts owner Jim Irsay will do what it takes to keep coach Tony Dungy. He’ll keep paying him the big bucks, help him get back to Tampa Bay more often, even give him additional time off if necessary. So will that be enough to keep Dungy on the sideline? “Tony knows how much [...]
K.J. Choi wins PGA Tour’s Sony Open
HONOLULU — K.J. Choi had to work harder than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion everyone expected. Equipped with a four-shot lead, Choi struggled in blustery conditions Sunday at Waialae Country Club and held off a late charge by Rory Sabbatini to close with a 1-over 71, the first Sony Open champion in [...]
Amherst car crash kills Cleveland man
AMHERST — A 36-year-old Cleveland man was killed early Sunday when he lost control of his vehicle on state Route 58 near the state Route 2 exit ramp in Amherst. Francis P. Monaco was driving northbound about 3 a.m. when his black Pontiac Grand Prix rolled over into a southbound-facing Ford Explorer stopped at an [...]
Bush calls Iran ‘leading sponsor of terror’
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Bush gently nudged authoritarian Arab allies Sunday to satisfy frustrated desires for democracy in the Mideast and saved his harshest criticism for Iran, branding it “the world’s leading state-sponsor of terror.” Speaking in this Persian Gulf country, about 150 miles from the shores of Iran, Bush said Tehran [...]
Non-support punishments vary within state
COLUMBUS — Penalties for Ohio parents who fail to make timely child support payments vary widely from county to county, and although officials say it’s important to keep local control, others worry that the differences in punishments have created an unequal system of justice. Failure to pay child support, a misdemeanor for more than 50 [...]
Slaying suspect remains at large
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — The key suspect in the slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Ohio Marine was spotted in Louisiana and could be headed into Texas, authorities said Sunday. Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean was seen at a Greyhound bus station in Shreveport, La., Saturday night by several fellow passengers, said Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown. [...]
Anna A. Kowalski
Anna A. Kowalski (nee Gorneck), 95, of Avon, died Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Lorain Community Partners Hospital after a brief illness. She was born May 30, 1912 in Akron and lived most of her life in Lorain moving to Avon two years ago. Anna was a former member of St. Anthony’s Parish, Lorain and [...]
Gary B. Pasenow
Gary B. Pasenow, 58, of Clarksfield, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, after a sudden illness. Gary was born August 7, 1949 in Elyria, son of the late, Russell and Gloria (Williams) Pasenow. He had lived in Clarksfield since 1968. He was a graduate of Elyria High and had worked [...]
Emil S. Palik
Emil S. Palik, 84, of Ashland, formerly of Lyndhurst, died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Crystal Care Center. Emil was born April 25, 1923 to John and Christina Palik in Elyria. He graduated from Elyria High School in 1941 and served in World War II for the 873rd Chemical Company of the Army Air Corps [...]
Polly Gaye Veach
Polly Gaye Veach (Phillips) born February 1, 1944 in Carswell, West Virginia died January 12th at her home following an extended illness. She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Charles Emery Veach; son, Eric Veach (Christy) and daughter Jennifer Bivins (Kip); grandsons, Alex, Gabriel, and Eric Jr; mother, Della Phillips of West [...]
AP ANALYSIS: Is U.S. economy headed for the ‘R word?’
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate leaps to a two-year high, record numbers of people are forced from their homes and Wall Street nose-dives again. Such is the fallout from a housing meltdown that threatens to slingshot the country into a recession. The big economic question these days is whether the weakening economy will survive the [...]
Anna Mae Weaver
Anna Mae Weaver (nee Thornton), 80, of Elyria, went home to be with Jesus, Friday, January 11, 2008 at Lake Point Health Center, Lorain following a long illness. She was born May 14, 1927 in Cleveland. She had resided in Elyria the past 10 years having moved from Brunswick. She previously lived in N. Ridgeville [...]
Frederick C. Eppley
Frederick C. Eppley, 80, of Carlisle Township, died January 11, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1927 in Elyria where he had been a lifelong resident and a 1945 Elyria High School graduate. Throughout his life Fred had been a farmer. He, his father and brother owned and operated M.L. [...]
Boxer pup taken in Lorain break-in
LORAIN — A 2-month-old Boxer puppy was one of the things stolen over the weekend from a Lorain home. Lorain police responded shortly after midnight Sunday to a home along the 700 block of E. 34th Street after 29-year-old James Hall returned home to find the side door of his residence had been kicked in, [...]
Man with knife robs gas station
LORAIN — A man with a large knife robbed a gas station Saturday afternoon in Lorain. A clerk for Pure Gas on Grove Avenue told police that a young Hispanic man entered the gas station and handed her a note that read “give me your money now,” according to a police report. The suspect, described [...]