Archive for January 16th, 2008
Stabbing victim released from hospital
ELYRIA – A 17-year-old boy who was stabbed Tuesday night during a small gathering at a home on East Avenue has been released from the hospital. Natelle Sims, of Gates Avenue, was evaluated at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland following the 8 p.m. stabbing and released early Wednesday morning. His alleged attacker, 19-year-old Markell Fenderson [...]
LeBron’s 51 a nifty one: Cavaliers beat Grizzlies in overtime for ninth win in last 12 games
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Now this is the way LeBron James likes to go for half a hundred. James scored a season-high 51 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 132-124 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. It was the fourth time the league’s leading-scorer [...]
Boys basketball: Bench bunch leads Elyria past Normandy
PARMA — A quick look at the box score might have some jaws dropping after Elyria’s 86-77 victory over Normandy on Tuesday night. The Pioneers finished with a 42-5 advantage in bench points during the Northeast Ohio Conference crossover game, mostly due to Elyria’s leading scorer, Demetrius Dalton, being held out of the starting lineup [...]
Cillo: Judge ‘exceeded his authority’
ELYRIA — County Common Pleas Judge James Burge “exceeded his authority” when he cut Thomas Holmes’ prison sentence from 23 years to six, Assistant County Prosecutor Tony Cillo told a panel of judges from the 9th District Court of Appeals on Tuesday. Cillo said Burge never had the power to revisit Holmes’ sentence imposed in [...]
Boys basketball: Clearview takes advantage of Keystone scoring drought
LAGRANGE — Give up a 23-0 run and you’ve got problems, Bunky. And nine straight minutes without scoring? Not at all helpful. Somehow Keystone’s boys managed to suffer both disasters on Tuesday night. Clearview was into it. The Clippers, who trailed by a dozen points after a quarter, took advantage for a 60-49 Patriot Athletic [...]
Sidewalk proposal gets initial approval
LORAIN — An initial proposal to improve the safety of children travelling to and from Durling Middle and Vincent Elementary schools has been selected for funding by the Ohio Department of Transportation, according to Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney. The county made the proposal through the Safe Route to School Program, which is funded by [...]
Court overturns decision in child custody case
A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that ordered a Columbia Township woman to return two of her children to her husband in Mexico. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals had already delayed enforcement of the order by U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko that required Claire Simcox to return two of [...]
Boys basketball: Oberlin rolls past Brookside after 40-foot buzzer beater
SHEFFIELD — The outcome of the game might have turned when Morgan Jones connected on a 40-foot shot as time expired in the first half. “I was excited at first,” Morgan said of the shot that gave Oberlin a 28-24 lead at halftime. “But then we had to discuss our difficulties and how we needed [...]
Boys basketball: Southview’s pressure defense takes air out of Amherst
AMHERST — Southview’s tight, in-your-face pressure defense was the difference Tuesday night in a 52-44 non-conference victory at Amherst. The Comets (4-6), who were so successful in a deliberate offense that triggered a big upset last Friday over North Olmsted, were forced this time by the tight guarding of the Saints into taking a number [...]
Mural honors MLK’s universal message
ELYRIA — Every day, large and colorful mosaics depicting Martin Luther King Jr. inspire the students of McKinley and Franklin elementary schools. His “message was universal. If you really listen to his words and actions, it can touch a common nerve, which is what these kids need,” said art teacher Glenn Mittler. The mosaics are [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Oberlin police Monday, Jan. 7 1:47 p.m. – 100 block of E. Lorain St., vehicle damaged. 3:48 p.m. – Main and Lorain streets, Ashley Rose, 18, of Oberlin, cited with failing to maintain clear distance following a traffic accident. Tuesday, Jan. 8 12:43 a.m. – 100 block of E. College St., Ramone Christian, 31, of [...]
College basketball: Ohio State fails to finish rally against Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Drew Neitzel flicked his wrist and pumped his fist after finally seeing a 3-pointer go through the net. It was not just another basket for the preseason All-American, or an ordinary game for No. 11 Michigan State. Neitzel scored eight of 13 points in the first half, helping the Spartans start [...]
Jim Litke: Congress lays off its fastball in latest questioning of baseball big-wigs
If this latest round of Congressional hearings were scored as a baseball game, well, let’s just say it’s a good thing for lawmakers the slaughter rule wasn’t in effect. Tuesday’s session was barely called to order when House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Rep. Henry Waxman lobbed the first compliment at commissioner Bud Selig [...]
Teen stabbed in the chest in Elyria
ELYRIA — A 17-year-old was stabbed three times in the chest Tuesday night after a confrontation on a porch at a home on East Avenue. “Don’t let me die,” the teenager told firefighters who rushed to his aid around 8 p.m. Natelle Sims was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center for his injuries, which included a [...]
Henkel will go, but jobs will stay
AVON — Pert Plus and Sure, meet your new relative — the Duck. Innovative Brands Holdings of Phoenix announced Tuesday that it was buying the popular Duck brand of duct tape from Henkel Corp. in Avon. The Duck line will join a roster of products that includes Pert Plus shampoo and Sure antiperspirant, which the [...]
Former Lorain principal wants job in Akron
LORAIN — A former Lorain middle school principal whose contract was not renewed after she allowed prisoners and students to interact during a “scared straight” program has applied to become the superintendent of Akron Schools. Romy Adams, 38, is one of five candidates who have applied for the position, but more could submit applications before [...]
Romney wins in Michigan
DETROIT — Mitt Romney scored his first major primary victory Tuesday, a desperately needed win in his native Michigan that gave his weakened presidential candidacy new life. It set the stage for a wide-open Republican showdown in South Carolina in just four days. Three GOP candidates now have won in the first four states to [...]
Congress turns focus on Tejada, Bonds and Clemens during steroid hearings
WASHINGTON — Barry Bonds’ team should have reported concerns about the home run king’s personal trainer to Major League Baseball, commissioner Bud Selig told Congress on Tuesday during a hearing on the sport’s steroids era. Even though no players were present, unlike the theatrical March 2005 session, the names of Bonds, seven-time Cy Young Award [...]
Forty crashes blamed on ‘typical’ winter day
ELYRIA — Thankfully, Old Man Winter’s 2-to-4-inch snowy romp through the county is over, but colder temperatures are on the way this week. The National Weather Service in Cleveland issued a snow advisory Monday for the area predicting that flurries would pile up quickly following a trough of low pressure that dipped in from the [...]
Clinton, Obama reach truce over race controversy
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama jointly pledged to bury a rancorous debate over race Tuesday night, each agreeing in a nationally televised debate that the other had long favored civil rights. Both blamed supporters for some of the anger that had seeped into their competition for the party’s [...]
State senate minority leader`s debt: $26K
COLUMBUS — Newly named state Senate Democratic Leader Ray Miller, whose new post involves overseeing the finances of his caucus, owes a Columbus hotel more than $26,000, according to public records obtained by The Associated Press. Miller’s ongoing monetary struggles with the Hyatt Regency Columbus — stemming from a 2006 banquet for his National Progressive [...]
Family, community mourn tragic death of ‘Baby Grace’
EASTLAKE — The grandmother of the toddler known as “Baby Grace” said Tuesday that the 2-year-old was “loved by a whole lot of people” as family, friends and strangers filed by a casket concealing an urn holding the girl’s ashes, a dress and stuffed animals. Riley Ann Sawyers’ 36-inch wooden casket, topped by a cross, [...]
William A. ‘Billy’ Nagy Jr.
William A. "Billy" Nagy Jr., 42, of Grafton, died Saturday, January 12, 2008, in EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a sudden illness. He was born November 2, 1965, in Lorain. He was a Lorain resident until 2004 when he moved to Grafton to live with his brother. Mr. Nagy received his high school degree [...]
Vera M. Bilewicz
Vera M. Bilewicz, (nee Morgan), 67, of Lorain, died Sunday, January 13, 2008, at Cleveland Clinic Foundation following a brief illness. Mrs. Bilewicz was born in Lorain on June 6, 1940, and was raised in Bellevue. She graduated from Bellevue High School and later attended classes at Lorain County Community College. Vera returned to Lorain [...]
Frank J. Labis
Frank J. Labis, 78, of Lorain, died Saturday, January 12, 2008, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born June 6, 1929, in Lorain and had been a lifelong Lorain area resident. Frank served with the Army during the Korean War. He worked at U.S. Steel in Lorain in quality [...]