Lorain/Elyria, OH
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 2001 [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
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 the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]