Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 27th, 2008
Suspect in shopkeeper’s murder arrested
LORAIN — Tips about a man heard bragging Saturday that he killed a beloved neighborhood grocer led to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of 47-year-old Jose Gonzalez Sr.
Decio G. Rodrigues, 24, of Lorain, was charged with murder and taken to the county jail without bond. Police say he shot Gonzalez multiple times [...]
Tales from the Blizzard of 1978
It was 30 years ago this weekend, but people who are old enough still remember exactly what they were doing during the Blizzard of ’78, the worst winter storm in Ohio’s history.
COURTESY LORAIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A tractor-trailer gets towed in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.
The storm blew across Ohio with 70 mph winds [...]
Obama routs Clinton in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
“The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders,” Obama said [...]
Miss Michigan wins Miss America title
LAS VEGAS — Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant’s new, hipper look.
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Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund performs en route to winning the Miss America crown Saturday.
Haglund, of Farmington Hills, Mich., sang [...]
Teen arrested in burglary of home
LORAIN — Three burglars were waiting in the shadows just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday when a Lorain man returned to his Riverview Lane home, according to a Lorain police report.
The man told police he grappled with a white man wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt — and whom he recognized as someone who had broken into [...]
‘Antichrist’ arrested outside Lorain Subway
LORAIN — A man who told police he was the Antichrist and said his name was “666” was arrested Thursday after he tried to punch a Lorain police officer.
John J. Johnson, 31, of Cleveland, was charged with assault, disorderly conduct by intoxication and resisting arrest.
He was found about 7:35 p.m. at Subway on East Erie [...]
Blotter: Jan. 27
Elyria police Wednesday, Jan. 23 8 a.m. – 700 block East Ave., a woman chased a would-be burglar away from her house. 4:25 p.m. – 1500 block West River Road, truck window smashed with a concrete brick, iPod stolen. 7:02 p.m. – 800 block [...]
Locals eager to see names on screen
If a strong set of lungs or languid Southern accent is a lock for stardom, Holly Ignatius has it made.
After the 24-year-old redhead from Elyria elicited smiles during her brief audition Saturday afternoon as a Southern woman refusing a suitor’s affections, director J. Carlos Gonzalez asked Ignatius to look straight into the camera and [...]
Music teachers will take bow at Severence
ELYRIA — They teach young musicians by day, but at night, two Elyria Schools music teachers trek to Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall to perform with the Akron Symphony.
Through their own love of music, Elyria High School orchestral instructor Tom Flowers and Northwood music teacher Ann Gilbert are teaching students to follow their dreams by following [...]
Alarm goes off for Ohio State: Buckeyes wake up, down Gophers behind fast start
COLUMBUS — Ohio State fell asleep at the end of its victory over Illinois on Tuesday, allowing the Illini to erase a sizeable deficit and turn a rout into a close game. Needless to say, the Buckeyes were wide awake at the start of their next one. Scoring the game’s first 11 points [...]