Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 30th, 2008
Machine-break shuts Ford
AVON
LAKE – About 1,900 Ford workers got today off while mechanics try to fix an equipment malfunction at the Avon Lake Ford plant, UAW Local 200 President Tim Donovan said.
The afternoon shift is being instructed not to report at 4:30 p.m. as usual. Only 323 maintenance workers will have to show up, Donovan said.
“This isn’t a good [...]
Interest rate cut sparks Dow surge
NEW YORK — Wall Street surged higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve, confirming that there is increasing stress on the economy, cut interest rates half a percentage point and indicated that more rate reductions are possible. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 120 points.
The Fed’s statement accompanying its decision to lower both the target fed [...]
WEATHER UPDATE — Closed schools to reopen tomorrow
Sorry, kids. School will reopen tomorrow.
Vermilion and Firelands Local schools were closed today due to freezing temperatures and high winds while Learwood Middle School and Eastview Elementary in Avon Lake were closed because of power outages.
Officials at all three school districts said they expect schools to be open Thursday barring a recurrence of this morning’s [...]
Edwards bows out
NEW ORLEANS - Democrat John Edwards bowed out of the race for the White House on Wednesday, saying it was time to step aside “so that history can blaze its path” in a campaign now left to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
“With our convictions and a little backbone we will take back the White [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Lorain man stabbed to death
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death Tuesday night in Lorain.
Lorain police said Fletcher Windham was killed by his friend, 22-year-old Rafael Feliciano, during an argument in Feliciano’s Seneca Avenue apartment.
Feliciano has been charged with murder and is being held in the county jail.
John Edwards to drop out
DENVER (AP) _ Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies but never diverted his campaign, The Associated Press has learned.
The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior [...]