Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 7th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS — Romney suspends presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. “I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,” Romney prepared to tell conservatives. “If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Deer poaching raids ongoing
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has been staging raids across Lorain County this morning as they make arrests in a poaching ring following an investigation that started after three separate calls were made to a poaching tip line operated by the state. Sixty officers from ODNR started serving warrants and seizing [...]
National signing day: Ohio State still waiting for Pryor commitment as coveted QB delays decision
COLUMBUS — Ohio State locked up 19 football recruits on Wednesday. Yet all anyone seemed to want to talk about was the one it didn’t get — at least not yet. While thousands of kids across the country signed on the dotted line at major colleges, Terrelle Pryor, called by some the [...]
National signing day: Top unsigned prospect Terrelle Pryor chooses not to make his choice, says he needs more time
JEANNETTE, Pa. — Terrelle Pryor’s choice for now is no choice. Pryor, the Jeannette High School quarterback who is considered the nation’s top unsigned high school football recruit, decided at the last minute Wednesday not to commit on national signing day and will delay his decision — a major plus for in-state Penn [...]
National signing day: Midview’s Drew Ebersole, a Kent State recruit, glad his mom talked him into going out for track
Good ol’ mom. When Drew Ebersole’s mom, Pam, first approached him about the idea of competing in track back in the seventh grade, he didn’t think much of the idea. But after a week of urging, Ebersole finally gave in to his mother’s wishes. Now, six years later, the [...]
National signing day: Westlake soccer star David Schade thrilled to be a Buckeye
WESTLAKE — Like a lot of Ohioans, David Schade suffered as he watched Ohio State lose yet another national championship game. There was the usual fast Buckeyes start and then the gradual fade and ultimate disappointment that comes with any missed opportunity. But, hey, what can you do? Those ACC teams are good. [...]
National signing day roundup: Westlake’s Brooke Henderson to play soccer at Valparaiso
Brooke Henderson said she’s wanted to play Division I college soccer ever since she was old enough to know there were actually different divisions. “Now here I am,” she said Wednesday. Here she is, indeed. The Westlake senior signed a national letter of intent to play for Division I [...]
Prep swimming and diving notes: Elyria Catholic boys and girls should be threat in the sectional pool
The Elyria Catholic swim team made enough ripples over the last two years that it likely won’t be a surprise to anyone any time soon. The Panthers are a well-established and well-respected program that has excellent seed times heading into this weekend’s Lakewood sectional meet. The Division II girls meet leads things off. [...]
500,000 gallons of water flood building after roof collapse
ELYRIA — The rear portion of a building housing the Elyria Flea Market and three other businesses collapsed early Wednesday, dumping nearly 500,000 gallons of water onto an already sloshy South Abbe Road.
No one was hurt in the collapse, which fire officials say probably is due to the building’s flat roof buckling under the weight [...]
Early move allows bookstore owner to avoid collapse
ELYRIA — The saying goes that when God closes a door, he opens a window. But business owner John Zapola thinks that, maybe, God opens doors, too.
For nearly a year, Zapola operated his Christian bookstore — The Waymaker’s Messenger — in a small stall inside the Elyria Flea Market.
On Wednesday, after the rear portion of [...]