Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 8th, 2008
Scouts visit newsroom
There was a little excitement in our newsroom today. Cub Scout Pack 108 from Roosevelt School came to see how the newspaper is put out – and also to earn advancements in scouting.
If your group would like to tour The Chronicle – [...]
Governor flies over flooded Findlay
FINDLAY — Gov. Ted Strickland got an aerial view today of flood-damaged northwest Ohio, where rising rivers forced evacuations, damaged homes and closed highways and businesses.
After flying over the city, the governor said it was almost traumatizing to see how many families had been affected by this week’s flooding, especially given that [...]
Absentee ballots available
COLUMBUS — Ohioans may now begin voting absentee for the state’s March 4 primary, and it’s already looking like a very popular option.
State election officials say they have received more than 187,000 requests for absentee ballots.
Starting today, county elections boards are sending out absentee ballots to voters who mail in requests [...]
3 dead at La. Tech
BATON ROUGE,
La. — A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students in a classroom at a vocational college today, then killed herself, police said.
The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at
Louisiana
Technical
College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the room at the time, he [...]
Van der Sloot: I was high when I confessed
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — Aruban investigators again questioned a Dutch college student in the Netherlands Friday in the Natalee Holloway disappearance as they sought a court order to detain him as a suspect based on a hidden-camera interview.
Police questioned Joran Van der Sloot for about two hours, and he again denied any role in [...]
Desvari put on leave
LORAIN —The city’s chief building inspector was placed on paid administrative leave Friday, pending the outcome of an investigation within Lorain’s building department. William Desvari was notified Friday of the investigation, according to Lorain Mayor Tony Krasienko. Krasienko said he would not discuss why Desvari was being investigated because it is [...]
Stella Wielopolski
Stella Wielopolski (nee Gebal), 94, formerly of Elyria, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at Rose Arbor Hospice of Southwest Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., following a short illness.
Mrs. Wielopolski was born in Poland on December 30, 1913, and lived in England before moving to Elyria in 1952. She moved to Michigan in 2003 to be close [...]
Richard John Muzilla
Richard John Muzilla, 75, died Friday, January 25, 2008, following a seven-month illness of brain cancer, at his home in Henrietta Township. He was born in Lorain on November 13, 1932, and remained a lifelong resident of Ohio.
Richard was the owner of the Lorain Novelty Company, a business that his father established in 1920. He [...]
Rebecca Ann Catalano
Rebecca Ann Catalano (nee Reedy), 39, of Grafton, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 7, 2008, in the Cleveland Clinic.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, Grafton.
Mildred C. Lowery
Mildred C. Lowery (nee Comrie), 84, of Elyria, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake, following a short illness.
Mrs. Lowery was born in Cleveland, on March 4, 1923, and lived in Elyria most of her life. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Lowery was a member of the Veterans [...]