Archive for February 19th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS- Shootings on Cambridge
Police said James Nolan went to 616 Cambridge Ave. this afternoon and shot his former wife, Lynn, before going out into the driveway and killing himself. According to a dispatch from the LifeFlight helicopter that was transporting Lynn Nolan to Metro General in Cleveland from EMH, where she was initially transported, she is 37 years old and [...]
Man shot dead on Cambridge Ave.
Police detectives were on the scene at 616 Cambridge Ave. in Elyria just before 4 p.m. at the site of what appears to be an attempt at a murder-suicide. A man was found dead outside the home. A woman was shot inside the home and was transported to EMH. According to neighbors, the couple was divorced or [...]
Castro resigns Cuban presidency
HAVANA — An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president today after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday. The end of Castro’s rule — the longest in the world for a head of government — frees his 76-year-old brother Raul to implement [...]
Boys sectional basketball: Olmsted Falls cashes in on North Ridgeville turnovers, springs upset
EATON TWP. — When two conference winners get together you can usually expect a competitive game. That’s exactly what the fans at the Midview Division I boys sectional tournament got in the third of three games Monday night. For the most part, they weren’t disappointed. Taking advantage of 22 North Ridgeville turnovers, the Southwestern Conference [...]
Girls sectional basketball: Admiral King overcomes nerves, downs Westlake
MEDINA — Derekia Mahone is averaging, perhaps, two 3-point field goals a game. The Admiral King junior hit her average Monday night. She drilled back-to-back threes in the third quarter to keep the Admirals close in a Division I sectional final at Medina High. Then she hit four straight foul shots in the last 35 [...]
Boys sectional basketball: Avon Lake sends Southview packing again
EATON TWP. — Avon Lake coach Eric Smith had the perfect game plan for Southview at the Division I sectional opener Monday night. Clog the middle, force the Saints to shoot from the perimeter and make shots and free throws. It all added up to a Shoremen victory, 53-42, sending Southview to the sidelines for [...]
Boys sectional basketball: Admiral King survives Cloverleaf’s upset bid
EATON TWP. — It was a tournament time special in the opening game of the Midview Division I sectional Monday afternoon. Despite coming in as a substantial underdog, Cloverleaf (9-12) battled a strong Admiral King (14-7) team from the Lake Erie League down to the wire before falling 49-46 in the first of three games [...]
Confidence should not be a problem for Cavaliers Daniel Gibson after big weekend
INDEPENDENCE — He scored 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Cavaliers defeated Detroit to win the 2007 Eastern Conference finals. He became the first rookie to average double figures in scoring in the NBA Finals since Houston’s Sam Cassell in 1994. He just earned game MVP honors over All-Star Weekend. And he’s not [...]
Rick Noland: All-Star success could give Cavaliers a boost for second half
Quicken Loans Arena public address announcer Olivier Sedra is going to have to alter his pregame introductions a bit when the Cavaliers host the Houston Rockets tonight at 7. “And at forward, from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, your 2008 NBA All-Star Game MVP, LeBronnnn James!” Then, about midway through the first period, Sedra [...]
Prep hockey notes: Red and White divisions expected to stay the same next season
If Weblogs are to be believed, a fight broke out near the end of Avon Lake’s 5-4 victory over Benedictine. The Avon Lake player involved allegedly issued a parting shot to his Benedictine antagonist that went something like “Have fun in the White Division next year.” A scathing remark, but it only served to illustrate [...]
Indians’ Marte out of options and time: One-time hot prospect needs to probe he belongs
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Cleveland Indians hoped Andy Marte would be a big part of their future when they traded for him two years ago, but the power-hitting third baseman may have no future at all with the team. Marte, 24, is out of minor-league options so the Indians must keep him with the [...]
Clinton or Obama?
Some area Dems choose With Ohio in the political crosshairs, Democratic presidential candidates U.S. Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., are planning to do a lot of stumping in the state that in the past hasn’t played too large of a role in narrowing the field because of a late primary. [...]
One for the books
LCCC, Elyria Public Library join forces ELYRIA — The construction of a new three-story building on the campus of Lorain County Community College is underway that will bring the services of the Elyria Public Library System to the college campus. Construction of the 86,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to be completed in late summer, with a [...]
Limestone plant alive, for now
Lorain Council votes to rezone for limestone operation LORAIN — Once thought to be dead, the proposal to build a limestone crushing plant in Lorain is a step closer to being built. Two months after rejecting and then rescinding the proposal to rezone 15 acres of land where the plant was to go, the [...]
Documents relating to JFK assassination revealed for 1st time in decades
DALLAS — Long-hidden items and documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were revealed for the first time Monday, after spending nearly two decades locked inside a courthouse safe. Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins presented the articles at a Presidents’ Day news conference while standing next to brown and white [...]
Air Force says budgets are billions of dollars short of what’s needed
WASHINGTON — Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military’s high-flying branch won’t dominate the skies as it has for decades. After more than six years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Air Force’s aging jet fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and gunships are at the breaking [...]
In Illinois, new gun laws came too late
CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year’s massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what were already some of the nation’s toughest weapons laws. But the new measure does not take effect until June. And whether it would have prevented [...]
Police blotter: Feb. 19, 2008
Lorain police Sunday, Feb. 17 10:52 p.m. – 200 block W. 32nd St., home burglarized. Monday, Feb. 18 1:10 a.m. – 1900 block E. 34th St., home burglarized, vehicle stolen from garage. Elyria police Sunday, Feb. 17 9:28 p.m. – 100 block Park Meadow Drive, vehicle stolen. Monday, Feb. 18 12:43 a.m. – 500 block [...]
News briefs: Feb. 19, 2008
The Elyria Musical Arts Society will present a free program of "Songs & Fashions Through the Decades" at 7:30 p.m. tonight at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, corner of Middle Avenue and Third Street. Donations may be made to the society’s scholarship fund. Parking is located on Holly Lane behind the church, which may also be [...]
An end to friendly fire?
DAYTON — When Taliban forces attacked a police checkpoint in central Afghanistan under dark of night in late 2006, special-operations Master Sgt. Andrew Martin called in air support and then slapped a high-tech cloth-like device on his helmet for protection. Fresh from labs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the device transmitted light from a powerful [...]
Obama: Credit due to friend
NILES — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he doesn’t think it’s a big deal that he borrowed lines from his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, although he probably should have given Patrick credit. Patrick said during his gubernatorial campaign a year and a half ago that words matter, like “I have a dream” [...]
Program is no cure for doctor shortage
CLEVELAND — Ohio’s program for foreign-born medical school graduates is not easing the state’s shortage of primary care doctors, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Monday. Foreign-born doctors across the United States can apply for a visa waiver if they agree to practice in an underserved community for three years. Thousands of doctors sign up each [...]
Report: Abandoned properties cost Ohio cities $63M
COLUMBUS — More than 25,000 vacant and abandoned properties cost eight Ohio cities at least $63 million, as ill-equipped local governments have been unable to wrestle with job loss and the foreclosure crisis, a report found. A report released Tuesday by Community Research Partners showed that Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Ironton, Lima, Springfield, Toledo and Zanesville [...]
Politicos spar over Great Lakes’ fate
COLUMBUS — Ohioans will begin hearing much this week about preventing Great Lakes waters from being diverted to the water-hungry Southwest. And if the debate sounds familiar, it is. The Ohio House is poised to sign off on a version of the Great Lakes Compact on Tuesday that is essentially identical to one it passed [...]
Russell Franklin Kincannon
Russell Franklin Kincannon, 80, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2008 in his home after a long illness. He was born November 30, 1927 in Spring City, Tennessee, living in the Lorain County area since 1951. He attended the 1st Baptist Church of LaGrange for many years. He was employed by Ford Motor Co. [...]