Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for March 15th, 2008
Lorain woman`s stabbing possibly gang-related
LORAIN — Three women yelled the name of their gang as they stabbed a 19-year-old victim early Saturday outside Marathon gas station on Broadway, witnesses told Lorain police.
Shakara Whitfield, 19, of Lorain, was stabbed once in the back and also had a gash across the top of her head, police said.
Both cuts were about a [...]
Elyria rescue crews search for man
ELYRIA — Flashlights blinked across the Black River for hours Saturday night as water rescue workers searched for a black man in a brown coat.
Firefighters and police lined the river bank at Cascade Park near Mendel Court and lit the area with floodlights. Men wearing life preservers stalked the edge of the water and camera [...]
Lorain residents get preview of magnet school programs
LORAIN — Amanda Cassidy-Sanchez didn’t think it was too soon at all Saturday afternoon to be looking at schools for her 5-week-old daughter, Isabella. She wanted information on Lorain’s new magnet school plan — the same plan that helped her as a young student.
Years ago, when Lowell Elementary operated as an art magnet school, [...]
Exploring alternatives: Three facilities help so-called ‘problem’ students
ELYRIA — He won’t sit still. He won’t do his work.
Suddenly, he’s standing on his chair yelling. Or maybe he’s walking out the classroom door or picking a fight with another student.
What should schools do with the kids who aren’t ready or willing to learn?
Paul Wandra knows. [...]
Supreme Court scales back limits on public records
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s high court is backing off plans that would have restricted the amount of information available in court records, such as birth dates and addresses.
A court committee said Friday that a series of restrictions, introduced last year, was not needed. Instead, the judge-dominated panel tossed limits, introduced for fears of [...]
Assenheimer: Cliff Lee is best pick for final rotation spot
Cliff Lee won at least 14 games in each of his three years (2004-06) as a fulltime member of the Indians’ rotation — 18 in ’05. That’s enough to give him the job as Cleveland’s fifth starter. Track record means a lot in the big leagues, and Lee has one that’s better and [...]
Car crash kills 4 in western Ohio
CELINA — Four teenagers died early Saturday when a man drove a car through a stop sign on a rural road and collided with their vehicle, police said.
The crash occurred just before 3 a.m. in Marion Township in western Ohio’s Mercer County, Sheriff Jeff Grey said in a statement. Nicholas [...]
Tribe notes: Roster whittled to 44
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Indians whittled their spring training roster down to 44 players, sending nine out on Saturday. Cleveland optioned relief pitcher Edward Mujica and catcher Wyatt Toregas to Triple-A Buffalo, while re-assigning pitchers Rick Bauer, J.D. Martin and Jeff Stevens, infielders Jordan Brown, Beau Mills, and Chris Gimenez, and outfielder Trevor [...]
Amherst break-in suspect faces numerous charges
AMHERST — Chilling words rang out Friday night from inside a Washington Avenue home where a 911 call had suddenly been cut off.
Two Amherst police officers heard someone say, “I will kill you. You wanna die?” as they walked around the house. Another man’s voice answered, “Please don’t kill me.”
One officer watching through a kitchen [...]
Man kills wife, himself after standoff in Berlin Twp.
BERLIN TWP. — Unable to face divorce, a man murdered his wife Friday night while his two teenage daughters watched, and then killed himself after a four-hour standoff, Erie County sheriff’s deputies said.
Thomas W. Jensen, 42, shot his wife, 34-year-old Melanie Jensen, once in the head with a .357 Magnum revolver and then barricaded [...]