Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for March 25th, 2008
‘Big Ben’ Wallace will likely sit out tonight’s Cavs game
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers center Ben Wallace, bothered by back spasms the past two weeks, will likely miss tonight’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. Wallace has missed two games and part of another with the injury. With 10 regular-season games remaining, the Cavs want Big Ben as ready as possible [...]
Lefty Breslow is all right with the Indians
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Left-handed pitchers — especially relievers — are notoriously atypical. The newest member of the Indians’ bullpen — Craig Breslow, a Yale grad who earned his degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry — is the exception. “I’m probably the most right-handed left-handed pitcher you’ll ever see,” said the 27-year-old Breslow, [...]
Tribe notes: Julio wins final bullpen spot
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Though the Indians have yet to announce it officially, it appears that Jorge Julio has won the final roster spot in the bullpen. Following its exhibition victory over the Yankees at Chain of Lakes Park on Tuesday, Cleveland purchased the right-handed reliever’s contract, while re-assigning one of the other two [...]
Manny Ramirez double helps Red Sox win season opener in Japan
TOKYO — Boston, Japan, it doesn’t matter: Manny Ramirez strikes a winning pose for the Boston Red Sox. In the earliest major league opener, the Red Sox started their World Series title defense with a signature Manny moment. Ramirez stood frozen in the batter’s box, admiring his 10th-inning drive to center [...]
NIT: OSU meets Dayton with plenty on the line
COLUMBUS — Rare is the game that actually involves multiple subplots this late in a season, particularly when the teams involved are just 10 days removed from having to settle for berths in the NIT. When Dayton (23-10) comes to Ohio State (21-13) tonight for a quarterfinal matchup, the winner gets an all-expenses [...]
Local briefs: Keystone’s Kincannon picks Notre Dame
Kincannon picks Notre Dame
Keystone’s Kari Kincannon has signed a national letter of intent to attend Notre Dame College where she will play volleyball. A four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats, Kincannon was a three-time first-team All-Patriot Athletic Conference, All-Lorain County and All-Northeast District selection. In her senior season, she earned a spot on [...]
Elyria reroutes repairs
Officials redo Route 57 plan, give priority to dangerous corridor
ELYRIA — Engineers have flipped plans to fix state Route 57 and now will start from the opposite end of the 5.3-mile work zone.
Elyria Mayor Bill Grace and city Engineer Makund Moghe said Tuesday that instead of beginning construction at [...]
Defense reacts to article
Petric Trial
ELYRIA — The lawyer for a 16-year-old boy accused of murdering his mother and shooting his father is asking a judge to declare the boy’s father a hostile witness, which would give the defense more leeway in questioning him.
Attorney James Kersey filed a petition Tuesday in [...]
County racks up Patrol arrests
COLUMBUS — A new list from the State Highway Patrol shows troopers fight more crime in Franklin County than anywhere else in the state, but Lorain County isn’t far behind.
The report, released Tuesday, shows that troopers in Lorain County [...]
State reels in limit on walleye catch
Earlier this year, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said people can safely eat four times as much walleye caught in Lake Erie as they did last year because of decreased contamination.
That’s still true, but the amount of walleye that can be legally caught is being cut by about one-third.
The Lake [...]