Archive for April 4th, 2008
Hey, at least it’s a title: Ohio State uses NCAA snub as motivation, downs UMass to win NIT championship
NEW YORK — In a locker room outburst equal parts joy and angst, Jamar Butler finally dropped the charade Ohio State had been playing for nearly three weeks and revealed its main motivating factor for a roughshod run through the NIT. “This is what happens when you put an NCAA Tournament team in the NIT,” [...]
A gory finish: Bulls stick it to Cavaliers, who blow 17-point lead and game
CLEVELAND — History will show the Chicago Bulls beat the Cavaliers 101-98 Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Anyone who watched the game on TNT or was among the 20,562 fans in attendance, however, will be quick to vouch for the fact the Cavaliers beat themselves. Up 17 in the third period, Cleveland (42-34) did [...]
Cavs notes: Staying home for the first round of the playoffs seems assured
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers went into Thursday night with a four-game lead over Washington, Toronto and Philadelphia, so LeBron James and Co. are almost a lock to earn the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. That means the Cavaliers will have home-court advantage in the first round of the postseason, where they will [...]
Westbrook good, but Danks better: Indians held to just two hits against White Sox, suffer first loss
CLEVELAND — After scoring 17 runs in winning their first two games of the season, Indians hitters were in siesta mode during a rare Thursday afternoon affair. Their starting pitcher, Jake Westbrook, was wide awake and unappreciated. Westbrook produced a sparkling season debut, but his impressive effort was trumped by a better one from White [...]
Tribe notes: Martinez pinch hits, could be back in lineup this weekend
CLEVELAND — There was a Victor Martinez sighting Thursday, with the Indians’ all-star catcher returning to the field but not the lineup in the series finale against Chicago. Martinez, who has not started the last two games after suffering a mild hamstring strain in the season opener Monday, made a pinch-hit appearance in Cleveland’s 2-1 [...]
Browns: Defensive back Kenny Wright arrested in Texas after allegedly running from police
PEARLAND, Texas — Cleveland Browns defensive back Kenny Wright was arrested Thursday after police said he led them on a quarter-mile foot chase that began in the parking lot of the police station. The 30-year-old Wright faces a misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor charge of evading arrest and a misdemeanor charge of possession [...]
High school softball: Sito’s long home run highlight of Elyria’s opening win over Magnificat
ROCKY RIVER — Human beings hadn’t yet set foot in the uncharted vastness where Tess Sito launched a softball on Thursday afternoon. Without regard for their personal safety, young women stationed in the Magnificat outfield ventured into this dark and forbidding region to recover the ball and prevent, if possible, Elyria High’s Sito from circling [...]
High school baseball: Amherst comes back, gives St. Ignatius a scare before falling, 7-6
AMHERST — One more hit. That’s all Amherst needed to complete an improbable comeback Thursday against St. Ignatius. The game was originally scheduled to be played at the Pipe Yard but was moved to Amherst due to wet, unplayable conditions at the Lorain venue. Amherst spotted the Wildcats a 7-1 lead before a grand slam [...]
Death penalty no joke to judge
ELYRIA — Darth Vader won’t be making an appearance next week when county Common Pleas Judge James Burge holds hearings on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection process. Burge angrily rebuffed defense attorney Jeff Gamso’s suggestion that the three members of the state’s execution team who administer the lethal drugs to condemned inmates hide [...]
Firelands search for a leader down to 2
HENRIETTA — And now it’s down to two. The Firelands Local School District’s search for a new superintendent, which began in January, is almost over. The pool of finalists has been narrowed from six to two, and the school board is expected to select the successor to Maxwell Shoff at its April 14 meeting, according [...]
Closer, but still no win
Amherst 4 votes short of passing levy; recount set for Monday SHEFFIELD TWP. — Amherst Schools came a lot closer to passing a levy last month than it thought, but the district is still four votes shy. The result — 4,435 votes, or 49.98 percent, for the levy to 4,439 votes, or 50.02 percent, against [...]
As rides slide, it’s splash for cash at Geauga Lake
CHRONICLE FILE The Headspin rollercoaster, along with all the other rides at Geauga Lake Amusement Park, have closed for good. Park opens season strictly as a water attraction When Cedar Fair officials decided to bid farewell to the roller coasters and other rides at Geauga Lake at the close of the 2007 summer season, they [...]
Cooperative effort could save jobs in Lorain
LORAIN — A complex three-way deal might keep a Lorain manufacturing plant and its 285 jobs in the city.Lorain is working with Industrial Realty Group and Emerson Network Power to redevelop 330,000 square feet of commercial space on the city’s east side to keep Emerson and the $340,000 its employees pay annually in income tax [...]
Avon Lake Ford workers to be idle
AVON LAKE — Slow sales will mean local Ford workers will have to sit out another work week, United Auto Workers Local 2000 President Tim Donovan said Thursday. “The economy is bad, no matter what the people in Washington, D.C., say,” he said. “It’s hitting us hard here.” The union’s 2,000 members who work at [...]
Roundup: April 4, 2008
Man pleads guilty to charges in nephew’s death ELYRIA — A Lorain man who failed to report the death of his nephew last May has pleaded guilty to failure to report a death, endangering and numerous unrelated drug charges. John Moore, 50, is the final person with charges pending in connection with the overdose death [...]
Elections commission levies big fine against PAC
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Elections Commission levied a record $5.2 million fine Thursday against a political action committee that supports candidates who favor school choice. All Children Matter’s political action committee in Virginia sent $870,000 to its PAC in Ohio for the 2006 election cycle. The contribution was illegal because All Children Matter’s Virginia PAC [...]
Fossilized poo offers human clues
WASHINGTON — New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia, according to a report in Thursday’s online edition [...]
Officials peeved at false grant application, may file charges
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE The home of Harold Lindsey and Barbara Tate, Lindsey’s companion, whom county officials accuse of filing a false form to get a new furnace. SHEFFIELD TWP. — A 79-year-old man who went to the county for help in replacing a bad furnace will not get his Toledo Avenue home fixed and [...]
Mich. robbery suspect leaves behind a picture ID
WARREN, Mich. — A would-be bank robber came away empty-handed but left behind something useful for police: her photo identification. The woman was arrested less than an hour later on a charge of attempted armed robbery, Police Commissioner William Dwyer said. The woman filled out an account application Thursday morning, then pulled a handgun and [...]
Relative of Coretta Scott King remembers MLK
LORAIN — Today will be a solemn day for Golaree Coles, who met Martin Luther King Jr. after he decided to marry her cousin, Coretta Scott. Today, she will mark the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination, and she will bury her 62-year-old brother, the Rev. E. Randal Osburn, who marched alongside King and died on [...]
Lorain woman files lawsuit against Marrero, Lorain
LORAIN — A Lorain woman filed a $15 million federal lawsuit Thursday against the city, Police Chief Cel Rivera and suspended police Officer Stanley Marrero, claiming the city and Rivera stood by and ignored her complaints that Marrero was forcing her to engage in sexual relations with him. The lawsuit is the latest legal blow [...]
School districts find history repeating
Situation of too many students in Ridgeville and too many schools in Elyria reminiscent of 1979
Phantom fillers take on Lorain potholes
LORAIN — Raul Gonzalez is fed up with the craters pitting his neighborhood’s streets.“Have you seen my tires?” he asked Thursday, pointing to two deflated tires hanging on the side of his Fulton Road garage. Both, he said, were blown out in the past two weeks after he hit potholes. CHUCK HUMEL/CHRONICLE Lorain has experienced [...]
Scott M. Cascone
Scott M. "Cochise" Cascone, 45, of North Ridgeville, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at University Hospital, Cleveland, following a brief illness. Born in Cleveland, he was a resident of North Ridgeville since 1994, moving from Bedford Heights. He worked as a shipping and receiving coordinator for Majestic Steel USA in Bedford Heights. For 15 [...]
Constance V. Szabo
Constance V. Szabo (nee Pasadyn), 92, formerly of Parma, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008. She was the loving wife of the late Louis; dear mother of Robert (Letty), Roger (Sharon) and the late Patty; grandmother of Jennifer, Beth Ann, Tricia Webb, Jason and Anthony; great-grandma of Kourtney-Gene, Brennen and Brayden; dear sister of 12. [...]