Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for April 23rd, 2008
BREAKING NEWS — Elyria teen dies in crash
CARLISLE TWP. —A 15-year-old Elyria boy has died from injuries he received when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree Tuesday.
Joseph Paletta was riding as a passenger around 9 p.m. in a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora heading east on East River Road when the driver of the car lost control, drove off the [...]
With Cascade too packed, July 4 fireworks will move to West Park
ELYRIA — West Park is the new home of Elyria’s Fourth of July fireworks display.
Cascade Park has hosted the display the last several years, but Elyria Police Chief Michael Medders says that growing crowds mean the park is no longer a safe place to hold the festivities.
Each year, more than 20,000 [...]
Indians 15, Royals 1: Offense, Sabathia wake up
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Casey Blake had a grand slam and six RBIs and C.C. Sabathia struck out 11 in his first victory, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 15-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Blake, the No. 9 hitter, was 4-for-4 with a single and a grand slam and [...]
Signs line pockmarked Route 57 - but you don’t have to obey them
It’s one of the only times drivers can go 45 in a 25 mph zone and not get a ticket.
But driving at or near the lower speed limit may help prevent bent rims and flat tires on cars traveling Elyria’s pothole-riddled state Route 57 bypass.
A few weeks ago, a series of [...]
LNB settles with investor group
LORAIN — A group of Lorain National Bank shareholders who once sought control of the bank’s board of directors has agreed to put its plans on hold after entering into an agreement with bank officials to seat two of their own on the board.
Under the terms of the agreement, AMG Investments — a [...]
Teen badly hurt in rollover crash
CARLISLE TWP. — Three teens were in an Oldsmobile Aurora that crashed just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, rolling side-over-side and slamming into a tree in the front yard of an Elyria police officer.
“They were fighting the curve the whole way,” said Officer Ben Currier, pointing to the upended car, which landed on its [...]
Indians: Westbrook lands on disabled list
CLEVELAND — For the second time in two seasons, Jake Westbrook wasn’t able to get out of the first month intact. Westbrook was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained left intercostal (rib cage) muscle, a similar injury to the one he sustained in his first start last April — a strained [...]
Cavs have chance to rock Wizards’ world
INDEPENDENCE — Up 13 at halftime of Game 2, the Cavaliers shook a season-long trend of quickly letting an opponent back in the game and instead stomped the Washington Wizards into submission. Now up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series heading into Game 3 in Washington on Thursday, the Cavaliers have an opportunity to stomp [...]
Cavs notes: Haywood won’t be suspended for flagrant foul
INDEPENDENCE — Washington center Brendan Haywood, who was ejected from Game 2 after pushing an airborne LeBron James to the floor, will not be suspended for Game 3 of a best-of-seven playoff series against the Cavaliers. The league Tuesday upheld the officials’ call of a Flagrant Foul-Penalty 2, but opted not to suspend Haywood, [...]
Elyrian’s truck flips on I-480
GARFIELD HEIGHTS — Traffic was backed up for 5 miles during the early Tuesday commute when an Elyria woman’s truck was hit from behind and flipped.
Tanya Brown, 34, was heading east just before 8 a.m. on Interstate 480 when another car trailing her tried to change lanes near the Granger Road exit, Garfield [...]