Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for May 12th, 2008
ALERT: Steer clear of Route 57 northbound
A word of caution: State Route 57 northbound is a mess.
If at all possible, use alternate routes. Nearly all the orange barrels have been erected between Chestnut Ridge Road and Cleveland Street, narrowing it to a single lane of traffic so the road can be [...]
Anne C. Wenzel
Anne C. Wenzel (nee Cherven), 94, of Vermilion, died at home Saturday, May 10, 2008. She was born June 17, 1913 in Lorain, moving to Vermilion in 1947.
She graduated from Lorain High School. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Vermilion and their Altar and Rosary Society, and had also worked as [...]
Despite impostors, wild child, Cavs beat all
Cleveland now looks to even series against the Boston Celtics tonight
INDEPENDENCE — It started with a young man confiscating a backstage pass, asking Cavaliers coach Mike Brown an off-the-wall question and then sneaking into the team’s locker room prior to the game.
It continued with fun-loving, wild-haired Anderson Varejao running onto the floor even [...]
Lorain mayor offers budget fixes
LORAIN — What Council asked for was a revenue plan that would finally get the city out of the red.
What it got from Mayor Tony Krasienko this weekend was a revenue plan that would accomplish that — by increasing the city license plate fee and reducing the income tax credit for residents who [...]
Area woman survives crash
Six die in wreck on I-90 along Ohio-Pa. border
A minivan carrying a group of Indian computer programmers and their wives on the way to a Niagara Falls vacation flipped and was struck by a car driven by an Avon Lake woman in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven people on board, officials say.
The [...]
North Ridgeville installs state-of-art water monitor system
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The city is about to install high-tech water meters that will alert residents to leaks before they rack up weeks of big water bills.
North Ridgeville is spending nearly half a million dollars to install the system and is the first city in Lorain County to have the latest water meter [...]
Avon police moving to a new HQ
AVON — When it opens later this month, the city’s new $5.2 million police station will mean officers will finally have a little bit of room to breathe.
Moving day is May 22, and the trek to their new home will be only about three blocks. But the new 15,000-square-foot station near the corner [...]
Vigilant neighbor nabs suspect
A man sat in his darkened garage Saturday night waiting to see whether the thief would return.
A thief did turn up, but whether it was the same person who had been breaking into the 35-year-old man’s garage is anyone’s guess.
Still, when the resident of a home on the 3500 block of [...]
Woman shot in leg in Lorain drive-by
A woman was shot in the leg Saturday as a man drove down the street and fired a gun into a crowd on the front porch of a home in the 1600 block of E. 29th St., according to police.
No one on the porch was hit, but the 21-year-old Lorain woman, who was [...]
Cleveland man suspected in thefts
A Cleveland man with a history of felony arrests told police he didn’t care he was being arrested for theft because he had made more than $100,000 with his ruse.
Richard S. Gratz, 32, of the 3200 block of E. 57th St., was videotaped opening a Little Tykes bike box in the toy department [...]