Archive for May 14th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Marc Dann resigns
COLUMBUS — Facing possible impeachment, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has resigned amid the scandal of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair. Dann, 46 and a Democrat, led the state on a 10-day odyssey, at first refusing to resign despite demands by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and others within his [...]
ALERT: Man freed from prison resentenced
ELYRIA — Thomas Holmes won’t be going back to prison, county Common Pleas Judge James Burge decided today. Burge had freed Holmes last year by cutting Holmes’s original prison sentence of 23 years – imposed by Burge’s predecessor – to six years for hitting his wife in the head with a hammer, punching her [...]
ALERT: Inspectors take materials from Dann’s office
COLUMBUS (AP) — Deputies of the state’s top watchdog removed a cartload of computers and files from the office of scandal-plagued Attorney General Marc Dann. State lawmakers on Tuesday authorized Inspector General Tom Charles to investigate Dann, a Democrat, as they pursue impeachment proceedings against him. Both parties have called on him to resign following [...]
Ohio station sells out after posting $3.66-a-gallon price
CINCINNATI (AP) — Gas pumps went dry for several hours at a Cincinnati station that had been jammed with customers hurrying to take advantage of the relatively low price of $3.66 for a gallon of unleaded. Shonda Coughman says she rushed to the Thornton’s station in the city’s Bond Hill neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after getting [...]
Strickland says he would decline Obama VP spot
COLUMBUS (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland says he’s not interested in being vice president, no matter which candidate asks. The first-term governor has been emphatic he has no interest in being his Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee. His favorite candidate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, faces a tough route to the nomination, but Strickland says he [...]
Cavaliers: Turnovers the key to series turnaround
INDEPENDENCE — Just five days ago, the Cavaliers were teetering on the brink of disaster, having lost the first two games in the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Boston Celtics. “We felt we had a lot of adjustments to make to win games,” guard Daniel Gibson said Tuesday after practice at Cleveland Clinic Courts. “Things [...]
Cavaliers commentary: LeBron has chance to take command of series
LeBron James now has a chance to tell the Boston Celtics the same thing he told his mother Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena: “Sit your (behind) down.” Having beaten the Celtics two straight times to even their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series, James and the Cavaliers have a golden opportunity to steal Game 5 [...]
Cavaliers notes: Series still in search of a road win
INDEPENDENCE — Forgive the Boston Celtics for feeling a bit anxious entering Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals tonight at TD Banknorth Garden. Though their best-of-seven matchup with the Cavaliers is tied at 2, Cleveland has taken over the series’ statistical lead in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots, field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage. [...]
Indians get total team effort in win over A’s
CLEVELAND — A little bit of everything was on display Tuesday night for the Indians in the series opener with Oakland at Progressive Field. As usual, Cleveland got plenty of pitching, with starter Paul Byrd producing a sparkling effort and reliever Masa Kobayashi finishing off a 4-0 victory over the A’s that accounted for the [...]
Indians notes: Sowers getting call, but whose spot will he take?
CLEVELAND — Jeremy Sowers is coming Friday. Who’s going is still undecided. With the Indians in need of an extra starter, Indians manager Eric Wedge confirmed that Sowers would be promoted from Triple-A Buffalo to go in the first of a three-game series in Cincinnati on Friday. When that happens, Cleveland will have a decision [...]
Dann drops offer to resign
COLUMBUS — After a day of will-he or won’t-he, Marc Dann decided not to resign and held onto his post as attorney general Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, Dann said he would resign if lawmakers agreed to delay a planned investigation into his scandal-plagued office. Legislative leaders refused the offer, and by evening the [...]
Local Democrats insist: Dann must go
Even though Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann can’t seem to make up his mind whether or not he should resign, most area Democrats are holding fast to their earlier opinions that he has to go. State Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, who voted in favor of the investigation into Dann’s office and supports impeachment, said one [...]
Cities plan redesigns to make their Web sites more useful
If you haven’t visited your city’s Web site recently, you’re probably not missing much. But that’s about to change. Just about every city in the county is in the midst of a Web site redesign, with several of them expected to debut as early as next month. Shawn Griffin, regional director of AmericanEagle.com in Westlake, [...]
H.S. Softball: Avon Lake ousts North Ridgeville despite getting no-hit
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Britney Frazier pitched and lost a no-hitter Tuesday afternoon. Tough way for the North Ridgeville right-hander to lose a softball game. Tough time for the Rangers to lose one, in the opening round of the Division I sectional-district tournament. And it was a tough call at third base in the sixth inning [...]
Golf: Annika Sorenstam to retire following 2008 season
CLIFTON, N.J. — Annika Sorenstam ignored her notes and spoke from the heart. One of golf’s greatest players was leaving the game, and she handled her retirement announcement the way she would a 10-foot birdie putt with a tournament on the line. With command and composure. Calling her decision one she’d “been thinking about for [...]
H.S. Baseball: Lutheran West explodes in fourth to beat Clearview
ROCKY RIVER — Go figure! Nearly a believe-it-or-not situation, Clearview pulled off three double plays in as many innings Tuesday afternoon — a rarity in high school baseball — but ended up losing by the mercy rule. That’s because the fourth inning was a nightmare for the Clippers (5-13) as host Lutheran West (17-6) scored [...]
H.S. Tennis notes: Area given 3 No. 1 seeds for sectionals
The area may not have a ton of seeded players for today’s sectional tournaments, but the ones they have are expected to go a long way. Avon Lake senior Alex Trzeciak is the No. 1 seed in the Division I sectional at Oberlin College, the North Olmsted senior pair of Alex Kearney and Kevin Bus [...]
Tiny vehicle scores big on crash test
WASHINGTON — Unlike most cars on the road, the pint-sized 2008 Smart Fortwo evokes a simple question at first glance: “How safe is it?” The micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, offers a good level of safety, according to new crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. The 8-foot, 8-inch [...]
County takes to the air to control gypsy moths
ELYRIA — Lorain County is under quarantine. It’s not disease that has canopied the county, it’s an pestilence. The pest in question is the gypsy moth — a non-native, invasive species that has been advancing into Ohio from Pennsylvania and Michigan over the last several years. But steps are being taken to suppress the problem, [...]
Cleveland teen to be tried as adult in fatal shooting
A Cleveland teenager will be tried as an adult in the botched robbery that left one Bay Village teen dead and another severely wounded earlier this year. Cuyahoga County Juvenile Judge Thomas O’Malley ruled Tuesday that there was probable cause to the aggravated murder, attempted murder and robbery charges against 17-year-old Anthony Pollard to allow [...]
Former Lorain student killed in Columbus
LORAIN — A former Southview High School junior was shot and killed in Columbus last week. But the family and the family’s former pastor say there was no chance that Eito Moon Jr., 17, was involved in a gang, as some reports have indicated. Eito was gunned down May 7 as he walked home about [...]
Blotter: May 14, 2008
Elyria police Monday, May 12 12:22 a.m. – 1500 block Gulf Road, mail stolen over the weekend, including a check worth $6,465.85, which the thief tried to cash. 12:22 a.m. – 300 block Oxford Ave., threatening phone call. 8 a.m. – 8400 block Murray Ridge Road, couch, love seat and television stolen from model home. [...]
Open houses to welcome new students
ELYRIA — Students, teachers and staff at Crestwood, Erie, Ely, McKinley, Oakwood and Prospect elementary schools have one word to say to new parents and students — welcome. Open house schedule Crestwood, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Erie, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Ely, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. McKinley, 6 to 7 p.m. Oakwood, 5:30 to 6:30 [...]
Quantum Bots conquer LEGO contest
You could almost say it’s getting to be old hat for the Quantum Bots. The team of four home-schooled Lorain County boys took its computerized LEGO Quantum 3000 ME robot to the University of Minnesota a week and a half ago, where they competed against nearly 70 teams from the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico, Iceland [...]
Palm Crest buildings to be razed
ELYRIA — The nursing home facility and cluster of group homes that make up Palm Crest East Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will be torn down to make room for a private campus for the mentally disabled. Currently, Palm Crest East is a combination facility made up of an intermediate care facility, group homes for Mentally [...]