Archive for May 28th, 2008
Beware: Frost predicted for area
Cover your flowers, close your windows and put an extra blanket on the bed tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory from 1 to 8 a.m. Thursday, saying clear skies and light winds will push temperatures down into the low 30s overnight. Lorain County is among the places were frost is expected [...]
BREAKING NEWS — State schools super resigns
COLUMBUS — Ohio Superintendent Susan Tave Zelman announced her intention to resign Wednesday, three months after Gov. Ted Strickland proposed bringing the state Department of Education under his control. Zelman has led the state’s primary and secondary education system for nine years. In February, Strickland surprised many in his State of the State address with [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Strickland names new AG
COLUMBUS — Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday tapped the dean of the Ohio State University law school to serve temporarily as attorney general after a sexual harassment scandal forced out the previous attorney general. Strickland says Nancy Hardin Rogers will lead the office for about six months but that she has no plans to [...]
Ruth Buswell
Ruth Buswell (nee Bowers), 79, of LaGrange, died May 26, 2008, at her home. She was born September 27, 1928, in Elyria. She graduated from Elyria High School in 1947 and also attended Lorain County Community College. She was a cashier at Pick-N-Pay grocery stores in Lorain, North Ridgeville and Cleveland. She was a member [...]
Richard L. Gibbens
Richard L. Gibbens, 79, of Grafton and formerly of Elyria, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his home, following a long battle with cancer. He was born January 11, 1929, in Wooster and lived in the Elyria area most of his life. Mr. Gibbens worked as a plumber, retiring from Gross Plumbing in Lorain. He [...]
The Rev. Paul R. Kearney
The Rev. Paul R. Kearney, 84, of South Amherst, passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Amherst Manor Nursing Home following a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by Busch Funeral Home in Elyria.
Murry Lucas Sr
Murry Lucas Sr., 79, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 23, 2008, at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born on February 17, 1929, in Beulah, Miss., to the union of Ike and Millie Lucas. Murry moved to Lorain in 1964 and was employed at the former American [...]
H.S. Softball: Lorain County has become state superpower
For the second time in four seasons, three Lorain County schools are playing in regional softball tournaments. At this point, there are only 16 teams left in each of the state’s four divisions, and the county is represented in three of them. This means that starting at 5 p.m. today, each of the local schools [...]
Mark S. Zajaros
Mark S. Zajaros, 43, of Olmsted Falls, formerly of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, May 26, 2008, at the Oakridge Home in Westlake, following a long illness. Mr. Zajaros was born in Detroit, raised in Bay Village, and resided most of his adult life in North Ridgeville. He had been an Olmsted Falls resident for [...]
Park abduction details revealed
“Peaceful here, isn’t it?” a passing stranger asked Shawn Stevens as she walked along a path in the Carlisle Reservation. She nodded, acknowledging his remark as she kept walking. Moments later, her legs went out from under her. She had been shot in the back. The man who has been charged with firing that bullet [...]
H.S. Softball: Regional capsules
Division I WHO: No. 1 Elyria Pioneers (25-1) vs. unranked North Royalton Bears (20-4) WHEN: Today, 5 p.m. WHERE: Clyde High School, 1015 Race St., Clyde AT STAKE: A spot in the regional final at noon Saturday against either Toledo St. Ursula (24-4) or Holland Springfield (20-6). TICKETS: $6 INFORMATION: Call tournament manager Bob Bishop, [...]
Iraq War hits home during holiday cookout
Police Chief Medders gets word of son’s injury on Memorial Day Elyria Police Chief Michael Medders was getting ready for a Memorial Day cookout with his family around noon when the phone rang. On the phone was an Army official, informing him that his son, Michael Medders Jr., was hurt in a roadside explosion about [...]
Frederick A. Dull
Frederick A. Dull, 61, of Elyria, died on Monday, May 26, 2008, at his home following a short illness. Mr. Dull was born in Elyria on October 10, 1946, and lived in Elyria all of his life. He graduated from Elyria High School with the class of 1964. He was a member of Phi Delta [...]
Lorain raises license plate fee by $15
LORAIN — City Council approved a hike in the license plate tax at last night’s Council meeting but held off on reducing the city’s income tax credit. The $15 increase in license plate fees will raise the amount the city gets from each plate to $20, from its current $5 take, bringing in more than [...]
Corrections officer dies in car crash
EATON TWP. — A 55-year-old corrections officer was killed on the way to work late Tuesday night when his car hit a logging truck on state Route 82 near state Route 83. The man’s name was being held pending notification of family, Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus said. Another corrections officer, Mitch Zurcher, said he [...]
Gutierrez, Laffey finally lead Indians past White Sox
CLEVELAND — One big blast and another sparkling effort from a starting pitcher were all the Indians needed to end their streak of futility against the White Sox. With a Franklin Gutierrez grand slam providing half the offense and Aaron Laffey continuing his string of dominating outings, Cleveland beat Chicago 8-2 Tuesday night at Progressive [...]
Police dispatchers disciplined in Lorain
LORAIN — Two Lorain police dispatchers were disciplined about a month ago, Chief Cel Rivera confirmed Tuesday. One of the dispatchers allegedly waited too long to dispatch a squad car to an emergency, Rivera said. The issue came to his attention by an off-duty police officer who eventually responded to the scene of the complaint, [...]
Cops say teen was hit by drunken driver
ELYRIA — A drunken driver ran down a pedestrian Monday night on Adams Street and kept right on going, an Elyria police report said. Danielle Archer, 27, of Elyria, was charged with aggravated vehicular assault, obstructing official business, DUI, driving under suspension, leaving the scene and reasonable control. She was taken to the city jail [...]
Deputies Taser Memorial Day reveler
COLUMBIA TWP. — An early-morning partier was stunned with a Taser on Tuesday after allegedly struggling with sheriff’s deputies, a report said. David T. Yascone, 22, of Columbia Township, was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Samuel Yascone, 20, also of Columbia Township, was charged with underage consumption. Both [...]
Blotter: May 28, 2008
Elyria police Monday, May 26 6:52 p.m. – 800 block Arlington Court, 16-year-old boy cited with criminal damage and unruliness. 10:30 p.m. – 100 block Woodridge Drive, Leah Bowman, 20, Lorain, charged with obstructing official business, permitting an unlicensed person to drive, drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. Brian Burton, 23, Elyria, charged with obstructing [...]
Indians notes: Sore shoulder keeps Hafner out of lineup
CLEVELAND — Manager Eric Wedge called it a mental break, but there was more to Travis Hafner’s absence in the series opener with the White Sox on Monday. The slumping designated hitter did not start nor appear as a pinch hitter in a 6-3 loss to the Sox despite the game lasting 12 innings. He [...]
Ernest E. Rose
Ernest E. Rose, 91, of Sheffield Lake, passed away, Monday, May 26, 2008, at his home. Mr. Rose was born November 12, 1916, in Lincoln Township, Wis. He had attended the University of Wisconsin and served with the Army during WWII as a military policeman and with the Engineering Corps from 1943-47. During a portion [...]
Police oppose Strickland self-defense bill
COLUMBUS — Major law enforcement groups said Tuesday that they oppose Gov. Ted Strickland’s support of a bill that would allow a new protection against prosecution for people who kill an attacker in self-defense. One exception: Strickland’s own State Highway Patrol. The patrol and its state agency — the Ohio Department of Public Safety — [...]
Aid for low-income families down this year
ELYRIA — Due to budget cuts with the Ohio Department of Development, residents who participate in the summer crisis program will receive less money this year in a shorter time frame. FOR INFORMATION Call (440) 245-1870 or visit the Lorain County Community Action Agency office at Fifth Street and Broadway in Lorain. Walk-in help is [...]
Golf: Jack Nicklaus discusses changes in the game
DUBLIN — Four players were having lunch in the grill room at Muirfield Village when they straightened in their chairs at the sight of Jack Nicklaus, who sat down to join them in conversation. Lucas Glover played for him and Geoff Ogilvy played against him in the last Presidents Cup. Another player at the table [...]