Archive for June 4th, 2008
Sinkhole appears on Gateway Boulevard
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Crews are trying to figure out what the plan of attack will be to remedy a sinkhole that appeared in front of 206 Gateway Blvd., near where the road intersects with Highland Avenue. At this moment –Wednesday afternoon — the sinkhole is about 2 1/2 feet in diameter, but workers [...]
Sex offender arrested for incidents involving young girls
ELYRIA – A sexual predator living in Elyria has been arrested in connection with two cases in which young girls were offered $20 to pull down their pants. Kelly D. Snodgrass, of 30 Queens Court, has been charged with two felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a juvenile, police said today. He is charged with [...]
Obama taps 3 for VP search
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama pivoted quickly to the general election campaign for the White House on Wednesday, naming a three-person team including Caroline Kennedy to lead his search for a running mate while expressing confidence that the Democratic Party would soon unify after a bruising battle for the presidential nomination. “I’m very confident [...]
Ohio auditor launches new probe of A.G.’s office
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor says she is conducting a special investigation into allegations that public funds were misused under former Attorney General Marc Dann’s administration. Taylor, a Republican, said in a statement Wednesday that she can’t reveal more details. Dann resigned last month amid a sexual harassment scandal in his [...]
Interstate 90 bottlenecked
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE An SUV rolled over on Interstate 90 in Sheffield, causing traffic in the eastbound lanes to back up for nearly a mile. More details will be posted as they are made available.
Rangers hit five homers in rout of Indians
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers needed a five-homer game from an already-surging offense to cover up for their overtaxed pitching staff. Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley hit consecutive homers to set the tone in a four-run first inning and the Rangers went on to a 12-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday [...]
Teen hit by pickup, sent flying, is sliced open by steel beam
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Police investigate the scene where a 13-year-old girl was hit by a pickup truck. ELYRIA — A 13-year-old girl was thrown about five feet in the air and sliced around her midsection after she was hit by a pickup truck Tuesday afternoon. Amber Johnson was trying to cross East Bridge Street [...]
Plenty of punch in Browns offensive line
Once upon a time — OK, two years ago — a May injury to a starter on the offensive line would’ve doomed the Browns’ season months before it began. Times have changed. The broken hip of right guard Ryan Tucker during the first week of organized team activities was unfortunate — “You’re always concerned when [...]
Penguins hoping to delay Red Wings’ celebration in Stanley Cup Finals
PITTSBURGH — The Stanley Cup was out of its crate, getting one last polish. The Detroit Red Wings had rallied, taken the lead and were only 35 seconds from hoisting that shiny prize. That’s when a player no one expected to be on the ice struck for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Three overtimes later, with 23-year-old [...]
Big Brown looks good after final Belmont workout
NEW YORK — A feisty Big Brown was back in his barn after a final workout Tuesday for the Belmont Stakes, and Rick Dutrow Jr. wasted no time zeroing in on the crack in the colt’s left front hoof. No blood. “I didn’t see any,” the trainer said, promptly relaying the good news to hoof [...]
Hit-and-run victim healing, but still can’t remember crash
Anderson ELYRIA — When his fiancee is sitting at his bedside, 28-year-old Robert Anderson of Elyria can recognize her. But he can’t remember anything about the May 17 hit-and-run crash that left him with a fractured spine, broken arms, a broken leg and a broken shoulder and collarbone. “I keep asking Robert what he knows, [...]
Jack Nicklaus says PGA golfers need to learn to adjust, stop whining
DUBLIN — Bay Hill was brutal one year. Shots into the firm greens looked as if they were bouncing off a trampoline, yet the grass was so lush in front of the green it was hard to get the ball close. No one shot better than 69. One major champion unloaded in the parking lot [...]
How to be a chick magnet
A little strategically placed makeup quickly turns the wimpiest of male barn swallows into chick magnets, amping up their testosterone and even trimming their weight, new research shows. It’s a “clothes make the man” lesson that applies to human males, with caveats, researchers say. Using a $5.99 marker, scientists darkened the rust-colored breast feathers [...]
Obama seals his nomination
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation’s first black president. Hillary Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own [...]
NBA Finals: Time has dulled Lakers-Celtics rivalry
WALTHAM, MASS. — Those familiar “Beat L.A.!” chants, once the sweetest sound of springtime in Boston, were replaced by a most unrecognizable chorus in the dead of winter last year. “MVP!” cries for a Los Angeles Laker in the Boston Garden. Oops, make that the TD Banknorth Garden. Plenty has changed in the two decades [...]
GM cuts truck lines
WILMINGTON, Del. — General Motors Corp. officially blew up its old business model Tuesday, closing four pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles per gallon and shedding 8,350 jobs in the process. Now the world’s largest automaker by sales needs to figure out how it [...]
Turning ceiling crash into charity
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE An inspector looks over the wrecked interior of Rosie’s. ELYRIA TWP. — With the restaurant bearing her name in shambles, Rosie Rogers still found a way Tuesday to bring smiles to people with her food. Rosie’s Family Restaurant on North Ridge Road likely will be closed down for a month following [...]
Nadal to meet Djokovic in French Open semis
PARIS — Five rounds into the French Open, king of clay Rafael Nadal still awaits a serious challenge. Novak Djokovic hopes to provide it in the semifinals. Three-time defending champion Nadal matched the most lopsided Grand Slam victory of his career Tuesday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. The drubbing equaled the standard [...]
Arizona State wins first Women’s College World Series title
OKLAHOMA CITY — Katie Burkhart threw a four-hitter, Kaitlin Cochran finally showed off her hitting prowess with a three-run home run and Arizona State claimed its first Women’s College World Series title with an 11-0 win against Texas A&M on Tuesday night. Burkhart struck out 13 to win her 11th straight decision, and Cochran demonstrated [...]
22 Elyria Schools support staff laid off
ELYRIA — There was some good news and some bad news for employees of Elyria City Schools at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. The bad news was that the board voted to further reduce the district’s roster by laying off 22 secretaries, lunch monitors, paraprofessionals and other support staff members. But the good news was [...]
Bascule Bridge work means big detour starting Thursday
LORAIN — Drivers will be detoured around the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge while repair work is done starting Thursday. The Ohio Department of Transportation will close U.S. Route 6 between Broadway and Arkansas Avenue, rerouting traffic off Route 6 to state Route 611 to state Route 301 and back north to Route 6. The detour [...]
Woman hurt when car plows into barrel
ELYRIA — A woman was injured about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when her car crashed into a construction barrel at the intersection of state Routes 113 and 57, Elyria fire Lt. Robert Novak said. The woman, who had a small child in her arms after the accident, had a small cut across her forehead. Novak said [...]
Ruling on death penalty due soon
ELYRIA — Attorneys challenging the state’s lethal injection process on behalf of two accused killers failed to prove that the way the state executes prisoners is unconstitutional or that it violates Ohio law, according to prosecutors defending the process. The state’s protocols are not only constitutional, they meet the requirements of an Ohio law that [...]
Admiral King celebrates 2008 graduates
LORAIN — Rain forced the Admiral King High School Class of 2008 inside Tuesday night, but nothing could dampen the optimism of graduating seniors. “We are all destined for greatness. Do not stand around and wait for your life, but go out and fight for it,” Stephani Schoewe, salutatorian and class president, told her classmates. [...]
Elyria Township changes water billing practices
Residents object to $3.30 a month charge to maintain lines ELYRIA TWP. — A $3.30 monthly charge added to the quarterly water bills of nearly 3,500 residents in Carlisle, Elyria and Sheffield townships has some residents upset. But county officials say the new charge isn’t so new — it’s a bill they’ve already been [...]