Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 5th, 2008
Wellington girls a win away from title
Melanie Conklin’s two-out triple in the bottom of the seventh inning tied the score 1-1 and Callie McConnell scored on an error with two out in the eighth to give Wellington a 2-1 victory over West Liberty-Salem in Division III state tournament semifinal play Thursday. The Dukes will meet Hebron Lakewood, a 5-0 winner [...]
Passers-by ignore elderly man injured in hit-and-run
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim [...]
Strickland switches support to Obama
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is joining other Democrats in supporting Barack Obama for president now that Obama is the party’s presumptive nominee.
Strickland had been a strong supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton. He said in a statement Thursday that he spoke with [...]
Update: Names of teens in crash released
UPDATE:
The teen-agers involved in the accident at 11:30 a.m. today at Route 301 and Parsons Road in LaGrange Township have been indentified.
They are:
Lauren Bigler, 17, of Columbia Station. She was the driver.
Katie O’Brien, age unknown, of Columbia Station. She was a passenger who was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland from the scene [...]
Sexual predator allegedly asked girls to take off pants in Elyria
ELYRIA — A sexual predator who served 12 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a woman on the campus of the College of Wooster is accused of offering two young girls money to expose themselves.
Kelly D. Snodgrass, 38, of Elyria, faces two felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a juvenile after approaching [...]
Admiral King-Southview merger plan draws outcry
LORAIN — Outraged about a potential plan to replace Admiral King and Southview with one new high school, about 60 parents turned out to protest at a School Facilities Review Committee meeting Wednesday night.
The committee was set up by the Lorain Board of Education to research how best to use $133 million in [...]
Hillary Clinton to quit race soon
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is ending her historic bid to become the first female president and will back rival Barack Obama on Saturday, capping a 17-month quest that began with the words “I’m in it to win it” with a more humble plea for party unity.
Clinton
Hours after Barack Obama sealed the nomination, [...]
Homeowners’ group: Playground must go
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE
Nicholas takes a trip down his slide.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A homeowners’ association is forcing a woman who uses a wheelchair to remove a swing set she put up for her autistic son or face a $100 per [...]
Just in time for sweltering weather, city pools open Friday
Temperatures expected to be near 90 for Elyria pools’ opening
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE
Frank Gustoff, director of the Elyria Parks and Recreation Department, holds up a thermometer at North Pool, which now has a heating system.
ELYRIA — Friday’s forecasted temperatures of 80 to 90 degrees are just what city officials were hoping [...]
Indians: Offense erupts in big win over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Cleveland started the game last in the AL with a .239 team batting average. Perfect conditions for hitting and another perfectly dreadful pitching performance by the Texas Rangers perked up the Indians offense. Ryan Garko drove in a career-high six runs, David Dellucci hit a three-run homer and the Indians [...]