Archive for June 11th, 2008
Alert: Bentley gone from the Cleveland Browns
BEREA – LeCharles Bentley asked for and was given his release by the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday, general manager Phil Savage announced. “We felt like we wanted to oblige that request,” Savage said. “We wish him the best of luck in his pursuits, whatever they are.” Bentley, a two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman, signed with [...]
Governor signs bill on self-defense shootings
COLUMBUS — A bill giving the benefit of the doubt to Ohioans who shoot intruders has been signed into law by Gov. Ted Strickland. The governor called the measure “common sense legislation” as he signed it Tuesday. When the new law takes effect in early September, it will be presumed that anyone who injures or [...]
Driver charged in Cleveland school bus crash
CLEVELAND — A driver who left a school bus unattended just before it crashed with students aboard has been charged with child endangering and other crimes. Police say 57-year-old Michael Weir, of Cleveland, left the bus, went into a service station, bought diesel and used the bathroom in April. When he came out, he saw [...]
Who’s best? Elyria’s Tess: Sito, just a junior, named top prep softball player in Ohio by Gatorade, RISE magazine
Tess Sito is named the best softball player in Ohio. | CHRONICLE Tess Sito, who pitched and batted Elyria High’s softball team into a third straight state championship game, has been named Ohio player of the year by Gatorade and RISE Magazine. The honor was announced on the magazine’s Web site, RiseMag.com. Sito, a junior, [...]
Burge executes changes to lethal injection
ELYRIA — Lethal injection is constitutional, but how Ohio executes condemned inmates is not, Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ruled Tuesday. DRUGS OF DEATH — Sodium thiopental (anesthetic) — allowed — Pancuronium bromide (causes paralysis) — banned by Burge — Potassium chloride (stops heart) — banned by Burge Burge said two of the [...]
Browns minicamp 2008: Almost two years after knee injury, staph infection, Bentley finally gets OK to play again
BEREA — At 10:30 Tuesday morning, a half-hour into the Browns’ first minicamp practice, a familiar face joined the festivities. With biceps bulging from underneath the white No. 57 jersey, he walked slowly toward the corner of the fieldhouse occupied by the offensive linemen, exchanging pleasantries with running back Jerome Harrison and chatting with a [...]
Browns notes: Winslow’s a no-talker at minicamp, but not a no-show
BEREA — Tight end Kellen Winslow was back and practicing Tuesday as the Browns opened a three-day minicamp. Winslow participated in individual drills in both practices but was held out of team drills. He was the only player in uniform pants, as usual, and looked good running routes. The team had its own version of [...]
Attack of the recalled tomatoes
The nationwide tomato crisis has landed in Lorain County. Many local fast food restaurants have pulled raw fresh Roma, plum and red rounds from their menus because of the salmonella scare associated with tomatoes grown in certain states. You won’t find tomatoes on sandwiches and salads at McDonalds on East Broad Street and Midway Boulevard [...]
Cedar Point offers discounts on ticket packages
Cash-strapped families looking for a little summer fun have been telling Cedar Point officials that they really want to come and play at the nationally known amusement park, but it’s just too expensive. So, the Sandusky park is offering some deals this summer. “This is 100 percent in response to the public as a way [...]
Sabathia blanks Twins, gets win even though Indians offense can only muster one run
CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia has discovered an effective formula for pitching in the Indians’ rotation these days, possibly the only fool-proof measure available to deal with an anemic offense like his team possesses. Take matters into your own hands and throw a shutout. That’s what Sabathia did Tuesday night, propelling Cleveland to a 1-0 victory [...]
N.Y. men accused of sex with local teen girls
Police say they met on MySpace VERMILION — Three men traveled from New York on Friday to party and have sex with three Vermilion teens they met on MySpace, police said. But a chance encounter by police with one of the men on a Vermilion road led to the breakup of the party and the [...]
Tribe notes: Hafner eligible to come off disabled list, but team doesn’t believe his shoulder is healed yet
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner was eligible to leave the disabled list Tuesday, but the Indians aren’t satisfied that the struggling designated hitter’s ailing right shoulder is ready. “I think we need to take some more time to strengthen the shoulder,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge, who is hopeful that Hafner will return by the end [...]
Road on base named after Lorain soldier killed in Iraq
PHOTO PROVIDED Chief Master Sgt Carl Hunsinger, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Richard Bunce unveil the sign during a ceremony Tuesday. Lorain native Eric M. Barnes, who was killed in Iraq on June 10, 2007, was honored Tuesday in a solemn ceremony in which a road was named after him at an air base in [...]
Blotter: June 11, 2008
Elyria police Monday, June 9 8:07 a.m. – 100 block Reaser Court, tires and rims stolen from a Ford Ranger. 8:12 a.m. – Police station, West Avenue, Eric Berlin, 24, Elyria, warrant. 8:55 a.m. – 500 block Clark St., lawnmower stolen. 11:12 a.m. – Wal-Mart, Midway Boulevard, Jason Wright, 20, Lorain, and Corey Thornton, 19, [...]
Thieves take shooting victim’s donation jar
ELYRIA — Thieves stole a donation can from a gas station Friday that contained about $100 that had been raised to help a Carlisle Township woman paralyzed from the chest down in a brutal attack last month. The money is part of a fundraising effort to help Shawn Stevens’ friends and family renovate her home [...]
Water taxi launches Friday
LORAIN — The Lorain Port Authority hopes to reconnect parts of Lorain now separated by Monday’s closing of the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge with a pair of water taxis. The first of two boats will launch Friday and carry passengers between Black River Landing and Spitzer Marina near Jackalope Lakeside restaurant. “We heard about the [...]
Man turns self in, faces kidnapping charges
ELYRIA — A 31-year-old Elyria Township man was charged with kidnapping and felonious assault Tuesday after firing a shot at an Elyria woman and forcing another woman into his car, police said. Daryl W. Jackson, of Hall Road, turned himself in about 3 a.m. at a residence on Garden Avenue in Lorain, said Elyria police [...]
NBA Finals: Kobe Bryant, Lakers finally break through, cut Celtics’ series lead to 2-1
LOS ANGELES — On his floor and on his game, Kobe Bryant revived the Los Angeles Lakers — and the NBA Finals. With his team one loss from having to make an impossible climb, Bryant was close to MVP form, scoring 36 points on an assortment of spins, drives and jumpers, and reserve Sasha Vujacic [...]
Add classrooms, Avon Lake told
AVON LAKE — Avon Lake schools must add 14 classrooms to the city’s four elementary schools and renovate parts of Learwood Middle School to ease overcrowding. That’s the $13 million recommendation the Housing Committee, a group of 27 parents, teachers and administrators formed last May to address the overcrowding, made to the Avon Lake Board [...]
Fugitive captured despite leap from eighth floor
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A fugitive was captured Tuesday morning despite his daring leap between eighth-floor balconies. Donald Campbell Jr., 28, was charged with abduction, gross sexual imposition, aggravated menacing and intimidation. Investigators, following an anonymous tip that Campbell was staying at Erie Shore Landing, a high-rise apartment building on Lake Road, staked the place out [...]
Man arrested, accused of dumping loaded Derringer
ELYRIA — “You could have been shot over that,” police told 23-year-old Patrick Calloway early Tuesday after he allegedly threw a loaded Derringer pistol and a baggie of crack cocaine under a sport utility vehicle. Calloway, of Elyria, was charged with having weapons under disability, tampering with evidence, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of crack [...]
Horse racing: Big Brown trainer blames Belmont on jockey
NEW YORK — Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. still blames Kent Desormeaux for Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, but he wouldn’t object to the jockey riding the horse in his next race. The decision of whether to change jockeys is up to co-owner Michael Iavarone, Dutrow said. “I don’t want to hurt [...]
Road roundup: June 11, 2008
Route 57 bridge down for repairs EATON TWP. — The southbound bridge on state Route 57, between Grafton Road and state Route 10, will close Monday for repairs, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced. Northbound motorists won’t be affected by the closure. The bridge is scheduled to reopen July 31. Detours will be posted. RR [...]
Ex-tech sues NASCAR for $225 million, citing sexual and racial discrimination
As an aspiring racing official, Mauricia Grant had grown used to working in a man’s world. When she finally made it into NASCAR, Grant was appalled at the way she says she was treated beginning from her first day on the job until her firing last October. Now she’s suing NASCAR for $225 million, alleging [...]
Summit examines diabetes eye issues
CLEVELAND — Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness among adults, and the topic will be discussed at the Second Annual Aging Eye Summit 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at The InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center, 9801 Carnegie Ave. Ohio’s Aging Eye Public Private Partnership, the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute and Prevent [...]