Archive for July 9th, 2008
Prosecutor: DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey’s family
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Citing new DNA tests, prosecutors on Wednesday cleared JonBenet Ramsey’s parents and brother in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen and apologized to the family for casting the cloud of suspicion that hung over them for more than a decade. Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy said the tests [...]
Ohio State tops list for most music piracy warnings
COLUMBUS — Ohio State University heads a list of colleges that have received the most warnings about music piracy from the recording industry. The Recording Industry Association of America sent 2,336 warning letters to Ohio State in the past school year. The University of Central Arkansas and Michigan State University ranked second and third, and [...]
Male dancer sues; says work stopped after he complained
CINCINNATI — A 54-year-old male dancer is seeking damages from a company he says stopped giving him work after he complained of being sexually harassed by customers. David Mann sued Naughty Bodies in May and after a hearing Tuesday, Hamilton County Municipal Judge Bernie Bouchard refused to dismiss the case. Mann said he started working [...]
Dann selling his home
YOUNGSTOWN — The asking price is $295,000 for a five-bedroom house with two full baths, two half baths, an in-ground pool — and a whiff of scandal. Former Ohio attorney general Marc Dann has put his Youngstown area house on the market, less than two months after he resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal in [...]
Ohio House blocks plan to give bonuses to war vets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House has blocked a plan to give bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The measure would have provided bonuses of up to $1,000 for military personnel and up to $5,000 for families of those killed in action. The state Senate had approved a [...]
McCain to visit southern Ohio
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has given John McCain a welcome, of sorts, in southern Ohio. The Democratic governor led a rally in Portsmouth Wednesday morning for his party’s presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The governor and other Obama supporters gathered outside a union hall directly across from the high [...]
Man’s quest: Donate platelets in all 50 states
AVON LAKE — Back in 1965, Al Whitney donated his first pint of blood. Since then, he’s become something of a legend among donors in Lorain County, helping to organize countless blood drives and donating more than 600 units of blood platelets. Now, at age 71, the Avon Lake resident isn’t slowing down a bit. [...]
Oberlin/Wellington Notebook: July 9, 2008
Cheese Festival contests If you know your way around a kitchen, you might want to consider entering the macaroni and cheese bakeoff and the cheesecake bakeoff at the Wellington Cheese Festival later this month. The macaroni and cheese contest is new this year, according to Patti Young of Wellington Implement, one of the organizers. Parade [...]
Indians: Tigers hand Tribe 9th straight loss
DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera’s left hip has been bothering him all season, leading to him lumbering when he runs. He earned the right to take his time trotting around the bases twice Tuesday night. Cabrera hit two homers for his first time with Detroit and finished 4-for-4, helping the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians [...]
Indians: LaPorta stays calm despite being thrust into spotlight
AKRON — All-Stars Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee wouldn’t be on the roster if the Indians hadn’t traded away ace Bartolo Colon. Travis Hafner and Franklin Gutierrez landed in Cleveland as parts of offseason trades. Even starting pitcher Jake Westbrook was one of the throw-in players when Cleveland shipped David Justice to the New York [...]
Olympics: Avon Lake grad Schmitz picked to coach triathletes
Avon Lake’s Andy Schmitz went from being on the short list to the top of the list. But he was almost wiped off everyone’s list. Schmitz is one of two head coaches for the U.S. Olympic triathlon team headed to Beijing for the Olympic Games, Aug. 8-24. The 34-year-old Schmitz nearly didn’t live to earn [...]
Baseball: Sabathia overcomes wildness for 1st win as Brewer
MILWAUKEE — CC Sabathia screamed and pumped his fist as he lumbered off the mound after striking out Brad Hawpe with a nasty 96 mph fastball to escape a sixth-inning jam with the lead. Sabathia was a little wild on Tuesday night, but he still wound up a winner in his Milwaukee debut, giving up [...]
Commentary: Infatuation with celebrities just doesn’t make sense
The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn. [...]
Linda M. Calvert
Linda M. (nee Squire) Calvert, 61, of Litchfield, died Friday, July 4, 2008 in Jefferson County. She was born April 8, 1947 in Lodi. Linda was a school bus driver and worked for Buckeye Local Schools for over 30 years. She was a member of Litchfield United Church of Christ Congregational. She enjoyed spending time [...]
Cavaliers: Travis, Joyce III named to Summer League team
CLEVELAND — While LeBron James is spending the summer playing for USA Basketball, two of his prep teammates will be taking their shot at joining him on the Cavaliers. Forward Romeo Travis and guard Dru Joyce III, who helped James win three state championships at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High, were among the athletes invited [...]
Judge Stephen Robert Nagy
Judge Stephen Robert Nagy, 82, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at Venice Hospice House, with his children by his side. Stephen was born in EMH Regional Medical Center in 1926 and graduated from Elyria High School. In 1943, he joined the United States Marine Corp and proudly served in World War II in the [...]
NFL notes: Rooneys may be selling majority interest in Steelers
A deal could be reached within days to sell a majority interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers to the chairman of a Pittsburgh-based investment firm, taking control of the NFL franchise away from the Rooney family. The shares would be sold to Stanley Druckenmiller, chairman of Duquesne Capital management, making him principal owner of the team. [...]
Boys hit by lightning
Two boys survived a close lightning strike during Tuesday’s rush-hour thunderstorm that drove 70-mph winds through the area. Elyria fire Lt. Bill Gall said the boys, ages 12 and 13, were playing on the 800 block of Stanford Avenue about 4:40 p.m. when the storm swept through. They took shelter under a tree, and that’s [...]
Steele grad finds love – and fame – in TV stint
Jesse Csincsak, the nation’s most ineligible bachelor, zoomed to fame faster than he zooms down the snow-covered Rocky Mountains on his snowboards. On Monday, the day “The Bachelorette” DeAnna Pappas picked the 26-year-old Amherst Steele grad to be her wedded husband, the words “Jesse Csincsak” were Googled so often that they earned a hotness rating [...]
Golf commentary: Perry skipping majors, drawing criticism
Kenny Perry never imagined facing so much criticism over where to play golf. There was a time when he was desperate to play anywhere. He was 26, with two children in diapers and no money for a third attempt at qualifying for the PGA Tour. That’s when he made a deal with an angel, Ronnie [...]
Divers get first look at 1850 shipwreck
VERMILION — For more than a century, no one knew exactly where the sidewheel steamer Anthony B. Wayne came to rest. Now researchers are diving 60 feet below the surface of Lake Erie to explore the wreckage discovered in 2006 and identified last year. “It’s one of the earliest examples of a passenger and cargo [...]
Lorain cop accused of using racial slurs
LORAIN — Embattled Lorain police officer Jack Brown is once again under investigation, this time for allegations he spit on someone and used racial slurs while off duty. Brown, an 18-year police officer, was accused by his fiancee’s sister of rattling off a number of racial slurs before spitting on the foot of his fiancee’s [...]
Avon Lake planning its own $3M ‘Central Park`
AVON LAKE — A new 168-acre green space in the heart of the city is expected to be “just like our own, smaller version of Central Park,” Mayor Karl Zuber said. The $3 million Avon Lake Reservation Metro Park will feature 3 miles of hiking trails winding through woods to the southeast of Avon Lake [...]
Giant Eagle closing Sheffield Lake store
SHEFFIELD LAKE — The Giant Eagle store at Shoreway Shopping Center will close Nov. 1. Howard Landau, a spokesman for Giant Eagle, said the Sheffield Lake grocery store located on Lake Road was underperforming in an area surrounded by other Giant Eagle stores in Avon Lake and Sheffield Village. About 60 employees will be affected [...]
Burge clarifies ruling, may stall appeal
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s controversial ruling that requires the state to use only one drug in lethal injections would apply only if either of the accused killers involved in the case challenging the method are convicted and sentenced to death, he said Tuesday. Burge’s latest ruling slightly modifies the changes [...]