Archive for July 10th, 2008
Toledo police: father tried to kill self, daughter
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police in Toledo say an estranged husband tried to kill himself and the couple’s 3-year-old daughter by sending tailpipe exhaust gas into the passenger compartment of his sport utility vehicle. A man saw the hose contraption and called police. Forty-six-year-old Thomas Bragg of Toledo was jailed without bond after he was [...]
BREAKING NEWS — State rep. bows out of race
State Rep. Thomas Heydinger will not run for a full term in November. Heydinger, D-Norwalk, was appointed in May to finish out the term of former state Rep. Matt Barrett, D-Amherst, who resigned after it was revealed pornographic images he accidentally displayed to a Norwalk High School class were his. Barrett had originally blamed his [...]
Ohio official mulls new voting machine rule
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief is reconsidering a plan to prohibit poll workers from taking voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced plans in February to scrap the practice known as “sleepovers” because of security concerns but is now facing opposition [...]
Child born to Baby Grace’s mother to stay in foster care
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston family court judge ruled Wednesday that a baby boy born to a woman while she was in custody in the death of her 2-year-old daughter will remain in a Dallas foster home. Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 19, gave birth to Shawn Trenor on June 26 at Mainland Medical Center. The baby [...]
Study shows Ohio car thieves target 1994 models
COLUMBUS (AP) — A new study shows Ohio car thieves favor older, American-made vehicles over newer models, echoing a nationwide trend. The 1994 versions of the Dodge Caravan, Oldsmobile Cutlass and Buick Century led a list of the state’s most frequently stolen vehicles last year, in a study by the National Insurance Crime [...]
Reports: 11 injured by fireworks in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials say reports show Fourth of July fireworks injured 11 people this year in Ohio, including a man in Brown County who lost parts of both hands. Spokesman Shane Cartmill with the State Fire Marshal’s office says while there were several injuries he describes as “scary and unfortunate,” [...]
Tires save Ohio toddler in fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio toddler who fell 30 feet from a window is recovering thanks to a stack of tires that softened his fall. Twenty-month-old Jaelin Lewis bounced through the screen of an open apartment window in Columbus while playing on a bed with his mother Wednesday. He hit four old tires [...]
Christie Brinkley settles NY divorce case
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Christie Brinkley’s lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end Thursday when lawyers for the supermodel and her fourth husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her custody of their two children. The settlement was reached at 6:15 a.m. after an all-night session that resolved all issues between Brinkley and [...]
Ohio State football lottery outrages alumni
COLUMBUS (AP) — The new football tickets lottery for Ohio State alumni is angering longtime fans who say it unfairly ignores their Buckeye loyalty. Until this year, the alumni association allowed members to apply to buy tickets to certain games based on an alphabetized system. It considered seniority when there were more applicants [...]
Indians: Skid hits 10 as Tribe finishes road trip 0-8
DETROIT (AP) — Not even a six-run lead was enough for the Cleveland Indians to stop their freefall. Especially not facing Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers’ star homered again, this time in the bottom of the ninth to give Detroit an 8-6 win over Cleveland, which has lost 10 in a row. The fiasco concluded an [...]
Indians: LaPorta gets 3 hits in doubleheader debut with Akron
AKRON — Matt LaPorta got off to quite a start as a member of the Cleveland Indians organization. LaPorta went 3-for-6 for the Double-A Akron Aeros on Wednesday in a doubleheader split with Bowie. LaPorta was acquired Monday in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers for reigning Cy Young winner CC Sabathia. LaPorta was Milwaukee’s [...]
Browns: Training camp will open July 23
Sworn off the Indians after the CC Sabathia trade? Not exactly caught up in the Gladiators’ playoff run? Fear not. Browns training camp opens in less than two weeks, Wednesday, July 23, at the team’s training facility in Berea. High expectations are welcome following last season’s 10-6 finish. The regular season opens Sept. 7 at [...]
Little League: Avon’s Majors all-stars power past Elyria East
AVON — Avon’s Majors all-stars won the home run derby — and the game — as they defeated Elyria East 20-10 Wednesday to claim the North Bracket of the District 3 tournament. The game was official after four innings when the 10-run mercy rule took effect. Manager Kurt Walker’s boys await the winner of the [...]
NBA: Cavaliers on outside looking in as free agency tips off
CLEVELAND — The NBA’s free-agent signing period began at exactly 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Less than 12 hours later, the Cavaliers had been shut out of the market for all of the top available players. Salary cap-strapped Cleveland was one of several title contenders left on the sideline after a series of signings around the league, [...]
OGSO: Nitros rally to put out Fire, reach district final
LAGRANGE — It was about the fourth inning Wednesday night when Amherst Nitros coach Dan Harrell started talking about not giving up. His Class B softball players apparently listened. Down 7-4 to Wellington Fire in the top of the seventh inning, the Nitros rallied for four runs to take an 8-7 lead. Then Nitros pitcher [...]
Baseball study: Lefties have edge on the diamond
ST. LOUIS — David Peters was born left-handed. It took a few raps on the hand by teachers, but like many in his generation, he switched to being a righty. Maybe that’s why Peters, now 61, became a scholar instead of a first baseman. Peters is an engineering professor at Washington University in St. Louis [...]
Motorsports: Stewart, Gibbs Racing ending partnership
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From his seat in the bright orange No. 20, Tony Stewart spent a decade driving his way to superstardom while helping Joe Gibbs Racing become one of NASCAR’s top teams. The partnership produced 32 victories, two Cup championships and more than $68 million in winnings. It also survived a flurry of storms [...]
Cleveland`s population plummets
CLEVELAND — Hurt by manufacturing job losses, Cleveland had the largest population decline among the nation’s big cities in the past year and the second-worst percentage drop since 2000, trailing only Hurricane Katrina-devastated New Orleans. Among Ohio’s six biggest cities, only Columbus and Cincinnati managed increases since 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported in population [...]
Woman facing eviction gets order against bailiff
ELYRIA — An Avon woman obtained a civil stalking protection order Tuesday against an Avon Lake Municipal Court bailiff who had been enforcing a court-ordered eviction against her. In her request for the order against Bailiff Mark Hagedorn, Cynthia Mingus claimed he called her several times to yell at her and threatened her [...]
City feared General Industries fire as far back as 1995
ELYRIA — The tactical decision to not enter the blazing General Industries building in the midst of a roaring fire was not one made in the heat of the moment. Instead, fire officials have said for years that should a fire break out at the sprawling complex, firefighters would concentrate on containing the blaze while [...]
Uneaten meal leads to rescue
Infirm woman was left alone in house after husband died BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE A Lorain County dog warden removes the couple’s pet from the home. The dog will be cared for until it can be turned over to family members. AMHERST TWP. — R.L. Jones, a 76-year-old Amherst Township man, was the lone caregiver [...]
‘I thought we were goners`: 12-year-old talks about getting hit by lightning
JASON HAWK / CHRONICLE Austin Altomare and a friend took cover under a tree in Elyria that was hit by lightning during Tuesday’s storms. ELYRIA — The only evidence that Austin Altomare was struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon is a bright, puckered red mark across his right palm. The 12-year-old said he was running toward [...]
Blotter: July 10, 2008
Elyria police Monday, July 7 10:20 a.m. – 600 block Leona St., tools and pain killers stolen from van. 11:44 a.m. – 6100 block West River Road, copper stolen from home. 12:59 p.m. – 100 block Princeton Ave., $200 stolen from purse. 3:57 p.m. – 100 block Fourth St., Christopher C. Whidden, 22, Elyria, charged [...]
Roundup: July 10, 2008
Man: Nephew and an accomplice robbed him SHEFFIELD TWP. — A 54-year-old man told deputies his 17-year-old nephew and another man threw a pillowcase over his head Tuesday afternoon and robbed him of $297. Eric R. Seitz, 18, of Lorain, was charged with robbery and was taken to the county jail, but the younger teen [...]
DNA clears JonBenet`s family
BOULDER, Colo. — After 12 years of suspicion, after media hounding that drove JonBenet Ramsey’s parents halfway across the country, new DNA tests convinced prosecutors of what the couple said all along: They didn’t kill their little girl. A mysterious stranger did. Prosecutors’ surprising announcement Wednesday affirmed the hopes of the 6-year-old beauty queen’s father, [...]