Archive for July 14th, 2008
Dead Army nurse’s husband charged with murder
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged the husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse with murder after the woman’s remains were found in a brush fire three days after she went missing. Police in Fayetteville have also charged 23-year-old Marine Cpl. John Wimunc with first-degree arson. Wimunc’s wife is Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, [...]
U.S. Sen. Brown takes up Ohio job fight
WILMINGTON , Ohio (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will give DHL officials in Wilmington petitions bearing more than 9,000 signatures urging the package delivery service to keep its work at its hub in southwest Ohio . Brown will hand over the signatures Monday. DHL wants United Parcel Service to replace ABX Air [...]
Family: Woman with five dead spouses obsessed by cash
CHARLOTTE , N.C. (AP) — Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary. “She told me that people of our stature have insurance policies on each other,” he said. “That way, if something happens to you, you take care [...]
Family of Ohio State president injured in crash
COLUMBUS , Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Gordon Gee has gone to the Philadelphia area to be with his daughter and son-in-law, who were injured in a crash Saturday night. Authorities say the two were riding a Vespa motor scooter that collided with a sport utility vehicle at an intersection in suburban [...]
Ohio department mourns slain officer
TWINSBURG, Ohio (AP) — Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga says his department is mourning the loss of an “all-around great officer” killed early Sunday. Thirty-three-year-old Joshua Miktarian is the first officer to die in the line of duty in the 56-year history of the suburban Cleveland police force. A makeshift memorial including photos of [...]
Indians’ Lee to start All-Star game
NEW YORK (AP) — Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee ace Ben Sheets will be the starting pitchers in Tuesday night’s All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Lee is 12-2 with a 2.31 ERA, a remarkable resurgence after the left-hander was demoted to the minors last season. He was chosen by American League manager [...]
A bittersweet sweep: Indians end ugly first half on high note
CLEVELAND — Positive hasn’t been something the Indians have done well through the first half of the season. But, for a change, the woeful Wahoos wake up today with reason to feel good about themselves, hitting the break on the heels of a four-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays, which was completed Sunday at [...]
Scott Petrak: Just like the bad old days, Indians are broken at the break again
CLEVELAND — The only things missing from Progressive Field these days are bell-bottoms and Members Only jackets. The Indians have gone retro — and not in any way that’s considered cool. The All-Star break arrived Sunday at 4:01 p.m. (For manager Eric Wedge, it came a couple of hours earlier when he was ejected in [...]
Tribe notes: First-half highlights difficult to find
CLEVELAND — It was a first half to forget for the Indians, who a year removed from winning their first Central Division title since 2001, find themselves in last place, 12 games under .500 at 41-53. Along the way to the disastrous 94-game spell, Cleveland lost its closer Joe Borowski and its ace CC Sabathia, [...]
Big League State Tournament: Elyria rolls into championship game behind solid defense, efficient offense
ELYRIA — Tuscarawas County put 15 runners on base in Sunday’s Big League state tournament game at George Day Field. Elyria put 14 on. The difference? Eight of Elyria’s runners came home. For Tuscarawas, only one did. Elyria advanced to today’s championship round of the double-elimination tournament with an 8-1 victory. Elyria will try to [...]
Hot Stove district baseball: Rockers, Scorpions … state runners-up in 2007 … off and running this year
Unlike the previous day, the weather cooperated Sunday and allowed many Lorain County Hot Stove district games to be played. Action took place at three of the tournament’s four sites: Grafton’s Reservoir Park, Palmer Park in North Ridgeville and the Oberlin Recreation Complex. No games were played at Penfield because those diamonds remained unplayable after [...]
Hitters lights-out in suspended slugfest: Darkness halts Seniors district final with Elyria East leading North, 21-19
ELYRIA — After burning through eight pitchers and better than three hours of baseball Sunday night, two Elyria Little League Seniors teams still had not decided the district championship. East and North saw their game suspended by darkness with East leading 21-19 in the fifth inning. The game will resume tonight at 6 at Vic [...]
NFL: Packer fans rally in support of Favre’s return … well, some do anyway
Brett Favre’s fans came to his defense Sunday, rallying outside Lambeau Field to pressure the Green Bay Packers to reinstate him as the starting quarterback. The crowd of more than 100 chanted “We want Brett,” and carried signs reading, “Favre for President” or “Favre Forever.” Many in the parking lot wore No. 4 jerseys, tossed [...]
Golf: Perry wins playoff for third victory of season
He never wanted to be the star, the main attraction, but Kenny Perry will have no choice if this continues. The guy who merely wanted to win enough to make the Ryder Cup team is now racking up victories at a rapid pace. “I don’t want to live in a fishbowl,” he said. “I don’t [...]
State promises quicker E. coli warnings
COLUMBUS — Ohio officials will speed up public notification of tainted food products in the wake of an E. coli outbreak that sickened people in Ohio and Michigan, the state’s agriculture director said. The department will notify the public of laboratory test results within three hours, instead of waiting for other agencies or companies to [...]
Flights continue to flee Toledo
TOLEDO — Air traffic at this city’s airport is expected to shrink by half by year’s end, when yet another two major airlines pull their routes here as the industry dips at smaller sites. Since 2000, six major air carriers have announced plans to leave Toledo Express Airport. When Delta Connection and Continental Airlines [...]
Local roundup: July 14, 2008
Rep. Lundy to hold meeting in Sheffield SHEFFIELD — State Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, will hold a town hall meeting 7 p.m. July 24 at the Sheffield Village Municipal Complex, 4240 Colorado Ave. He’ll be taking questions from constituents and also will give a progress report about his actions in the legislature. The event [...]
Peter Miller House Museum offers summer programs
AVON LAKE — The home is small by today’s standards and has no electricity or indoor plumbing. Yet it once housed a family of seven. When the Miller family lived there, they kept the house warm by using bellows to fan the flames in the fireplace. A wooden ironing board was used to press [...]
Avon/Avon Lake notebook: July 14, 2008
Meet the candidates The Avon Lake Democrats are sponsoring a 2008 election kick-off party and fifth annual picnic July 22 at The Lake House, 32756 Lake Road in Avon Lake. The will be opportunity to meet the party’s candidates and get involved in the fall election. The event is open to the public and [...]
Avon/Avon Lake blotter: July 14, 2008
Avon police Tuesday, July 8 1:54 p.m. – 33400 block Lyons Gate Run, GPS and iPod stolen from vehicle. Wednesday, July 9 12:34 p.m. – 1600 block Cypress West, a woman said her husband threatened to assault her and was foaming at the mouth. Thursday, July 10 12:02 p.m. – Fandango Hair Design, Chester [...]
Man shot outside Lorain night club
LORAIN — A 28-year-old Lorain man was injured Sunday morning when two men fired a barrage of gunshots into a crowd. Raymond Hisle, 28, was exiting Pali’s Night Club on Colorado Avenue about 2:30 a.m. when two men got out of their vehicle and started shooting, according to a police report. STEPHEN SZUCS / CHRONICLE [...]
This Bud’s for Belgium
Foreign firm`s buy of Anheuser-Busch a go, according to reports
Nine U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said. The attack on the American troops began around 4:30 a.m. and lasted throughout the day. [...]
Move over, Mr. Bond
Britain`s top spy agency is looking to diversify with women, minorities
Fed and Treasury: We have foundering mortgage giants covered
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and the Treasury announced steps Sunday to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose shares have plunged as losses from their mortgage holdings threatened their financial survival. The steps are also intended to send a signal to nervous investors worldwide that the government is prepared to take [...]