Lorain/Elyria, OH
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]