Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for August 1st, 2008
Honaker convicted of killing wife’s lover
ELYRIA — A jury found Frank Honaker guilty of murder and felonious assault today for shooting his wife’s lover outside her Lorain apartment on Dec. 13.
Honaker, 46, will be sentenced to 18 years to life in prison at a hearing set for Monday afternoon.
The jury cleared Honaker of aggravated murder and an [...]
Fund established to help Catherine Taylor
A local businessman, Ken Reddinger, has set up The Catherine Taylor Fund at Buckeye Community Bank, the only branch for which is located at the Centre of Sheffield.
For anyone wishing to help Taylor save her home, simply stop in the bank and tell them you want to make a donation to that fund.
LOSING A HOME: Woman’s struggle to prevent foreclosure ends
ELYRIA — Catherine Taylor can’t help but cry when she reminisces about her parents — a middle-aged, childless couple who adopted her as a baby and raised her as their own.
As she walks slowly around the Mussey Avenue home they left her — her pace slowed by debilitating arthritis and two very bad knees — [...]
Ramirez, Griffey traded before MLB deadline
Manny’s on the move. Junior, too. With more than 1,100 homers between them, two of baseball’s greatest sluggers switched leagues just before the trade deadline Thursday to play prominent roles for playoff contenders. Unhappy in Boston, Manny Ramirez got his wish when he was shipped to the Los Angeles Dodgers in [...]
Tired Indians down Tigers to gain series split
CLEVELAND — A little less than 12 hours after completing a 13-inning game that lasted five hours and 33 minutes, the Indians and Tigers took the field for the finale of a four-game series Thursday at Progressive Field. Red Bull, anyone? Looking understandably lethargic in front of a surprisingly large crowd (34,186), the [...]
LOSING A HOME: Who could have helped?
Catherine Taylor’s home needed repairs, and she couldn’t afford them. Unfortunately, the city’s Community Development Office couldn’t remedy the problems, either, said Carol Nawrocki, the office’s director
.The allotment of Community Development Block Grant money set aside for housing rehabilitation is far less than the amount needed by local residents, she said.
Community Development Block Grant funds [...]
Tribe notes: Detroit’s Jones not happy with Shoppach’s HR antics
CLEVELAND — Not only did Kelly Shoppach equal a major league record with five extra-base hits Wednesday night, he also succeeded in ticking off Tigers reliever Todd Jones. Shoppach’s display after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of Detroit’s 14-12 win in 13 innings — a bat flip several feet in [...]
Ridgeville man recalls terror of carjacking
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — For 30 minutes that seemed like an eternity, Tom Dake was at the mercy of a carjacker who kept a gun pointed at his head and ordered him to drive around Cleveland’s east side.
Dake, a former North Ridgeville Board of Education president, said he did his best to stay cool and think [...]
Suspect said wife`s lover`s taunt final straw
What am I doing? ‘Having sex with your wife,` victim replied - then he was shot
Zaki’s deli downtown to close
ELYRIA — Zaki Touma will cook his last gyro at his downtown deli on Sunday.
Touma and his wife, Josephine, are closing Zaki’s on Broad Street at East Avenue.
“I’m putting the money, my life and time in it and getting nowhere,” Touma said. “The economy is eating everything up.”
When he first opened his deli seven years [...]