Archive for August 8th, 2008
Edwards admits affair; denies fathering child
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman’s daughter. Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with a 42-year-old woman but said that he didn’t love her. He said he has not [...]
Salvation Army’s cupboards are running bare
ELYRIA — The Elyria Salvation Army is often the last resort for those needing food, but nearly bare shelves have the food pantry itself feeling the pangs of hunger. Doling out emergency food rations to families four days a week, every week is taking its toll on the nonprofit organization. As result, Program Director Dale [...]
Browns show flashes of brilliance in preseason opener: Starters’ good showing not dimmed by lightning, loss
CLEVELAND — The last time the Browns preseason opener was delayed by lightning, the year was 2005, Romeo Crennel was making his debut as a head coach and fans were still trying to recover from the Butch Davis years. In that atmosphere, the storm could only be viewed as a bad omen. Three years later, [...]
Brian Dulik: Sorry, Brett, D.A.’s the quarterback story that matters in these parts
Only in Cleveland would the most anticipated press conference of the sports year be relegated to a small room in the basement of a stadium. But that’s where Brett Favre was Thursday night, being introduced as a member of the New York Jets while essentially sitting inside a storage closet. The cramped logistics made Jets [...]
Brett Favre now the new guy: Packers legend has a lot to learn as Jets’ quarterback
CLEVELAND — He stood on the visitors sideline wearing a white Jets baseball cap and workout shirt. He held a foreign play chart and listened intently as Brett Ratliff explained every offensive call. He talked to tight end Bubba Franks, one of the few guys he had met before. Brett Favre wasn’t in Green Bay [...]
Calling in-law as witness may cause Burge to recuse self
Prosecution`s motion may get judge off of death row case
Browns notes: Knee surgery sidelines top draft pick Bell
CLEVELAND — Beau Bell won’t be ringing anyone’s bell anytime soon. The hard-hitting rookie linebacker underwent knee surgery Thursday to remove loose cartilage from behind his right kneecap, the Browns announced. The team didn’t give a timetable for his return, but he is expected to miss at least the entire preseason. Bell, selected in the [...]
Detroit Road widening worries Avon biz owners
AVON — Some business owners are worried that the long-awaited widening of Detroit Road will shoo away customers when it finally begins in September. The $2.8 million project, which has been in limbo for seven years while officials secured a $1.5 million state grant, is expected to take about a year to complete, Avon Planning [...]
North Ridgeville Legion gets a new home
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A well-known spot for meetings, parties and celebrations is changing hands, but that doesn’t mean it won’t still be linked to good times.Melody Grove, a party center that has seen thousands of events since its opening in 1955, will become the new home for the city’s American Legion post. The deal became [...]
High school football 2008: Wellington laying it all on the lines this season
WELLINGTON — Picking the most important position in football is difficult. Except to coaches, that is. They usually don’t have to be asked to tell you where they believe games are won and lost. It’s called the trenches. And there’s obviously some merit to that thinking. After all, of the 253 players enshrined in the [...]
PGA Championship: The Monster leaves field moaning and groaning; Karlsson, Jeev Singh share lead at 2 under
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The PGA Championship had been building a reputation as the major to make birdies. That gave way Thursday to the reputation of Oakland Hills. Round one went to The Monster. “It was a real beast today,” Ernie Els said. Only seven players from the 156-man field were under par when darkness [...]
Elvis stage garb sells for $300,000
NEW YORK — Elvis Presley’s favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, sold for $300,000 Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. The online sale by auctioneer Gotta Have It! ended at 3 a.m. The pre-sale estimate was $275,000 to $325,000. The white outfit with a plunging V-neck and high [...]
Elyria policeman acting as store security investigated for smooch
ELYRIA — An Elyria police officer is being investigated after he was accused of kissing a 17-year-old girl while working off-duty security at Marc’s in Elyria. The complaint against the officer was filed in June by a Marc’s manager after a 17-year-old employee of the store said she had been followed into the women’s restroom [...]
Man: ‘Midget,’ juvenile beat me up for lighter
LORAIN — A 49-year-old Lorain man told police he was roughed up Wednesday by a midget and a juvenile. Lorain police found the man bleeding profusely from his nose around 8 p.m. near the rear entrance of Fligner’s Market on Broadway. He told police he was walking to the store when he was asked for [...]
Roundup: Aug. 8, 2008
Copper wire ripped from vacant building LORAIN — A group of men stole 180 feet of copper wire valued at $3,000 early Wednesday from a Lorain building. The owner of the building at 1342 Colorado Ave. told police that the unknown men cut the lock off his building’s Ohio Edison power box and proceeded to [...]
Cavaliers to face Raptors at home in preseason opener
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers will play an eight-game preseason schedule, including two games against the NBA champion Boston Celtics, in preparation for the 2008-09 NBA regular season. Cleveland will open the preseason at Quicken Loans Arena against Toronto at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7. The Cavaliers will then travel to Providence, R.I., for a matchup [...]
Police responding to dispute confiscate shotgun
ELYRIA — Nine Elyria police cars converged Thursday afternoon on a Gulf Road home after an emergency phone call that a man there was being held at gunpoint, Elyria police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said. Someone inside the house called 911 to report the incident just before 5 p.m., but the caller either hung up or [...]
Olympics roundup: Holden goal ends U.S. men’s scoring drought, beats Japan
Stuart Holden ended the United States’ three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan in Tianjin, China, in the Olympic opener for both teams Thursday. The Scottish-born Holden struck a loose ball at the top of the penalty area that Japanese goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa was [...]
Elyria officials: Staffing cuts add to overtime savings
ELYRIA — Although it seems that with fewer firefighters, the city would pay more overtime, it isn’t the case. As a matter of fact, dropping the minimum firefighter staffing levels from 17 to 14 has saved the city about $300,000, officials said. That’s how much overtime the city would have had to pay the city’s [...]
Tenant: Fence wouldn`t have saved toddler
VERMILION — Randi Krause and her 20-month-old son, Issaiah, were staying with her uncle and his wife in Vermilion in September 2006 when the toddler fell in the pool there and drowned. The uncle, Dave Boyette, does not own the Lorain Road home; he was just living there. The house belongs to his in-laws, Barry [...]
Police: Officer OK to warn councilman from meeting
LORAIN — A Lorain police officer who asked City Councilman Dennis Flores to leave a neighborhood watch meeting last month did nothing wrong, an internal police investigation has concluded. Lt. Jim Rohner said Officer David Kusznir never barred Flores from the meeting but suggested that it would be a good idea that he not attend [...]
County Red Cross to honor 16 ‘real heroes`
ELYRIA — The Red Cross of Lorain County is trying to make sure 16 good Samaritans are rewarded for the selfless acts that saved the lives of nine people. More than 200 people are expected to attend the 2008 Real Heroes Awards 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County [...]
LaGrange Township man takes love of farming to the market
LAGRANGE TWP. — It all started with a strawberry patch in his father’s backyard. Mike Miller picked up a trick or two, helping his father in that strawberry patch, and between those carefree summer days picking berries and spending time at his grandparents’ southern Ohio farm, he learned that he was a man of the [...]
Sean Patrick Hogan
Sean Patrick Hogan, 33, of Chattanooga, Tennessee and formerly of the greater Cleveland area, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, August 5, 2008, at his home, following a sudden illness. Sean was born in Cleveland, and was a 1992 graduate of Lutheran West High School, Westlake. He received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy with honors, as well [...]
Franklin Ray Ford
Franklin Ray Ford, 75, of Cleveland, died Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the home of his brother in Sullivan. He was born October 15, 1932 in Hugheston, West Virginia. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He is a retired employee of the General Motors Chevrolet Plant in Parma. He enjoyed gardening [...]