Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for September 4th, 2008
BROWNS UPDATE — Peek out for the season
BEREA – Browns outside linebacker Antwan Peek, a pass-rushing specialist, will miss the season after tearing a patellar tendon in his right knee Wednesday in practice for the season opener.
Peek was returning after arthroscopic surgery July 31 to remove a loose piece of cartilage from the same knee. He had been making good progress and [...]
Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty, resign
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction charges and will step down after more than six years leading the nation’s 11th-largest city.
The plea deal was announced during a court hearing Thursday and brings to an end a seven-months-long sex scandal that led to felony charges against [...]
Ohio group drops fight over sick-day mandate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Labor leaders on Thursday dropped their campaign for a ballot issue that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year.
Members of Ohioans for Healthy Families, an advocacy group that supported the sick-day mandate, said they have agreed with a request by [...]
Lorain planners: Wal-Mart OK to us
LORAIN — The city’s Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the final development plan for Lighthouse Village, paving the way for Wal-Mart to land in Lorain by 2010.
The 200,000-square-foot supercenter will bring up to 400 jobs with it, but before the Planning Commission rolled out the welcome mat, Mayor Tony Krasienko and Service Director [...]
McCain VP choice goes on offensive against Obama, media
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sarah Palin delivered.
An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its “ups and downs,” the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance.
Wielding a stiletto and a smile, Palin belittled Democrat Barack Obama and praised her new [...]
Avon Penney`s to open Sept. 26
AVON — A $10 million JCPenney unlike any other in the region will open Sept. 26, bringing about 200 new jobs to the county.
“It doesn’t even look like a JCPenney’s. It’s a brand-new prototype,” company spokeswoman Sharon Loughner said.
The 104,000-square-foot store at the Avon Crossings retail development is buzzing this week [...]
Midway JCPenney appears to be safe
The opening of the JCPenney in Avon has been billed as the end of the larger and much older JCPenney store at Midway Mall.
But that’s not the case, said Sharon Loughner, company spokeswoman.
She said there are plans to eventually add a Sephora cosmetic retailer to the Midway Mall store, too. [...]
Corvette smashes into four cars, killing Elyrian
ELYRIA — The last conversation James Milton had with his best friend of 35 years was about making macaroni and cheese, he said.
Just after midnight Wednesday, after hanging out with Milton at Burger King on West Avenue, Lemuel Voorhies climbed into the passenger seat of a 1993 Corvette with a friend, Kimberly [...]
Committee to revisit Elyria Fire Department deal
ELYRIA — Hire more firefighters or get an educated third party to say no more are needed.
That’s what has to happen to alleviate the strife between Mayor Bill Grace and the Fire Department.
The only question is: Which one?
Today’s meeting of the audit committee should answer that question. While one [...]
Roundup: Sept. 4, 2008
Vandals slash 59 tires in Lorain storage lot
LORAIN — One or two sliced tires are bad enough, but someone with an apparent grudge took things to the extreme overnight Tuesday and cut 59 tires in a fenced-off Colorado Avenue storage lot, according to a Lorain police report.
The vandalism was discovered Wednesday morning at [...]