Archive for September 23rd, 2008
Girl’s hand reattached after jump rope accident
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl is recovering after surgeons reattached her left hand, severed when it was caught in a loop of jump rope that had snagged on the axle of her mother’s car. Erica Rix underwent 10 hours of surgery after the accident in early September and spent nine days in [...]
NY jury deliberating cat cruelty case
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury is deciding whether the death of a Sports Illustrated reporter’s 8-pound tabby was a tragic accident — or felonious animal cruelty. Prosecutors say former minor league baseball player Joseph Petcka beat, stomped and kicked the cat to death in a jealous and drunken fury after complaining that [...]
Toledo mayor, officials to be furloughed 2 days
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Toledo’s mayor, the city’s police and fire chiefs and more than 60 other city employees each will be taking two days off without pay. That’s one of several steps announced by Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s office in the face of a multi-million-dollar shortfall in the city’s operating budget. Municipal employees also are [...]
Not so fast, Boston: Indians victory keeps Boston from clinching postseason berth
BOSTON — For one night, at least, Jensen Lewis didn’t have to watch the Red Sox celebrate again. Lewis struck out Jed Lowrie with runners on second and third in the ninth inning, preserving the Cleveland Indians’ 4-3 win Monday in their first game in Boston since the Red Sox beat them in the AL [...]
Indians’ Carmona receives six-game suspension; Tigers’ Sheffield gets only four
DETROIT — Cleveland pitcher Fausto Carmona was suspended six games and Detroit slugger Gary Sheffield was penalized four games Monday for their brawl last week. Indians catcher Victor Martinez and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera were suspended three games each and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball disciplinarian Bob Watson. Sheffield was hit by a [...]
Quinn could get call: Crennel says backup QB preparing in case he’s needed
BEREA — Brady Quinn was in a hurry to get to a team meeting Monday afternoon when he realized he had forgotten something in his duffel bag. He turned around, returned to his locker and pulled out a playbook with his name on it. That could come in handy this week. He may be starting [...]
Browns notes: GM Savage not waving the white flag yet
BEREA — General manager Phil Savage spent Monday huddled with his staff inside Browns headquarters trying to find solutions to the team’s plethora of problems. “Obviously, we are struggling right now,” he said in an e-mail. “Our players are willing to work and want to win. “As a staff, we have discussed a number of [...]
Girls soccer: Amherst dominates first half, then hold offs Elyria Catholic comeback
AMHERST — Julia Porostosky’s third goal of the season turned out to be Amherst’s third of the night. Coincidentally, it was the one the Comets needed to nip Elyria Catholic, 3-2, on Monday in a briskly contested non-conference soccer match. In what became a tale of two halves, Amherst took a 3-0 lead at the [...]
Dan Coughlin: Suiting up in the NFL is risky business
The Browns’ injury list is ridiculous. Braylon Edwards’ cut foot has healed but now he has a shoulder injury. Donte Stallworth already is hurting, which means both starting wide receivers are on the medical list, along with the starting running back Jamal Lewis, who has hamstring and ankle issues. Quarterback Derek Anderson has had at [...]
High school golf notes: Elyria Catholic poised for big things as tournament time beckons
Elyria Catholic coach Tom Porter spent the weekend watching some of the best golfers in the world. He’d settle for getting to watch the best golfers on the course today. Porter was a spectator Friday through Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., while the U.S. beat Europe for its first Ryder Cup win [...]
High school volleyball notes: Elyria should face tough test this week … against Stow? You better believe it
Jodie Johnson saw this coming, even if few others did. Elyria has a huge match at home Thursday against Stow-Munroe Falls. That’s right — SMF. Who would have ever thought? “They’re very, very good,” Johnson said. “A lot of people didn’t give them much respect at the start of the season.” That’s because the Bulldogs [...]
Mortgage aid to be wrapped in bailout plan
WASHINGTON — Scrambling for a swift deal on the $700 billion bailout for failing financial firms, key Democrats and Bush administration officials agreed Monday to include mortgage help for beleaguered homeowners but wrangled over other issues, including "golden parachutes" for executives who benefit from the unprecedented rescue. Democrats demanded that the measure limit pay packages [...]
Tarpley acquitted in shooting death
ELYRIA — Lamont Tarpley killed Gary Young Jr. in self defense, a jury decided Monday, acquitting the 26-year-old Lorain man of murder, felonious assault and carrying concealed weapons charges. But the jury — composed of seven men and five women — found Tarpley guilty of having weapons under disability, a charge that could send him [...]
Metallica leads possible inductees including Run-D.M.C., Jeff Beck, 6 more
CLEVELAND — Run-D.M.C. could “Walk This Way” into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 1980s rap act, along with Metallica and the Stooges are among the nine nominees for next year’s hall of fame class, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced Monday. The other nominees are guitarist Jeff Beck, singer [...]
Amherst Schools chief says drastic cuts ahead if levy fails
AMHERST — School officials are painfully aware that having to ask voters for more tax money this November couldn’t come at a worse time. “Believe me, this is not our idea of a good time,” Superintendent Steve Sayers said as he began to outline the options facing the school district should a 6.9-mill emergency operating [...]
Lorain police look for hit-and-run vehicle
LORAIN — Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian Monday night. Police had been called to investigate reports of an out-of-control driver about 7 p.m. in the area of 14th Street and Reid Avenue but were later called to the corner of 18th Street and Long Avenue after a [...]
$10,000 in jewelry stolen at festival
ELYRIA — An Apple Festival vendor was robbed of $10,000 in sterling silver jewelry over the weekend. The vendor told police he went into his tent at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday only to discover that 600 sterling silver rings, 400 sterling silver necklaces and three T-shirts were stolen from his unlocked displays sometime during the [...]
Blotter: Sept. 23, 2008
Elyria police Friday, Sept. 19 12:37 a.m. – 300 block Barres Lane, Larry D. Wilson, 47, Elyria, charged with domestic violence. 1:01 p.m. – 600 block Furnace St., truck shot by BB gun. 2:15 p.m. – Elyria High School, Middle Avenue, a 14-year-old girl was cited with assault. 7:10 p.m. – 200 block Abbe Road, [...]
Church feud headed back to court
ELYRIA — Two feuding factions of an Avon church will have another chance to spar in court after an appeals court on Monday overturned a visiting judge’s decision in the decade-old dispute over bingo money. The 9th District Court of Appeals ruled Judge Lynett McGough erred when she tried the case herself last year without [...]
Avon`s future baseball team has its manager
AVON — The pieces of the new Frontier League expansion baseball team are coming together, as the team is expected to announce its field manager today. John Massarelli, a former manager with more than 500 career victories with the Washington Wild Things, will take the helm of the Avon-based team after he’s officially announced as [...]
Man gets prison time for Lorain robbery
ELYRIA — Two men accused of robbing a 70-year-old man and his 68-year-old wife as they unloaded birthday presents in the driveway of their Lorain home were in court Monday. One man, 19-year-old David Melendez, was sentenced to a total of six years in prison for his role in the robbery as well as his [...]
Another judge issues warrant for woman
ELYRIA — Cynthia Mingus has added another judge to the list of those who want her arrested for failing to show up for court. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski issued a warrant for Mingus on Monday after she failed to appear for a pretrial hearing in his courtroom on charges of theft and [...]
Convenience store, bank robbed over weekend in Westlake
WESTLAKE — A man robbed the Charter One Bank on Columbia Road in Westlake Monday morning, a day after a convenience store in the same city was robbed. Police said the bank suspect, who appeared to be about 50 years old and 5 feet, 7 inches tall with an unshaven face and gray hair, entered [...]
Amherst/Vermilion blotter: Sept. 23, 2008
Amherst police Friday, Sept. 19 12:32 a.m. – Tenney Avenue, Jeremy Warner, 19, charged with underage consumption after he flagged police down outside the Church Street Bar & Grille. Reports said the man told police he’d had too much to drink, locked his keys inside his car, and was going to have [...]
Amherst/Vermilion notebook: Sept. 23, 2008
Seeking all gently used books Friends of Ritter Public Library in Vermilion are collecting gently used children’s books and videos for a children’s book sale Nov. 1 in the library community room. All items being donated should be marked for children and dropped off at the customer service desk. The group also has decided to [...]