Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for October 27th, 2008
Value City files for bankruptcy protection
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Discount retailer Value City Department Stores and its subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy protection and announced plans to close its remaining stores.
In bankruptcy papers filed in New York, the Columbus-based company says declining sales, tight credit [...]
Boy’s body found on Chicago’s west side
CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago say the license plate on the white SUV found containing a child’s body matches the vehicle listed in the Amber Alert issued for Jennifer Hudson’s missing nephew.
Authorities say the body is that of a young black boy, but the child hasn’t yet been [...]
Browns 23, Jaguars 17: Winslow not required in win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The ball hung in the air. With it, the Browns season hung in the balance. The most important play of Cleveland’s season to date began at the 26-yard line with nine seconds left. Jacksonville’s Matt Jones, the basketball player masquerading as a receiver, got his outstretched hands on the ball in [...]
McCain: ‘I`m going to win it`
WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain declared “I’m going to win it,” dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race. A confident Democrat Barack Obama drew a jaw-dropping 100,000 people to a single rally and rolled out a new TV ad asserting his rival is “running out [...]
Midway Mall cinema to reopen Friday
ELYRIA — Beginning Friday, movie fans will once again be able to check out first-run movies in Elyria.
Atlas Cinemas has announced the re-opening of Midway Mall Cinemas under the name Atlas Cinemas Midway Mall 8.
Crews are sprucing up the theater, which has been dark about six months, [...]
Tax issue on minds of Halloween revelers
ELYRIA — Little witches, princesses, ghosts and goblins took over Broad Street for the city’s 92nd annual Halloween Parade.
An estimated 2,500 people and two marching bands turned out for the event sponsored by the Elyria Kiwanis and Elyria Recreation Department.
But the future of the parade is up in the air, according [...]
Browns: Winslow, GM still at odds?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tight end Kellen Winslow is slated to rejoin the team and report to Browns headquarters this morning. But the relationship between him and the organization remains strained. Winslow’s one-game suspension was rescinded Saturday night in a settlement with the team. He talked with general manager Phil Savage and they agreed to [...]
Thrift stores, flea markets flourish in bad economy
An increasing number of people are turning to resale shops and flea markets as budgets tighten because of the worsening economy.
There was a 37.7 percent increase in sales at the resale shop Among Other Things over the summer compared to summer 2007, according to Cornerstone Among Women’s executive director, Linda Luecke.
“There [...]
Pizza deliverer robbed, car stolen
ELYRIA — A 51-year-old Amherst man delivering pizzas told police that a man used a knife to rob him early Sunday morning and steal his car.
The delivery man said he took two pizzas and two subs to the 800 block of Longson Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. and a man sitting on the [...]
Browns notes: NT Rogers has monster game
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The game was over, the win finally preserved, and Shaun Rogers was spent. He dropped to one knee in the middle of the field and stayed there. As his teammates celebrated, those wishing to include him in the party had to come to him. “I was tired as all get-out,” [...]