Archive for October 28th, 2008
Lorain law director convicted of DUI
LAKEWOOD – Lorain Law Director Mark Provenza pleaded no contest this afternoon in Lakewood Municipal Court to charges stemming from a drunken driving crash in August. Provenza was found guilty of the DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to control and no seat belt. He could get up to a year in jail [...]
McCain coming to Elyria on Thursday
ELYRIA – John McCain will attend a campaign rally Thursday at Lorain County Community College. Helen Hurst, the chairwoman of the Lorain County Republican Party, said the event will be outdoors, but a final location at the college – which last hosted a major party’s presidential candidate in 2004 when Democrat John Kerry held an [...]
Ohio man accused of wounding teen over McCain sign
LEAVITTSBURG, Ohio (AP) — A teenager was wounded in the arm by a man who said he wanted to stop the boy and another from taking his John McCain yard sign, authorities said. Warren Township police Lt. Don Bishop said 50-year-old Kenneth Rowles told officers he got out a .22-caliber rifle Saturday afternoon to fire [...]
Ohio fugitive in court in 1967 slaying of girl, 14
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A drifter accused of abducting and killing an Ohio teenager 41 years ago appeared in a Toledo courtroom for the first time Tuesday and was ordered held on $500,000 bond. Robert Bowman did not have an attorney and said nothing during his brief arraignment on an aggravated murder charge. [...]
Police: Ohio couple stole $3.8 million from hospital
CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio couple who committed suicide stole $3.8 million from a Cleveland hospital, about $1.6 million more than first thought. A report Monday by police in suburban Beachwood, where Jenny and Jeff Hovinen of Russell Township had post office boxes, also showed the couple had minimum monthly credit-card payments of [...]
Opening rematch: Cavaliers ready to begin their quest for title against Celtics, the team that broke their hearts a year ago
INDEPENDENCE — No offense intended, but the Cavaliers aren’t going to be paying a whole lot of attention when the Boston Celtics raise their 17th NBA championship banner tonight at TD Banknorth Garden. “We don’t need to be out there watching that,” LeBron James said Monday following practice at Cleveland Clinic Courts. “We need to [...]
Moving forward: Browns GM Savage, Winslow say controversy is over and it’s time to get back to playing football
BEREA — Another bizarre Monday in Browns Town began with general manager Phil Savage tersely declaring the Kellen Winslow Jr. soap opera “over with.” Minutes later, the embattled tight end declared, with a smile on his face, that he was “ready to move on and play football.” Though their statements were delivered in vastly different [...]
Browns notes: Playoff thoughts are back in vogue
BEREA — Don’t look now, but the Browns are within a game of the final playoff position in the AFC. By winning three of four, Cleveland is 3-4 and moved within a win of tying Baltimore for the second wild-card spot. Since the Ravens visit Sunday, coach Romeo Crennel doesn’t expect any problems in getting [...]
Tough match on tap: Elyria’s Felton has Strongsville among the elite again, but Westlake ready to give Mustangs a fight
In the Westlake press box last Thursday, the announcer and spotters were doing a bit of scoreboard watching. While keeping tabs on their team’s 1-0 victory over Magnificat in a Division I district final, they also had contacts updating them on how the Strongsville-North Royalton match was going. Well, it went Strongsville’s way, meaning the [...]
High school soccer: Boys and girls regional capsules
BOYS REGIONAL SOCCER CAPSULES Division I semifinal WHO: Amherst (10-7-2) vs. North Royalton (10-4-5) WHEN: Today, 7 p.m. WHERE: Bay High School AT STAKE: A spot in the regional final at Findlay High School on Saturday at 3 p.m. HOW THEY GOT HERE: Amherst defeated Avon Lake 3-2 at home Saturday; North Royalton advanced with [...]
Suspension of disbelief: Weather stops World Series Game 5 in sixth inning; forecast not looking too good for tonight, either
PHILADELPHIA — Game 5 of the World Series was suspended because of rain in the sixth inning Monday night with the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays tied at 2 and the field already a sloppy, soggy mess. “I can’t tell you tonight when we’ll resume,” commissioner Bud Selig said. “We’ll stay here if we [...]
Ohio State notes: Scoring trouble not new for Tressel teams
Scoring points has never exactly been a specialty of Jim Tressel-coached teams. The Buckeyes have not scored an offensive touchdown in nine of his 98 games as head coach of the Buckeyes. In other words, a little more often than once a season Ohio State fails to score an offensive touchdown. This becomes even more [...]
Titans show Colts who’s boss, stay undefeated with 10th straight regular-season win
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Don’t call the Tennessee Titans the NFL’s best team just yet. They’re happy with being the league’s last unbeaten club and grabbing a chokehold on the AFC South away from the Indianapolis Colts. LenDale White ran for two touchdowns, Chris Hope intercepted Peyton Manning twice and the Titans routed the Colts 31-21 [...]
Value City to close
ELYRIA — The rumors started swirling furiously last week. Value City was closing, and this time the closing — unlike its previous save from a near shutdown — was for real. But company officials contacted last week rejected that notion, although they noted that the tough economy was making things difficult for the budget-minded retail [...]
County Republicans really hope McCain stops here
ELYRIA — Republican presidential candidate John McCain has no plans to stop in Lorain County, but that hasn’t stopped local supporters from trying to convince the Arizona senator to come here anyway. Barbara Tate, chairwoman of the Republican Women’s Coalition of Lorain County, said she’s been trying to talk McCain’s campaign into bringing the candidate [...]
Council letter pushes for tax passage
ELYRIA — A letter to the editor written by City Council in support of Issue 15, the city’s income-tax renewal issue, appears in today’s edition minus two names. Nine out of the 11 current council members signed off on the letter to the editor, which calls for residents to support the issue and stave off [...]
Former primary foe stumps for Obama
LORAIN — With eight days to go before the Nov. 4 election, Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., stumped in Lorain, urging Latinos to get out and vote for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Richardson didn’t waste any time energizing the more than 100 in attendance at the Puerto Rican House, casually drifting in and out [...]
Carbone gets jail, not prison, for bribery
ELYRIA — Vincent Carbone stood in a courtroom he helped build Monday and apologized for a bribery scheme that allegedly involved payments to former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross. “I do take full responsibility for my actions, and they will not happen again,” Carbone, the president of the Cleveland construction firm R.P. Carbone, said before [...]
Blotter: Oct. 28, 2008
Elyria police Sunday, Oct. 26 11 a.m. – Man reports theft of $150 cash and a cell phone valued at $300. 4:54 p.m. – Resident reports theft of a credit-debit card used at several locations. Police said the card was used for 10 transactions totaling $480 at businesses including video stores and fast food restaurants. [...]
Lorain man pleads guilty in drug bust
ELYRIA — A Lorain man pleaded guilty Monday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to trafficking in heroin and other charges stemming from a March drug raid. Jorge Burgos, 26, was one of two men arrested in simultaneous raids on two Lorain homes. Also arrested in the sweep was Jose Navedo, 38, who continues to [...]
Man charged with breaking baby`s legs
ELYRIA — An Amherst Township man has been indicted on a felony child endangering charge for allegedly breaking a 2-year-old girl’s leg while changing her diaper in September. Thomas Nemeth, 26, could get up to five years in prison if convicted. Assistant County Prosecutor Dave Muhek said Nemeth was watching the girl on Sept. 25 [...]
Mall theaters to get improved sound system
ELYRIA — The new operator of the theater at Midway Mall plans to improve on what it said was the poor housekeeping of the theater’s previous management. “There’s a lot of clean-up, basic maintenance and improvements to the sound system,” said Chris Baxter, general manager for Atlas Cinemas, an eastside firm that has operated movie [...]
Auction includes YMCAs at bargain prices
A massive real estate auction today in Middleburg Heights includes the shuttered former locations of the Elyria and Lorain YMCAs among the 37 commercial properties up for sale. Both buildings, which have been on the market for more than two years, are likely to sell well below appraised value, said Gordon Greene, a broker and [...]
Sheffield fire, cops seek union
SHEFFIELD — Village Council will consider whether to recognize its police, fire and service employees as unions. Council voted to send the issue to committee Monday night after listening to the requests for collective bargaining rights from Sheffield police Sgt. Brian Clark and village firefighter Pete Rudkin. “We want to secure our jobs and reassure [...]
Murder suspect first faces drug charges
ELYRIA — A Lorain man accused of gunning down a man with whom he had a long-running dispute inside a Lorain McDonald’s in 2006 went on trial Monday on drug charges for the crack cocaine he was allegedly carrying when he was arrested later that night. Terry Little, 21, won’t face the murder and other [...]