Archive for November 4th, 2008
Obama will be first black U.S. president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia [...]
Tallies for statewide judicial races
Supreme Court Term Commencing Jan. 1 2,986 of 11,156 precincts – 27 percent Maureen O’Connor, GOP 1,045,210 – 67 percent Joseph Russo, Dem 518,274 – 33 percent Supreme Court Term Commencing Jan. 2 2,985 of 11,156 precincts – 27 percent Evelyn Stratton, GOP 930,656 – 63 percent Peter Sikora, Dem 556,194 – 37 percent [...]
Ohio defeats casino issue, keeps lending limits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a proposed $600 million casino, the fourth time plans for expanded gambling in the state have been turned down since 1990. Voters approved a new payday lending law that cuts the annual percentage rate that lenders can charge to 28 percent and limits the number of [...]
Cordray elected as Ohio’s attorney general
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democrat Richard Cordray, Ohio’s treasurer, won the race for attorney general on Tuesday, retaining the powerful office for his party following a high-profile scandal. Cordray, 49, defeated Republican Mike Crites, a former U.S. Attorney who wooed voters with a tough-on-corruption message and a TV ad campaign painting Cordray as a [...]
Ohio goes for Obama, polls say economy top issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Barack Obama’s message of change and hope resonated with Ohio voters looking to take the country in a new direction, helping him win the key battleground state. Swing groups that propelled President Bush into the White House four years ago flipped to the other side this year, according to exit polls [...]
Early returns going Obama’s way
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama built a formidable lead in his bid to become the first black president Tuesday night, pushing ahead of John McCain in a nation clamoring for change. Fellow Democrats took four Senate seats from Republicans, and reached for more. Obama gained precious ground in Pennsylvania, winning the state’s 21 electoral votes [...]
Election Day snippets
Lorain County Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario says despite the large turnout, no polls in Lorain County were forced to stay open late to allow for those lined up to vote. All polling sites closed promptly at 7:30 p.m., he said. At 9:30 p.m., trucks and cars carrying ballots were arriving at a steady [...]
Early voters find delays
ELYRIA – Voters began lining up at polling places one half-hour before they opened this morning at 6:30, and as a result some waited as much as 45 minutes before casting their ballots, Jose Candelario, director of the Lorain County Board of Elections said in midafternoon. After the early rush, however, no one had to wait [...]
Election Day update
SHEFFIELD TWP. – After a 6 a.m. crush of voters waiting to cast ballots, lines have shrunk and voting is going quickly in most spots, Lorain County Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario said. Megan Lubin, 21, of Oberlin, is a volunteer with Reclaim Lorain. She said there were about 100 people stretching in a [...]
Quinn is in at QB: Browns turn to backup to start vs. Broncos, send Anderson to bench
BEREA — The booing, Brady-chanting fans finally got their wish. Brady Quinn will replace Derek Anderson as starting quarterback for Thursday night’s home game against the Denver Broncos (4-4), the team confirmed Monday night. It will be Quinn’s first NFL start and second appearance. He filled in for an injured Anderson for one series in [...]
Joe the retiree? Not just yet: Die-hard fans, love of city spur Jurevicius to rehab, work hard to return for another season
BEREA — Joe Jurevicius couldn’t let his career end like this. Not at a podium, not on a Monday morning, not in jeans, a sweatshirt and a baseball cap. So Jurevicius, who had six knee surgeries in the last 10 months, including five to remove a staph infection, vowed Monday to return to the field [...]
Mo gets groove back: Williams’ offensive flurry in fourth keys 13-0 run, helps Cavaliers pull away against Mavericks
DALLAS — How’s this for a stretch of possessions to open the fourth quarter of a close game: Long jump shot, longer jump shot. Feed a teammate for a layup, then swish another jumper. Get another assist, then nail a 3-pointer from so deep that your defender walks away saying, “Whooo.” One of the Cleveland [...]
Bulldogs’ Whyte has D-I game: Olmsted Falls volleyball standout makes first-team All-Ohio a year after being snubbed
Lauren Whyte’s name didn’t appear on the All-Ohio list last season. Whyte was a Division II third-team All-Ohio pick in 2006. When her Olmsted Falls team moved up to Division I in ’07, Whyte failed to land a spot on the big-school all-state list at the season’s end. “She should have been there,” said her [...]
Boys state soccer preview: Bay seniors eye redemption, shot at elusive state title
BAY VILLAGE — Low-grade gronking was detected among the Bay soccer faithful over a perceived slip in the boys team’s postseason play the past two years. This year’s seniors were freshmen on the 2005 Rockets squad that finished as Division II state runner-up after losing a 2-1 shootout to Bexley in the title match. The [...]
Leftwich fills in for injured Roethlisberger and Steelers don’t miss a beat in win over Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — Ben Roethlisberger exchanged high-fives with teammates after the touchdown that extended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lead in the fourth quarter. With his left hand. While wearing a baseball cap. With Roethlisberger sidelined after reinjuring his throwing shoulder, the local kid who used to sneak into Washington Redskins games made an unexpected appearance on [...]
College basketball: Ohio State transfer ruled ineligible for first 12 games of season
COLUMBUS — Nikola Kecman, a sophomore on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, will sit out the first 12 games this season in an agreement reached jointly by the NCAA and the university, the school announced Monday. Kecman played for the Vizura team in his native Serbia as it was making the transition from an [...]
Pistons swap Billups for Iverson in huge deal with Nuggets
The Detroit Pistons shook up the NBA in a big way Monday — landing former MVP Allen Iverson from the Denver Nuggets. The Pistons gave up All-Star point guard and former NBA finals MVP Chauncey Billups, top reserve Antonio McDyess and project Cheikh Samb. “We just felt it was the right time to change our [...]
The wait is over: Nearly 45,000 have voted early in county
SHEFFIELD TWP. — As of 4:30 p.m. Monday, 43,397 Lorain County voters already had cast their ballots, and more were lining up in the fall drizzle outside the county Board of Elections to vote as night fell.Elections Board Director Jose Candelario said he anticipates another 106,000 registered voters will flock to the county’s 101 polling [...]
Early early returns: Obama ahead
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. — Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, N.H., where the tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on. Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop [...]
Mother pleads guilty in poisoning case
ELYRIA — A Lorain mother who poisoned her three children and planned to drive them off a cliff pleaded guilty Monday to charges of felonious assault, endangering children and corrupting another with drugs. Theresa Fennell, 36, will avoid prison under a plea deal with prosecutors that will likely see her placed on probation and possibly [...]
Circuit City near Midway Mall closing
ELYRIA — The Circuit City store off West River Road is one of 155 stores being closed by the 700-store chain in an effort to return the nation’s No. 2 consumer electronics retailer to profitability, a company spokesman said.The store south of Midway Mall will be closed today and will reopen for a liquidation sale [...]
Spitzer matriarch dies at 86
EATON TWP. — Helen Cecilia Spitzer, the matriarch of the Spitzer family which owns an auto sales empire, died Friday in her home at the age of 86.To the end, she was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who knew how to support and inspire others, said Randy Spitzer, one of her five surviving children. [...]
No permit fee for temporary shelters
ELYRIA — Family Promise of Lorain County can now receive temporary occupancy permits from the city without paying a fee after City Council voted Monday to waive the cost. The legislation lasts until Dec. 31, 2009, and just waives the costs, not the permit requirements as recommended by the state Fire Marshal’s Office. This move [...]
More immigration arrests at Oberlin restaurant
OBERLIN — Two more Mexican nationals working at Casa Fiesta restaurant have been arrested, according to immigration officials. The arrest of the two men occurred Thursday morning as they were arriving for work at Casa Fiesta at 84 S. Main St., said Mike Gilhooly, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Two employees of [...]
Man who stabbed father to stay in hospital
ELYRIA — Ricardo Punsalan will remain in a mental institution for the 1994 stabbing death of his father, a county judge ruled Monday. Punsalan, 35, is being held at the Toledo campus of North Coast Behavioral Healthcare, where he has been staying since he was moved from another facility because he owed money to other [...]