Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 21st, 2008
GM’s Lordstown plant affected by cutbacks
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. will extend its holiday shutdown or make other production cuts at five factories at as it deals with a continued U.S. auto sales slump and fights to stay solvent.
Also Friday, the company announced changes at five other factories that could increase production of some [...]
Quinn gets OK to play: Broken finger not expected to sideline Browns quarterback Sunday against Texans
BEREA — Quarterback Brady Quinn doesn’t plan on letting a broken bone in his finger knock him out of the starting lineup. Not after a year and a half waiting for his chance. X-rays taken Wednesday night revealed a small fracture at the tip of the index finger on his [...]
LOL? Not over Browns GM Savage’s e-mail response to fan
BEREA — The bumpy season for Browns general manager Phil Savage hit a new and unusual pothole this week. Savage sent an e-mail response to a fan early Tuesday morning that included an implied profanity. He later apologized. “It happened after the game,” Savage wrote Thursday in an e-mail [...]
Ohio State-Michigan rivalry rough on rookies, but Buckeyes expect freshman phenom Pryor to handle the pressure
Ohio State tight end Rory Nicol didn’t think there was anything special about rivalries — until the opening kickoff of his first game against Michigan. “I was a freshman and Ernest Shazor knocked me into, probably, the third week of my junior year,” he said, wincing at the thought. [...]
All-Ohio soccer: Ten players from area honored
Firelands’ Rachael Melendez, Ohio’s leading goal scorer — boys or girls — and Avon’s Megan Repas, who led Avon to a second straight regional semifinal, are Division II first-team All-Ohio soccer players. They are among 10 area players to receive all-state recognition from the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association. Their selections are [...]
New season means a bunch of new players for Matta, Ohio State basketball team
COLUMBUS — Ask Thad Matta to talk in detail about his Ohio State Buckeyes and he falters. “Ummmm,” he says. “I would say, uh, let’s see …” It’s hard to describe somebody you hardly know. And for the third year in a row, [...]
Ohio State dominates Delaware State in season opener
COLUMBUS — After all of those practices, the Ohio State Buckeyes wanted to beat up on somebody else for a change. Jeramie Simmons hit two 3-pointers in a 15-3 run at the outset and Ohio State never trailed in beating Delaware State 70-42 Thursday night in its season opener. David Lighty [...]
Steelers’ defense shuts down Ocho Cinco-less Bengals
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense found the best possible way to pay tribute to him. The Steelers limited the depleted Bengals to six first downs following an early touchdown drive and found [...]
Distraught teen talked down at Wellington High
WELLINGTON — Law enforcement and school officials talked down a distraught male high school student who climbed into the rafters of the Wellington High School gymnasium and threaten to jump.
School officials stopped short of saying the teen was suicidal when he climbed up on Thursday morning.
“He just needed to talk,” Superintendent Francis R. [...]
Experts: Adults must be aware of signs of teen depression
The emotional stresses of teenage life can sometimes lead to thoughts of suicide, but parents and adults play a key role in preventing tragedy.
Before teenage angst morphs into emotional distress, signs of impeding danger always are there, said Sherrell Conrady, vice president of the Lorain County Schools Crisis Counseling Team and a guidance counselor at [...]