Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January, 2009
A win for the coach: Cavaliers victory over Clippers assures that Mike Browns will guide the East All-Stars
CLEVELAND — Mike Brown now faces the ultimate task — to convince his Eastern Conference players to play defense in the NBA All-Star Game. The Cavaliers locked up All-Star coaching berths for Brown and his staff Friday night by defeating the lowly Los Angeles Clippers 112-95 at sold-out Quicken Loans Arena. It improved [...]
Cavs notes: LeBron doesn’t plan to add acting to his list of on-court talents
CLEVELAND — King James is not going to turn into the Drama King to get more calls from NBA officials. “It’s not me,” small forward LeBron James said Friday. “There’s been times when I’ve thought about it, but my game won’t allow me to — whether you call it flopping or acting [...]
Lorain native feeling Super: As a scout for the Arizona Cardinals, George Belu has had a hand in team’s success
It’s never too late to try something new. After more than three decades as a college coach, George Belu made the transition to NFL scout in 2001. Eight years later, he’s arrived on the sport’s ultimate stage. Belu, a native of Lorain, was headed to [...]
Boys basketball: West Shore uproar as Midview hands North Ridgeville first league loss
EATON TWP. — It hasn’t been the kind of season they wanted, but the Middies finally had the kind of game they wanted Friday night. The result was a 49-40 upset of West Shore Conference leader North Ridgeville. How satisfying was this one for the Middies? Well, the [...]
Boys basketball: Close not cutting it for Keystone, which falls to Lutheran West for second tough league loss in a row
LAGRANGE — The Lutheran West Longhorns capped a bad week for Keystone by holding on to give the Wildcats their second straight disappointing Patriot Athletic Conference loss, 54-50, Friday night. Just a week ago, the Wildcats were riding high at 6-0 in the conference, but after a six-point loss at Clearview on Tuesday [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria can’t sustain solid play, drops close one to Solon
ELYRIA — By now, Brett Larrick probably figures he’s paid his dues as a head coach. Elyria’s first-year coach saw his young Pioneers let another one slip away Friday night against Solon in a Northeast Ohio Conference crossover game that won’t count in the league standings. The Pioneers lost 55-50 after playing [...]
Nordson furloughs 140 workers
AMHERST — The high response to last year’s voluntary retirement program has not been enough to stave off financial woes for one of Amherst’s more well-known employers.
Nordson Corp. informed 140 nonsalaried employees at its Jackson Street facility Friday that all will be furloughed the week of Feb. 9. While the employees will be [...]
Man gets 18 to life for DVD-player murder
ELYRIA — A Lorain man accused of fatally shooting another man in a 2004 dispute over a DVD player and a scale pleaded guilty Friday to murder and other charges that will send him to prison for 18 years to life.
Jason Charles, 33, would have faced the death penalty if his aggravated murder [...]
None hurt, but a plane is damaged as snow crashes in on airport building
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Part of a hangar at the Lorain County Regional Airport collapsed Friday morning.
Lorain County Administrator Jim Cordes said no one was injured in the collapse, but at least one plane was damaged by falling debris and snow.
Cordes said the weight of the snow that had built up [...]
Lorain looks at spending to attract business
LORAIN — A City Council committee decided Friday that it’s more important than ever to lure business to Lorain in these tough economic times, including a unnamed firm that could bring 100 manufacturing jobs to town.
A representative of the unnamed firm told Lorain Service Director Robert Gilchrist on Friday that another community has [...]