Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Victor Martinez to traded to Boston
CLEVELAND — The Boston Red Sox agreed to a deal Friday to acquire All-Star slugger Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians.
The Indians got right-hander Justin Masterson and minor league pitchers Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price. The trade came shortly before the 4 p.m. deadline to complete deals without waivers.
The 30-year-old Martinez has split his time [...]
VIDEO: Lorain County Jail inmates growing their own food
While it looks minuscule compared to the acres of bean fields that surround the Lorain County Jail, there will be plenty of good use coming out of a new garden planted on the jail grounds.
It took five inmates about 120 hours to complete it, but in June, the 45-by-100 foot garden was tilled and planted [...]
BREAKING NEWS: House votes to triple ‘cash for clunkers’ funding
WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly Friday to rush $2 billion into the popular but financially strapped “cash for clunkers” car purchase program, heeding calls from consumers eager to keep taking advantage of thousands of dollars in trade-in incentives.
House members approved the measure 316-109 within hours of learning from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood that the [...]
2 women taken to the hospital after chain-reaction crash
LORAIN — A semi driver making a delivery in South Lorain apparently misjudged a tight turn resulting in a chain reaction accident that sent two women to the hospital this afternoon.
Shortly after noon, the semi driver, from Smith Dairy in Orrville, Ohio, struck a black Nissan 200SX SE-R that was waiting in line for the [...]
Plan your weekend! Here’s what’s going on around Lorain County
Family Fun Fair
Main Street Oberlin’s Family Fun Fair is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday throughout downtown Oberlin. Events include a car show on West College Street, roaming entertainers, a variety of musical acts, crafts, face painting and games and more.
Tour the grounds of the Oberlin Heritage Center, make your own taffy-covered apple at the [...]
11 cars broken into overnight in North Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A number of North Ridgeville residents in the Meadow Lakes subdivision woke up this morning to find someone had gone through their vehicles, according to police Capt. Allan Dent.
Police responded early in the morning to several calls of cars being broken into and found nu-merous other vehicles that looked as if they [...]
QB or not QB: New regime, but quarterback battle remains top issue
Players, and fans, won’t need long to recognize the difference of an Eric Mangini-run training camp.
There’s a good chance that when camp opens Saturday morning at 8:45 the first significant drill will be a full-contact tackling test. Two players will line up 20 yards apart, run at each other full speed and see what happens. [...]
Robiskie aboard, signs with Browns for 4 years
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have all their campers under contract.
With coach Eric Mangini set to hold his first workout Saturday, the Browns agreed to terms on a four-year contract with rookie wide receiver Brian Robiskie, the club’s last unsigned player.
Robiskie’s agent, Joel Segal, said the sides reached agreement Thursday. Financial terms were not immediately [...]
No more Cy Young winners? Fans sigh
CLEVELAND — Looking ahead, here’s a safe prediction for the 2009 season: The Cleveland Indians won’t trade a Cy Young Award winner.
They don’t have any left. They may soon be low on All-Stars, too.
Faced with the potential of losing ace Cliff Lee as a free agent after next season and desperate to cut payroll, the [...]
Report: Ortiz, Manny tested positive in 2003
NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the latest star implicated in baseball’s ever-growing drug scandal, acknowledging Thursday that the players’ union confirmed he tested positive in 2003.
Shortly after hitting the go-ahead home run that beat Oakland 8-5, Ortiz responded to a story on The New York Times’ Web site that he [...]