Archive for July 9th, 2009
Coast Guard in Florida finds human remains in plane debris field
PORT RICHEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard says it has recovered human remains among the debris of a small plane that had five people on board when it crashed off Florida’s Gulf Coast. A Coast Guard spokesman says the remains were found by the Cutter Alligator as it searched overnight through the two-mile debris field [...]
Man taken to hospital after striking parked tractor
A man was taken to the hospital after driving his car off the road and striking a parked tractor. The accident, about 7 a.m. today, was at 16200 Cowley Road in Grafton Township. The tractor was parked in a front yard for sale, according to the Grafton Township Fire Department. The man, who was the [...]
Cavs sign Anthony Parker and Anderson Varejao
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers accomplished a pair of goals Wednesday, re-signing one of their biggest players and filling one of their biggest needs. Cleveland reached free-agent deals with shooting guard Anthony Parker — a gifted defender and perimeter player — and re-signed power forward Anderson Varejao to a six-year deal worth $50 million, according to [...]
White Sox 5, Indians 1: Defeat Jose? No way
CHICAGO — Jose Contreras returned from a stint in the minors, rebounded from a miserable start and has given the Chicago White Sox the reliable pitching that has helped produce a long stretch of winning baseball. “He came up right at the time we needed him the most,” manager Ozzie Guillen said Wednesday night after [...]
Police rule: McNair shot by girlfriend who was ‘spinning out of control’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday. Sahel Kazemi “was spinning out of control” when she shot McNair four times as he dozed on a [...]
Second baseman’s defense keeps Internationals alive in OGSO softball
WELLINGTON — Thinking of putting a big rally together? Fine, but make sure Lauren Evans isn’t around. The Lorain Internationals’ little second baseman is making a habit of killing opponents’ rallies in the annual Lorain-Medina OGSO district tournament at Community Park. Her catch deprived South Amherst of a couple of runs in their Class A [...]
North Olmsted lineman Rotheram headed to Pitt
Lining up across from 6-foot-6, 350-pound Matt Rotheram of North Olmsted must have been scary enough for most Southwestern Conference defenders, but their knees had to absolutely weaken when they saw the fire in his eyes. “He plays with an attitude,” Eagles coach Mike Ptacek said. “He’s relentless, he makes vicious blocks and he had [...]
LeBron dunked on, and the tape is confiscated
AKRON — What happens at LeBron’s camp stays at LeBron’s camp. A minor controversy erupted at the LeBron James Skills Academy on Monday night when two videographers recorded a pickup game in which Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on James. Gary Parrish reported on CBSSports.com that a Nike representative confiscated tapes of the dunk after conferring [...]
Putting proves problematic at Junior PGA sectionals
SOLON — Bryan Yeo and Nick Blackburn had the same reason for not sticking around for the awards ceremony Wednesday. Putting. Both players struggled on the greens at the Northern Ohio Junior PGA Sectional Championship at Hawthorne Valley Country Club but still managed to finish in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Only one player qualifies [...]
Crushers 2, Grizzlies 1: No offense, no problem
AVON — The Gateway Grizzlies came into the series with the worst team earned run average in the Frontier League (6.41) and have allowed the highest batting average (.315). So, it only makes sense that the Crushers would struggle to score runs against them. A day after a 7-1 loss in the series opener, Lake [...]
Lorain Schools put emergency levy on November ballot
LORAIN — The Lorain school board agreed to place a 6.9-mill emergency levy on the November ballot to fill a hole in the district’s budget that is expected to grow to $8.7 million by 2011 if nothing is done. The levy would bring in about $4.6 million a year for five years, costing the owner [...]
Carlisle man critically hurt in ‘strange’ fire
CARLISLE TWP. — A 20-year-old man was critically injured in a fire around noon Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the sheriff’s department. Troy Piroch was taken to EMH Regional Medical Center and flown by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where he was listed in critical condition Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Sheriff’s [...]
VIDEO: Farm animals found dead, near death in Grafton Township
GRAFTON TWP. — Animal rescuers sobbed as they assisted starving farm animals found Wednesday in a barn behind a home on state Route 83. A weak brown-and-white mare was led to a trailer after rescuers from Friendship Animal Protective League responded to an anonymous complaint with assistance from the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. Back in [...]
Police log for July 9, 2009
Elyria police Tuesday, July 7 4:16 p.m. — EMH Regional Medical Center parking lot, golf clubs stolen from vehicle. Lorain police Tuesday, July 7 10:37 p.m. — 5700 block W. Erie Ave., MP3 player, charger and cell phone stolen from vehicle that had its windows down. Wednesday, July 8 12:45 a.m. — BP gas station, [...]
Local roundup for July 9, 2009
Property tax bills are in the mail ELYRIA — Lorain County Treasurer Dan Talarek announced Wednesday that he has mailed out property tax bills for the second half of the year. The bills must be paid or postmarked by July 17, according to a news release from Talarek’s office. The bills can be paid at [...]
Agencies lobby to avoid cuts in state funds
COLUMBUS — The sound of toy wagon wheels echoed through the Ohio Capitol on Wednesday as a group of children toting candy knocked on lawmakers’ doors, hoping someone might let them inside. “Remember us when you vote,” they chorused like trick-or-treaters, handing plastic buckets filled with shiny M&Ms to perplexed legislative staffers. But most lawmakers [...]
Lorain cookout turns into fire
LORAIN — A charcoal camping grill that was lit near a gas can was the likely cause in a fire Wednesday at an apartment building off Herbert Drive. Johnny Mack, 56, said he was lighting the grill on the patio of his first-floor apartment about 4:30 p.m. to cook some hamburger patties when suddenly a [...]
Prosecutors on offensive as Malone takes stand
ELYRIA — Even as Rennell Malone took the stand Wednesday to defend himself of aggravated murder and other charges, prosecutors painted him as a killer who was playing with his godson when police came to arrest him hours after Diane Ustey-Henderson’s body was found June 15, 2001. Malone, 47, testified that his cousin had told [...]
Construction exec charged with corruption
CLEVELAND — A construction company executive was charged Wednesday with bribing an elected county official with $33,000 in cash plus home improvements, expensive meals and sports tickets in return for public contracts steered his way. Steven Pumper, who resigned in April as CEO of the D-A-S Construction Co., which handles many big-ticket projects in Cleveland, [...]
Former Lorain man gets 12 years for raping girl
ELYRIA — A Louisiana man convicted by a jury last week of molesting a 7-year-old girl while he lived in Lorain was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday. Tyrone “T.C.” Price could have faced life in prison had jurors also convicted him of four counts of rape he had faced. Price, 26, was convicted [...]
North Ridgeville notebook: July 9, 2009
Corn festival on its way Corn dogs, ears of corn, a corn-shucking contest and sack races will again be part of the 35th North Ridgeville Corn Festival Aug. 7 to 9 off Bainbridge Road and in South Central Park. To mark the anniversary of the event begun in 1974 — the city’s single largest communitywide [...]
North Ridgeville police log: July 9, 2009
North Ridgeville police Saturday, June 20 8:41 p.m. — 9200 block Root Road, Sandra J. Kinsinger, 47, North Ridgeville, charged with not having a dog license or rabies vaccination after police said a neighbor reported being bitten by Kinsinger’s dog. Tuesday, June 23 9:18 a.m. — 35215 Center Ridge Road. Akin & Akin Collision Center, [...]
North Ridgeville calendar: July 9, 2009
Saturday Standard first aid, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lorain County Chapter of the American Red Cross offices, 2929 West River Road N., Elyria. Adult CPR is also included. A certificate good for one year will be issued upon successful completion of the course. For information, call (440) 324-2929. Adult CPR, 9 a.m. to 1 [...]
Obituaries for July 9, 2009
Esther Messaros Brian C. Haywood Laurie E. Rorrer Jose Ramon Nazario Mark A. Lucki John R. Krage Mark J. McNally Jr. Gladys White Mildred Murff-Jones-Wilson James “Jim” Harold Wacker Patricia Ann Radachi Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com