Archive for September, 2009
Tigers 11, Indians 3: Few fans on hand as winless streak reaches 10
CLEVELAND — The Indians’ losing streak continued in earnest Wednesday night. Cleveland didn’t just drop its 10th straight game. The Indians were blasted 11-3 by the Tigers, who maintained their 2½-game lead over Minnesota in the Central Division. The only silver lining to the latest debacle at Progressive Field was that few were around to [...]
Baltimore game will be tough time for a Brady Quinn turnaround
BEREA — Just when you think it can’t get any worse for Brady Quinn and the Browns offense, they have a date with the 2-0 Baltimore Ravens in raucous M&T Bank Stadium coming up Sunday. Quinn will take his 66.9 rating (28th in the NFL), two interceptions, two fumbles (one was center Alex Mack’s fault), [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 24, 2009
Ruth M. Jackson William L. Weir Carrine M. Palmer Sylvester Richard Zarnesky Allie (Lee) Rich Isom Elrod Leon Thomas Leach Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Boys soccer: Oberlin loss comes with 1 second to go
OBERLIN — Although the term “instant classic” gets bandied about too often in today’s 24-hour news cycle, it was definitely a justifiable description for the Patriot Athletic Conference boys soccer game between Buckeye and Oberlin on Wednesday. The two PAC heavyweights met in a cross-division game that, literally, went down to the final second. It [...]
Multiple disturbances make it a wild afternoon for Elyria cops
ELYRIA — Police were kept on the move for more than two hours Wednesday afternoon by multiple disturbances on the city’s south side that eventually ended with groups of hot-tempered teens gathering outside the EMH Regional Medical Center emergency room and causing the facility to be locked down for an hour to prevent further problems. [...]
County auditor won’t pay consultant’s bill
ELYRIA — Lorain County Auditor Mark Stewart has refused to pay $30,000 worth of bills the county has received from the political consulting firm Burges & Burges Strategists Inc., the same company working to convince voters to make a 0.5 percent sales tax hike permanent. The bills are being reviewed by county Prosecutor Dennis Will [...]
LaGrange trustees vote to buy land
LAGRANGE TWP. — LaGrange Fire & Rescue may have a little more elbow room if the township trustees are successful in purchasing a house and lot north of the fire station. Trustees voted 2-0 Tuesday night to offer $20,000 for the property at 205 N. Main St. The township should get a response on whether [...]
Crushing triumph: Crushers are Frontier League champions
Unbelievable. The dream goal for an inaugural season for the Lake Erie Crushers came true Wednesday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon, Mo., as the Crushers emerged from an offensive slugfest to defeat the River City Rascals 13-10 and win Game 5 of the Frontier League Championship Series. That’s right, the Lake Erie Crushers, [...]
North Shore Door owner pleads guilty for role in ODOT bribery
Elyria businessman Mark O’Donnell pleaded guilty Wednesday to a bribery charge stemming from an expansive investigation into the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Garfield Heights office. The guilty plea could send O’Donnell, 60, to prison for up to a year. O’Donnell is the owner of Elyria-based North Shore Door Co. and has been described as a [...]
Mayor: Income tax hike would bring back firefighters
ELYRIA — The Fire Department is ready to move forward from the fire management audit and may have the city administration’s support in doing so. More than a vocal show of support, Mayor Bill Grace said the department could get a financial one as well if residents support the income tax increase in November. To [...]
Embattled Lorain planner Prudoff announces retirement
LORAIN — Suspended Lorain Community Development Director Sandy Prudoff submitted retirement paperwork to the city Wednesday. His retirement will take effect Friday, Prudoff wrote in the letter, which offered no explanation for his reason for doing so. Prudoff was placed on paid leave Sept. 10 after the FBI told city officials he was a target [...]
Gunshots reported near Gulf Road
ELYRIA — Several residents in the Gulf Road-Berkshire Drive area reported to police they heard as many as half a dozen gunshots fired in the area about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday morning. One resident in the 1000 block of Gulf Road, told police she woke up about 3 a.m. when she heard what sounded like gunfire [...]
Crushers 13, Rascals 10: Crushers win it all
With Rascals ace Josh Lowey looking strong through four innings, it appeared River City’s early 3-1 lead might just hold up. But that was before Lake Erie brought some of that “Freight Magic” with it all the way from Avon. You know, that magic that has been so instrumental to this first-year team at their [...]
Big win just what Illini’s Zook needs
By Jim Naveau, The Lima News COLUMBUS — A coach feeling some heat in Champaign, Ill., is nothing like a coach feeling some heat in the microwave oven that is Ohio State football, where it can reach 500 degrees in two seconds or the time it takes to lose to USC, whichever comes first. But [...]
Teen fight leaves at least two injured
ELYRIA – At least two people – and maybe three – were injured Wednesday afternoon after a fight involving teens at two local apartment complexes. One person was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland with injuries from the ruckus, according to Elyria Police Lt. Phil Hammond. Another teen was taken to EMH Regional Medical [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Lorain Community Development Director Sandy Prudoff retires
LORAIN — Sandy Prudoff, the city’s embattled community development director, submitted his retirement paperwork today. The retirement will take effect Friday, said Lorain City Auditor Ron Mantini. Prudoff was suspended with pay earlier this month after the FBI told city officials he is a target in a widening corruption probe that began in Cuyahoga County. [...]
Browns notes: Jamal Lewis off the practice field
Browns running back Jamal Lewis wasn’t on the field today for the 30 minutes of practice open to the media. The first official injury report of the week was due out later in the afternoon. Lewis was listed on the injury report last week with a neck stinger, but played in a 27-6 loss to [...]
Local woman wins national honor for her work
WELLINGTON — Wellington Kiwanis member and Aktion Club adviser Sandy Hoff is the kind of person who brings joy into every room she enters, according to Marilyn Weber, superintendent of Weber Habilitation Center. That is probably one of the reasons why Hoff is receiving a national honor for her leadership of the Aktion Club for [...]
Elyria businessman pleads guilty in ODOT corruption case
An Elyria businessman has pleaded guilty to bribery in connection with an ongoing probe of corruption at the Ohio Department of Transportation. Mark O’Donnell, president of North Shore Door, will be sentenced Oct. 28, according to Ryan Miday of the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office. Also today, Christian Hilty of Hiram was sentenced to six months [...]
LorMet text messages are a scam, credit union says
Text messages claiming to be from LorMet Federal Credit Union are a scam, according to the credit union. According to a notice posted to LorMet’s Web site today, the message reads, “LorMet Community FCU Alert: Your CARD has been DEACTIVATED. Please contact us at 1-800 (Fraudulent Number) to REACTIVATE your CARD.” LorMet does not contact [...]
Elyria nabs first in Northeast Ohio Conference
MEDINA — There was no aircraft carrier for her to stand on, but the center court of the Medina High gymnasium worked just fine Tuesday night as Elyria volleyball player Brigette Jones proudly proclaimed, “Mission accomplished.” The Pioneers, ranked 18th in the Division I state poll, took over sole possession of first place in the [...]
Who’s a bigger disappointment, Mangini or Quinn?
I spent a good chunk of Monday in Colorado before my flight home. Partly because I’m a sportswriter and partly because I have no life, I listened to a variety of Denver sports talk radio. Opinions were split on whether the Broncos’ 2-0 start means they’re a legitimate playoff contender, but hosts and callers alike [...]
Tigers 3, Indians 1: Make it nine straight
CLEVELAND — This might be just what the Detroit Tigers needed. Struggling to fend off the surging Minnesota Twins in the race for the Central Division title, Detroit couldn’t have caught the Indians at a better time. On the heels of a four-game sweep from Oakland that ended in its 11th straight loss on the [...]
Lutheran West wins its fifth straight PAC championship
NORWALK — The beat goes on and on and on. Karen Wittrock might want to change her name to Champion Wittrock after directing the Lutheran West boys golf team to its fifth consecutive Patriot Athletic Conference tournament and season titles Tuesday afternoon at Eagle Creek Golf Club. That’s as many years as the conference has [...]
Buckeyes still upset by loss
COLUMBUS — When their teams are going through troubled times, some coaches fall back on Knute Rockne or Bear Bryant. Jim Tressel leans on Christian author C.S. Lewis. Asked if last Saturday’s 38-0 victory over Toledo might make his team overconfident, Tressel offered a quote he attributed to Lewis. “I’ve shared with you before, the [...]