Archive for October 6th, 2009
Corrections for Oct. 6, 2009
Courtroom View Network will cover the trial in the Manna Storehouse lawsuit set to begin Thursday. The network was listed incorrectly in a story Saturday. Antonio Theodoropoulos lives in the 6100 block of Orchard Hill, Lorain. His address was incorrect in a blotter item Monday.
Demjanjuk trial to begin Nov. 30
MUNICH — A lawyer for John Demjanjuk says his client’s trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp will begin Nov. 30. Demjanjuk lawyer Guenther Maull said today the Munich state court has set aside 35 trial days through to early May 2010. The 89-year-old former [...]
Everything on the table as Ohio reviews lethal injection
COLUMBUS — Ohio is considering using lethal injections into inmates’ bone marrow or muscles as possible alternatives or back-up measures to the traditional intravenous execution procedure. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction spokeswoman Julie Walburn said today that everything is on the table as officials research ways to adjust the state’s method. Romell Broom’s execution [...]
Best paprikash in Cleveland is homemade in Lorain County
AMHERST — Debbie Dixon always was hearing that her chicken paprikash was too good to be kept at home. Dixon has been selling her homemade recipe for a few years at Your Deli in downtown Amherst, the business Dixon and her family have owned and operated for 20 years. A week ago, the 47-year-old South [...]
Obituaries for Oct. 6, 2009
Wanda D. Keffer Philip E. Delp Helen B. Nickeson Candise S. Sooy Walter Lawrence Winchel Annie Laurie Barfield Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Rash of cat killings worries Wakeman
WAKEMAN — An estimated 20 cats have been poisoned with antifreeze in the past several weeks in this Huron County village and a cat was found Monday shot through the head with an arrow, according to Wakeman Police Chief Tim Hunker. “It’s become open season on cats,” Hunker said. The latest victim was a cat [...]
County judge seals murder suspect’s letters
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski won’t be reading any of murder suspect Neil Simpson’s correspondence any time soon. The judge agreed with prosecutors and Simpson’s lawyers Monday to begin sealing the letters and motions that Simpson has been sending to him without reading them. The decision came the same day another [...]
Strickland delays 2 executions to review injection procedures
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday delayed the state’s next two executions to allow a full review of lethal injection procedures, the latest in a series of unprecedented capital punishment developments in Ohio. Strickland ordered the reprieves for condemned inmates Lawrence Reynolds, scheduled to be executed Thursday, and Elyria killer Darryl Durr, scheduled to [...]
The Chronicle needs king and queen photos
ELYRIA — The Chronicle-Telegram will publish all of the area schools’ homecoming pictures together when the celebrations are concluded. We first tried that approach last year, and it worked well because it allowed all of the photographs to be not only together, but in color, too. We have been contacting schools to collect the photographs, [...]
Browns respond to Mangini ‘Light,’ but did Braylon blow it?
BEREA — Coach Eric Mangini went against his taskmaster nature last week and tried a softer touch with his players. He moved practice inside to get out of the rain Wednesday and went without pads Thursday. The players appreciated the gesture and responded with an improved performance Sunday in a 23-20 overtime loss to the [...]
Tribe not out of hope despite ‘real tough year’
CLEVELAND —Their disappointing season mercifully over, Cleveland Indians players cleared out their lockers Monday after losing 97 games. Manager Eric Wedge and his entire staff were gone — all fired before a doubleheader that concluded the home season Wednesday, though they stayed on as the Red Sox swept a four-game series in Boston. That put [...]
Parker shows skills Cavs crave on both offense and defense
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers players and coaches don’t use words like “flashy” or “spectacular” when asked about veteran shooting guard Anthony Parker. “Solid,” “classy,” “professional” and “intelligent,” however, get spit out faster than coach Mike Brown’s one-day, one-game-at-a-time mantra. “He’s a veteran,” Brown said. “He’s a classy guy off the floor and he can play the [...]
Keystone finds solid rotation, tops Midview in four
LAGRANGE — It was not an easy finish, but Keystone strung together enough points in front of the home crowd to close out Midview in non-conference action Monday night. After taking a two-set lead, the Wildcats (11-5) dropped the third set. They were poised to take the fourth easily, but had to fight for extra [...]
Debate over St. Joseph Community Center gets heated
LORAIN — City Councilwoman Anne Molnar, D-at large, went on the attack Monday night when she told Mayor Tony Krasienko he “was dreaming” if he believed the St. Joseph Community Center could be saved. Molnar said the city should give Neighborhood House, a tenant in St. Joe’s, the money it needs to refurbish a building [...]
Lorain seeks $5 million bond to cover deficit
LORAIN — An ordinance to sell $5 million in municipal bonds in an effort to eliminate the city‘s debt was sent to the finance committee during Monday night’s City Council meeting. Mayor Tony Krasienko said the bond sale would not only eliminate the city’s $1.5 million deficit by the end of 2010, it would also [...]
Grandfather murdered in Lorain; listen to the 911 call
When neighbors heard the cries of Georgino Melendez’s 4-year-old grandson at 2 a.m. Monday, they knew something was wrong. What they found was the 62-year-old dying on the floor of his Packard Drive duplex. Listen to the Packard Drive Homicide 911 call [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The neighbors, who asked that their [...]
Browns’ Edwards catches flak from LeBron
INDEPENDENCE — It doesn’t look like Cavaliers small forward LeBron James and Browns receiver Braylon Edwards will be hanging out together anytime soon. James confirmed after practice Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts that a good friend had been involved in an altercation with Edwards at 2:30 a.m. Monday outside the View Ultralounge & Nightclub on [...]
Last-call brawls keep cops busy
ELYRIA — In a span of about an hour early Sunday, Elyria police dealt with someone who was shot, someone who was stabbed and a gun being fired inside a bar. The problems started just before 2 a.m. Sunday at the Red Fox Bar on Broad Street. Officers were called after a woman got caught [...]
Elyria may finally sell 12th Street house
ELYRIA — A buyer could finally get the 12th Street house the city has owned and has been trying to sell for more than two years, and it looks like the buyer will get it for a steal. Community Development and Planning Director Angie Byington said Monday night that an Elyria woman would like to [...]
Police chief talks about his plans to retire
ELYRIA — Police Chief Mike Medders may still be working out the details of his pending retirement, but he wants the city administration to ready his successor. Medders has not been shy about his plans to retire from the Elyria Police Department early next year. At numerous previous City Council meetings, Medders has repeatedly asked [...]