Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 6th, 2009
2-year-old LifeFlighted after running into street, striking van
LORAIN — A 2-year-old boy was injured and was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center today after running into the side of a Lorain Utilities Department van on West Erie Avenue while chasing a dog.
The child, Mason Kuhns of Sheffield, was conscious and crying after the accident, which occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to rescue [...]
1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando office shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others.
Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother’s home and asked him [...]
3 victims of Cleveland serial killer ID’d, but some relatives reluctant to come forward
CLEVELAND — Police say there’s only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell’s house: Give DNA samples. But relatives with checkered pasts in the hardscrabble neighborhood seem reluctant to come forward.
Area pastors are urging families [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 6, 2009
Patricia M. Weisheit
Leo McKinney
Marilyn A. Exline
Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at:
http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
High school football tournament trail: Mansnerus latest great Avon Lake back
The names change, the success doesn’t. Welcome to the running back position at Avon Lake High School.
Do names like Schroeder, Berner, Doyle and Perretti ring a bell? How about Horton, Pavlovich, Breeze, Strauch and Haddad?
Now add Mike Mansnerus to that prestigious list.
Mansnerus fits the mold of great Avon Lake backs of the past. He’s 6-foot, [...]
High school football tournament trail: Offensive line tows Rangers
Knowing he had four starters returning on the offensive line gave North Ridgeville coach Jeff Riesen reason to be optimistic before the season began.
He hasn’t been disappointed.
“We really pride ourselves on our offensive line,” Riesen said. “We have five to six offensive linemen who have done a good job opening holes for our runners. And [...]
Bulls 86, Cavaliers 85: Cavs’ offense just plain offensive
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are going to have to win 37 straight home games if they want to match last season’s 39-2 record at Quicken Loans Arena.
Cleveland never got it together at the offensive end Thursday night in losing 86-85 to the Chicago Bulls, leaving its home mark at 2-2.
The Cavaliers didn’t lose their second [...]
Elyria loses fight to halt sewer project
ELYRIA — The city lost its efforts Thursday to temporarily halt work on the Lorain County Rural Wastewater District’s sewer project before it began.
Lisa Eschleman, chair of the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission, said the board unanimously rejected the city’s request for a stay on the LORCO project. A full hearing on the city’s request [...]
Lorain Community hospital, physician’s group form partnership
LORAIN — Community Regional Medical Center has formed a partnership with Tri-City Family Medicine.
The partnership will mean a Tri-City office will be located in a new facility that Community Health Partners, the hospital’s parent company, has planned for about 33 acres of land it recently purchased in Avon near the state Route 611 interchange off [...]
Lorain superintendent tells of district’s advances
LORAIN — In her State of the Schools address Thursday, Lorain Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson made just one mention of Tuesday’s failure of the district’s 6.43-mill levy designed to eliminate a $7.3 million projected deficit.
“Good afternoon — after last Tuesday it could be a better afternoon,” Atkinson said.
The remainder of her speech to several hundred people [...]