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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Amherst officials threaten lawsuit over tax abatement settlement in Lorain
AMHERST — Amherst councilmen, frustrated by losing money due to a property-tax abatement deal in a Lorain neighborhood that is part of the Amherst School District, served notice during a town hall-style meeting Thursday night that a class-action lawsuit was in the works. If the retroactive part of the tax abatement isn’t removed as part [...]
Shooting victim’s condition remains unchanged
A woman who was shot Tuesday when an Avon man fired on the car she was in remained in serious condition Thursday. Amber Rodriguez, who is hospitalized at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, was in a car that was fleeing after the other occupants allegedly tried to break into a vehicle belonging to a friend [...]
Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday. One neighbor, Patricia Villa, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came [...]
Local family heard shots, experienced lockdown at Fort Hood
The family of a local soldier visiting their son who had just returned home from Iraq found themselves under lockdown in base housing as the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood unfolded Thursday. Mark Ruic of Grafton Township was excited to be spending his birthday Thursday visiting his son, Spc. Jason Ruic, 26, who had [...]
Auditor: Lorain will have trouble meeting December payroll
LORAIN — Assessments for street lighting and leaf pickup to deeper staff cuts and eliminating the city jail were among the suggestions given by Mayor Tony Krasienko to City Council’s Finance Committee on Thursday on how to pull the city out of debt. City Auditor Ron Mantini opened the meeting with a bleak financial forecast [...]
A flu shot, then time to shop: Mall clinic proves popular
ELYRIA — Some people were turned away because they did not meet eligibility requirements, but nearly 1,100 people received H1N1 flu vaccines Thursday at an Elyria Health District flu clinic at Midway Mall. At times, the line was lengthy, but Cindi Ogden of Avon was pleasantly surprised with how quickly it moved along after lunchtime. [...]
Man is cleared in racial beating
ELYRIA — A county judge cleared James Machovina on Thursday of charges he was involved in a brutal beating two years ago after the victim in the case said he had a different account of the fight than he did during an earlier court appearance. Andy Robinson, Machovina’s lawyer, called Travis Noble a “liar.” Noble [...]
Police make four arrests in Lorain home invasion
LORAIN — Four people are facing charges after three people were robbed at gunpoint in a home invasion early Wednesday morning, Lorain police reported. Donald Hall, 20, of Lorain, is facing charges of aggravated burglary, having weapons under disability, carrying certain prohibited weapons and disrupting public service. Erik Latorre, 19, of Lorain, was charged with [...]
Corrections for Nov. 6, 2009
The number for the Elyria Health District is 323-7595. A story on flu clinics in Thursday’s paper included an incorrect number. The Health District’s flu hotline is 284-1567. Mary Addi wrote in a letter asking for leniency for Matthew Plas that Plas’ paternal grandfather attacked her mother. The information was incorrect in a story Thursday.
Police log for Nov. 6, 2009
Lorain police Tuesday, Nov. 3 5:41 p.m. – 1300 block Pennsylvania Ave., man assaulted over $60 debt. Wednesday, Nov. 4 10:00 a.m. – 2100 block W. 11th St., unauthorized transactions on debit card. 1:10 p.m. – 2200 block G St., all four tires slashed on vehicle. 6:57 p.m. – 1000 block Tower Blvd., Joshua Coleman, [...]
Homeless man is found dead in Elyria
ELYRIA — A homeless man was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a makeshift shelter behind Kaminski Roofing. The man, identified to police as James Bennett, 62, had been dead for more than 24 hours when he was found in an old cargo truck parked near the Hawthorne Street business where he had permission to stay. [...]
Gulf Road reopens
ELYRIA — Gulf Road is open again. After a few weeks of work, the project to stabilize the slope near 1194 and 1197 Gulf Road has been completed and traffic can resume traveling through the area, said Aaron Klein, assistant city engineer. The project was needed because the area just south of Hilltop Park was [...]