Archive for November, 2009
Mangini, players suggest Lions faked being hurt to slow no huddle
BEREA — Receiver Chansi Stuckey said what coach Eric Mangini suggested: The Lions faked injuries Sunday to disrupt the Browns’ no-huddle offense. “Oh, definitely, yeah,” Stuckey said Monday. “I knew that, I knew that. That’s what their coach does. “I would do the same thing.” “I’m just saying there were a lot of them,” Mangini [...]
New Pioneer baseball coach ready for challenge
ELYRIA — Mike Brandyberry is no stranger to success. Brandyberry, hired as Elyria High’s baseball coach at a board of education meeting last week, comes to the Pioneers after going 71-49 as head coach at Sycamore Mohawk in Northwest Ohio from 2001-06. In that time, he won three Midland Athletic League championships, took his team [...]
Unemployment up for county and cities of Lorain and Elyria
The unemployment rates for Lorain County, as well as the cities of Lorain and Elyria, all increased in October, according to figures released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Lorain County unemployment was 10.5 percent in October, up from 9.1 percent in September. The county’s unemployment rate in October 2008 [...]
Shaq is back, and he hasn’t lost a thing
INDEPENDENCE — Shaq is back. After missing five games with a strained left shoulder, center Shaquille O’Neal was back on the practice floor Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts and expects to play Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. “I’m looking to be back out there with the guys,” the 7-foot-1, [...]
Scott Snyder will run Turkey Trot for 38th time Thursday
The William Penton Memorial Turkey Trot at Lorain County Community College has seen its share of changes in four decades. Conceived by Jack Wilhelm, Dick Cooley, Jim Kehler, Stan Wasco and Bob McQuattie, the LCCC Turkey Trot began in 1969. In the early years, the Turkey Day race was called the Lake Erie AAU 10,000-meter [...]
LSU coach and Elyria High grad gets heat over bad ending
BATON ROUGE, La. — Les Miles said the past two days have been difficult for him and his football team. The LSU coach and Elyria High graduate said he understands the criticism and accepts the blame for a series of gaffes that resulted in the 17th-ranked Tigers’ 25-23 loss at Ole Miss. “For 48 hours, [...]
45 county residents owed money by IRS: See if you’re on the list
Nearly $120,000 in unclaimed tax refunds are waiting for 42 taxpayers from Lorain County, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS needs help in locating those individuals who may have moved or had other reasons for not getting their refund checks, according to IRS spokesman Eric Erickson. “It’s not their fault — for whatever [...]
Browns notes: Last call still irks Mangini
BEREA — After reviewing the game film, coach Eric Mangini still believes the officials were wrong to penalize Hank Poteat for pass interference Sunday on the Hail Mary that allowed the Lions to win 38-37 with no time on the clock. Poteat pushed receiver Bryant Johnson out of the back of the end zone. That’s [...]
Fire destroys large garage in Sheffield
A large garage on French Creek Road in Sheffield was destroyed after a fire early Monday afternoon. Firefighters from Sheffield and Avon worked to contain the blaze.
Pro-recall site snatched up by Grace supporters
ELYRIA — Visitors to StandupElyria.com are seeing a different kind of message than they probably expected given that the group by the same name lead the successful effort to put Mayor Bill Grace to a recall vote. That’s because Stand Up Elyria abandoned that Web site, and it was snatched up by Yes Elyria, the [...]
Lorain Finance Committee meeting becomes shouting match
LORAIN — Lorain Council’s Finance Committee meeting Monday night became a shouting match between the mayor and a councilman with the committee’s chairman futilely trying to regain control before finally forcing a recess. Discussion about cash advances from the Utilities Department to cover General Fund expenses through the end of 2009 and for 2010 prompted [...]
No public funeral for slain Vermilion man, calling hours today
VERMILION — The public funeral for homicide victim Jeremy Simko was canceled Monday afternoon as the case continues to twist and turn. Jack Bradley, attorney for Simko’s wife, Julene, said Monday that the funeral will be a private ceremony for family only. Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel in Lorain, which is handling arrangements for Simko, said that [...]
Chief probation officer faces domestic violence charge
AMHERST — Lorain County Chief Probation Officer Bart Hobart was charged with domestic violence and disrupting public service Sunday following an argument with his wife, according to police. Hobart’s wife, county Budget Director Lisa Hobart, called police at 2:23 a.m. and told a dispatcher that she and her husband were arguing and she feared it [...]
Lorain’s jail may close less than two years after being reopened
LORAIN — City Council’s Police and Fire Committee discussed the possibility of closing the city’s jail Monday night less than two years after it reopened. “We don’t think it’s in the best interests of this community to not have a jail,” said Safety Director Phil Dore, “but obviously with layoffs facing us, we have to [...]
Clinic to break ground for new Avon facility
AVON — The Cleveland Clinic will break ground today on a new family health center in Avon. The $97.9 million, 186,000-square-foot Avon Family Health and Surgery Center will be north of Interstate 90 on Just Imagine Drive, east of Nagel Road. It will be constructed near the planned new interchange with Interstate 90. The facility, [...]
Teen arrested for robbing man at gunpoint
VERMILION — A 17-year-old Lorain youth is in custody after allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint Monday afternoon, Vermilion police reported. The youth, after holding up the man around 1:15 p.m. near the McDonald’s in the 4700 block of Liberty Ave., left with three other people and headed west on Liberty Avenue, police said, before [...]
Free Thanksgiving dinners for those in need; holiday closings list
Free Thanksgiving dinners will be offered at various locations this week to residents in need of a holiday meal. All are welcome to attend the following dinners: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lorain County Community College Spitzer Conference Center, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria. Noon to 3 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church, [...]
Ohio governor grants clemency to 78 inmates
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday granted clemency to 78 inmates, none of them on death row, after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor’s term. Sixty-eight people, most of whom had already served their time, were granted pardons. Ten people had their sentences commuted; most of them [...]
Chronicle’s Not-Forgotten Box will be on Channel 5 news tonight
The Chronicle-Telegram’s Not-Forgotten Box — and more specifically reader Adam Shields’ donation of his massive Star Wars collection — are slated to be featured tonight on WEWS News Channel 5. WEWS crews visited The Chronicle on Friday and interviewed Shields in the lobby with the Not-Forgotten Box and his Star Wars figurines. The segment on [...]
Court reports for Nov. 23, 2009
Elyria Municipal Court sentence summary report: Nov. 6, 2009, through Nov. 19, 2009: Please allow several minutes for the report to load, depending on the speed of your Internet connection. Click on the plus or minus symbols below to zoom in or out and use the arrows or scroll bars to move around the report.
UPDATE: Slain Vermilion man’s home broken into; obituary info released
The Vermilion home where Jeremy Simko was murdered last week has been broken into twice since police wrapped up their investigation, according to Jack Bradley, attorney for the Simko’s wife, Julene. Vermilion Police Chief Bob Kish said police were called to the scene about 2 p.m. yesterday when Simko’s family reported the home had been [...]
Fugitive task force makes milestone 20,000th arrest
CLEVELAND — The arrest last month of a man wanted for a violent home invasion in Elyria helped the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force reach a milestone. Leonardo “Joker” Rodriguez, 36, who was apprehended Oct. 7 in Puerto Rico, was the task force’s 20,000th arrest since it was created in 2003. The task force [...]
Drivers offered new ‘Beautiful Ohio’ license plates
COLUMBUS — Motorists can now show off their state with colorful new “Beautiful Ohio” license plates. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles on Monday began offering customers who are buying or renewing plates the option of the new design, which shows a Wright Brothers plane, a barn and a city skyline. The state also still [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 23, 2009
Kenneth R. Beran Wilma B. Motter Manfred L. Meier Diane Goldthorpe Frost Mahja’rae Ra’keyah Nicole Glover Norman S. Stanek Sr. Kimberly A DeWitt Jeremy S. Simko Mary Ranck Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Dozens get turkeys at Amherst church’s giveaway
Dozens of turkeys were given away Sunday at a turkey giveaway sponsored by Great Lakes Church in Amherst. The giveaway was at Main Street Amherst on Park Avenue. Purchase a print.