Archive for March, 2010
Lorain High’s new nickname?
The school’s teams will be known as the Titans, and they’ll be sporting navy blue and silver for the colors. The students voted on various nominations to pick both the nickname and the colors. For more, see Wednesday’s edition of The Chronicle.
Indians roster starting to take form
Indians general manager Mark Shapiro told reporters Wednesday in Goodyear, Ariz., that reliever Jensen Lewis, outfielder Michael Brantley, infielder Andy Marte and catcher Lou Marson had made the club’s opening-day roster. The GM also hinted that veterans Mark Grudzielanek (infielder), Austin Kearns (outfielder) and Jamey Wright (relief pitcher) would break camp with the team. Outfielder Trevor [...]
Busy summer ahead, so James to skip World Championships
CLEVELAND – LeBron James has a few small matters to take care of this summer, so right now he doesn’t plan on playing for USA Basketball. Set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, James announced Wednesday that he will likely skip the FIBA World Championships, to be held in Turkey in late [...]
Purchasing director retiring after 30 years working for county
ELYRIA — After processing thousands of purchase orders and requisitions, Lorain County Purchasing Director Yvonne Newton retires today after 30 years of working for the county. At 52, Newton, of Lorain, said she’s thrilled to begin a new phase in life. She’s toying with the idea of increasing her part-time work as a wedding planner, [...]
AUDIO: South Amherst mom, 15-month-old twins doing well after crash
AMHERST — A woman complaining of low blood sugar was hurt in a crash involving two cars and a semi at state routes 2 and 58 Wednesday morning. Rosemary Nagy, 39, of South Amherst, told a motorist who stopped to help that her blood sugar had dropped. Firefighters used cutters to open the door and [...]
Shots fired between vehicles chasing each other overnight
ELYRIA — An Elyria man called police overnight to report he was in a car being chased and shot at by a man in another car, but details are sketchy because the victim wasn’t cooperating with police. The 29-year-old man first called police about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday when he was in the area of Lake [...]
Low Census response from Ohio’s big cities, officials report
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Census says forms are being mailed back from Ohio’s three largest cities at rates that are among the lowest in the country. Census officials said Wednesday that only 32 percent of Cleveland households have filled out and sent back the forms. Columbus and Cincinnati each have participation rates of 39 percent. [...]
Complaint: Palace worker got rough with Mickey Mouse
LORAIN — A Palace Theatre employee has been accused of shoving a Christmas Council volunteer who was dressed in a Mickey Mouse costume, according to a police report filed Monday. Sandra Pack, 48, of Lorain, said that on Dec. 4 she was shoved hard in the back by a woman who works as an assistant [...]
U.S. Steel considers $250 million project in Lorain
LORAIN — An increase in oil and natural gas drilling has prompted U.S. Steel Corp. to consider investing $250 million at its tubular plant in Lorain and $400 million in a plant in Leipsic in northwest Ohio, according to Gov. Ted Strickland. The governor meets regularly with the steelmaker, and company officials told him about [...]
VIDEO: Teens find foot near trestle; coroner says it belonged to middle-aged woman
ELYRIA TWP. — Four teenagers walking to a friend’s house Monday night found a severed limb next to the abandoned train trestle that crosses state Route 57 south of state Route 254. The sock-clad right foot and part of the lower calf, which preliminary tests suggest belonged to a white female between the ages of [...]
Avon art teacher avoids jail for break-ins; police seeking boyfriend
Avon Middle School art teacher Anne Maiden avoided prison Tuesday during her sentencing hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on charges she broke into cars in seven counties and stole credit cards, which she used to rack up more than $20,000 in purchases. Maiden, 39, was instead sentenced to five years of probation, ordered [...]
Law director warns Lorain poker club to cease operations
LORAIN — Michael Kennedy and Stan Moon feel “tricked.” Three weeks after opening up Kennedy’s Players Club, a private club on West Fourth Street, the pair say the city wants to shut them down over allegations that their business violates state gambling laws. Kennedy and Moon received a letter Tuesday afternoon from Lorain Law Director [...]
Ohio Air Force base to add 200 civilian jobs paying $60K-$100K
DAYTON — Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is getting a new purchasing unit that will add up to 200 jobs near Dayton. The Air Force Materiel Command says the unit will handle acquisition of non-weapons goods and services for bases across the country. It will begin operations later this spring with existing Air Force staff. [...]
Man suffers broken leg after being hit by pickup truck overnight
ELYRIA — A 24-year-old man riding a bike was taken to the hospital with a broken leg after he was hit by a pickup truck this morning. The accident happened at 5:45 a.m. at the intersection of Foster and Lake avenues in Elyria, according to Fire Capt. Robert Donofrio. Engine 3 responded to 385 Foster [...]
Report: A quarter of Ohio’s food pantries turned people away last year
COLUMBUS — A new report says more than a quarter of Ohio’s food pantries and soup kitchens had to turn people away last year because there wasn’t enough food to meet the demand. The Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks also reports that the state’s emergency food organizations served more than 1.4 million people in [...]
Obituaries for March 31, 2010
Esther T. Truelson Loiys Khhrystyanson Joseph S. Paton Dawn Marie Barlow Pauline M. Dillen Rhugin Fortune Dorothy R. Reece Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
High school baseball preview: 10 seniors give Lutheran West high hopes
John Merrell would be liking this. Merrell was the grandfather of Ryan Jones. His grandson called him “a die-hard Cleveland Indians fan,” agreeing that any follower of the major league franchise has to be a die-hard or that person wouldn’t bother with a team that has had so little success over the decades. “He would [...]
High school baseball preview: Team capsules
NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE Elyria Pioneers COACH: Mike Brandyberry 2009 RECORD: 13-12 (6-4) RETURNING LETTERWINNERS (10): Andrew Bruck, sr., C; Brandon Grunda, sr., P-OF; Cameron Koepp, sr., 1B; Derrick Monk, sr., 2B-3B; Anthony Monschein, sr., P; Justin Murray, sr., 2B; Kyle Salyan, sr., P-1B; Jordan McDonald, jr., SS-P; Nolan Neuschaefer, jr., OF; Dustin Stolarski so., IF-P. [...]
High school baseball preview: Teams and players to watch
Players to watch Anthony Labondono, Vermilion Sailors coach Jeff Keck says his prized pitcher isn’t concerned with his own statistics. Opponents are concerned with facing a guy who is 12-0 in his high school career. Chaz McGrain, Olmsted Falls This Division I All-Ohio candidate is mum on where he wants to play college baseball next [...]
Mo Williams scoring less as he adjusts to altered role
INDEPENDENCE — Mo Williams is in a bit of a shooting slump, but the Cavaliers point guard is also in a non-shooting slump. Williams has averaged just 6.3 points over Cleveland’s last three games. In that span, he’s 7-of-24 from the field (.292), including 1-of-10 on 3-pointers. Perhaps more telling, though, is that the 27-year-old [...]
Softball: Oberlin nips Avon in chilly opener
AVON — In a sunny but chilly softball opener, Oberlin got three RBIs from first baseman Amelia Reid on Tuesday afternoon and hung on for a 4-3 non-conference victory over Avon. Trailing 4-0, the Eagles staged a three-run rally in the sixth inning and had the potential tying run on second base when Oberlin worked [...]
City seal deal is signed, sealed, disputed
ELYRIA — The city seal — the image that adorns letterhead, business cards and every police officer’s uniform — could be getting a new look, something that rankled some members of City Council because the mayor hired his secretary’s husband to do the job. Councilman Garry Gibbs, R-3rd Ward, discovered the city paid $1,200 to [...]
Police drop drug charges in Jesse Crum Jr. case
AMHERST — Amherst police dropped drug charges Tuesday against an Amherst couple in whose home 3-year-old Jesse Crum Jr. lived before he suffered fatal head injuries earlier this month. In a news release, the Police Department reported that it has asked the city prosecutor’s office to dismiss all charges, with the right to refile, against [...]
Man found guilty in poker game robbery
A Cleveland man was found guilty Tuesday of 12 counts each of aggravated robbery and kidnapping for his role in the April 17, 2009, robbery of a Solon poker game. Solomon Berhane, 31, was the only one of seven people — including three from Lorain — who were accused in the robbery who went to [...]
Girl in custody after fight with mom, sister
LORAIN — A 16-year-old girl was cited into juvenile court Tuesday after she cut her mother’s hand when the two struggled over a weapon. The girl was charged with being unruly following the incident, which occurred about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment in the 5500 block of Beavercrest Drive, police said. The incident began [...]