Archive for March 2nd, 2010
Florida’s Joe Haden disappointed in 40-yard dash times
Florida’s Joe Haden ran a slow 40-yard dash Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, possibly costing him his spot as the top cornerback in the draft. Haden entered the combine as a near-consensus top-10 pick and the early favorite to be drafted by the Browns at No. 7. During the much scrutinized 40-yard [...]
Lorain Council still debating Jaeger Road project
LORAIN — City Council sent legislation approving an extra $108,000 to pay for paving and repairs to Jaeger Road back to the administration Monday night because they want more details on the project. The extra funds, which would partially pay for work engineering firm KS Associates has already completed, would bring the project’s total cost [...]
Former Lorain cop Corey Earl indicted for forgery, passing bad checks
ELYRIA — Former Lorain police Officer Corey Earl has been indicted on charges of forgery and passing bad checks. Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said evidence gathered during a burglary investigation showed that a stolen check had been deposited into Earl’s Lorain National Bank checking account on Sept. 19. The check had been made out [...]
Stalemate in Congress means no unemployment extension
COLUMBUS — Unemployed Ohioans are beginning to lose their jobless benefits because of a stalemate in Congress. Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky today again blocked the Senate from extending the benefits to Americans, saying it would add $10 billion to the budget deficit. As a result, people who exhausted their benefits Saturday can’t seek [...]
10 Chronicle staff members, plus entire Sports staff up for state AP awards
Ten Chronicle staff members plus the whole sports staff are finalists for 2009 state awards from the Associated Press, the AP announced today. All of the finalists will receive awards — what they don’t know is what place those awards will be. That will be announced May 2. Reporter Cindy Leise is nominated for best [...]
Audio: 2 men arrested, teen runaway turned over to police after break-in suspects flee deputies
AMHERST TOWNSHIP — Two Amherst Township men were arrested and a 17-year-old runaway was turned over to Lorain police after sheriff’s deputies were called to the Westwood Mobile Home Park on Quarry Road overnight. Listen to scanner audio from the incident: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (You could have been listening live via [...]
Audio: Pair out for a smoke help police track down driver after crash
ELYRIA — Two men smoking in front of Bugsy’s early this morning helped chase down a man who attempted to leave the scene of an accident that sent three people to the hospital. Listen to scanner audio from the accident and chase: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (You could have been listening live [...]
Woman gives birth on her wedding day
SYLVANIA, Ohio — An Ohio woman taken to a maternity ward in her wedding dress has become a newlywed and a new mom on the same day. Jamie Phillips says she felt contractions while her father walked her down the aisle during her wedding ceremony Saturday in Toledo in northwest Ohio, but she thought it [...]
Design changes lead to budget concerns for Avon Lake stadium
AVON LAKE — Key design changes to the renovation of Avon Lake High School’s stadium are driving up the budget, and the school board is facing some tough decisions after getting the news in Monday night’s special board meeting. When Issue 26, a 0.39-mill bond issue, was passed in November, it allotted $5.5 million for [...]
Victory! Murray Ridge Raiders win Special Olympics tourney
ELYRIA — They sprinted onto the court with the final buzzer’s call still hanging in the air. Arms thrown up in triumph and engulfed by the cheers of close to 100 fans, the Murray Ridge Team 3 Raiders pumped their fists and shouted in victory after a 37-12 route of the Geauga County Metzenbaum Blue [...]
Boys basketball: Admiral King wins final meeting of Lorain rivals
EATON TWP. — After 40 years of competing against each other in boys basketball, the rivalry between the Admiral King Admirals and the Southview Saints came to an end in a first-round Division I sectional game at Midview High School. One school’s team, tradition and legacy had to come to a close when it was [...]
Cavaliers 124, Knicks 93: Cavs breeze as Knicks put up little resistance
CLEVELAND — LeBron James would want to play for the New York Knicks, why? Playing less defense than is found in an NBA All-Star Game, the salary cap-clearing Knicks trailed by 26 points at halftime, by 42 after three periods and by 49 in the fourth before losing 124-93 to the Cavaliers on Monday at [...]
Boys basketball: Westlake runs all over Cloverleaf
EATON TWP. — Starting a tournament opener with an 18-point run is bound to make any basketball coach happy. Westlake’s Bob Patton Jr. was no exception. Patton was more than pleased with the way his Demons used the momentum from a quick start to record a 60-36 win over Cloverleaf in a Division I sectional [...]
Memories galore: Elyria High gym has seen more than a few thrills
“There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever not for better, some have gone and some remain.” — “In My Life,” The Beatles With the new Elyria High School springing from the ground, there is a tinge of sadness knowing the Pioneer gym will be torn down at the [...]
Opponent challenges residency of state rep candidate
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Jose Candelario filed a challenge with the Lorain County Board of Elections on Monday, questioning the residency of Dan Ramos, one of his opponents in the Democratic primary race to replace outgoing state Rep. Joe Koziura. Candelario, who served as elections board director until January, said he doesn’t know if Ramos meets [...]
Heart attack sidelines 16-year-old hockey player
NORTH OLMSTED — Mike Konyesni had no idea he was suffering a heart attack. That’s a common story. Many people experiencing heart attacks don’t know it. They misinterpret the symptoms, assuming it can’t be anything as serious as that, or that it couldn’t happen to them. In Konyesni’s case, however, he had good reason not [...]
Photo gallery: Local church helps out in Haiti
LORAIN — In Haiti, the odor of death — and rats — was everywhere, said the Rev. Troy Thompson of Church on the North Coast. Thompson led a relief mission Jan. 28 to Feb. 6 that distributed $25,000 in supplies as well as money to other relief efforts in the aftermath of the Jan. 11 [...]
Handicapped man’s van goes up in flames during morning rush
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Leslie Konesky didn’t get to enjoy his handicapped-accessible van for long. “I had just bought it,” he said Monday afternoon. “It was really clean. I probably had it a couple of months and had just changed everything around so my wife and son could drive it.” Monday morning the vehicle went up [...]
Boys basketball: Pirate pressure breaks Bobcats
WOOSTER — Black River’s boys basketball team sailed into the Wooster High School gym Monday night and blasted Norwayne broadside on the way to a 71-46 win in a Division III sectional semifinal. The Pirates (9-11) caught the Bobcats completely by surprise with a harassing defense and precision shooting in the first quarter. Putting together [...]
Avon Middle school art teacher pleads guilty to thefts
Avon Middle School art teacher Anne Maiden pleaded guilty Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to charges from six counties that accused her of breaking into cars and racking up thousands of dollars in purchases on stolen credit cards. Maiden, 39, could receive up to 24 years in prison when she is sentenced later [...]
Lorain seeks input Thursday night on downtown campus
LORAIN — The Lorain Port Authority and the city will seek public opinion on what should be included in a planned 60-acre “health and education” campus in downtown Lorain during a meeting Thursday night. Officials estimated the campus project could cost around $150 million when it was first announced in March 2009. The meeting is [...]
Elyria still spending to stop wastewater district’s sewer project
ELYRIA — The city is still spending thousands to fight the Lorain County Rural Wastewater District’s sewer project. Crews already started work on the 37½-mile project, but the city is continuing to pay Cleveland-based law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister, which is handling the legal fight against the LORCO project. On Monday night, City [...]
Police investigate gun found by tot
ELYRIA — Police were checking Sunday into who left a semiautomatic handgun wrapped in a sweater in a 3-year-old’s bedroom. A 22-year-old mother told police her daughter handed her an unloaded .40-caliber Taurus handgun around 2 p.m. Sunday at their residence in the 300 block of 16th St., according to a police report. The woman [...]
Three charged with smashing car window
ELYRIA — Three men were arrested Sunday night after one of them threw a rock at a vehicle window, showering shattered glass on the children inside, police said. Quentin Jackson, 18, of Elyria, was charged with felonious assault for throwing the rock; Stephen Jones, 21, of Elyria, was charged with tampering with evidence for picking [...]
Police look for trio of armed robbers
LORAIN — Police are searching for three men who allegedly forced their way into a residence in the 200 block of West 13th Street around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. According to witnesses inside the residence, one of the men was armed with a pistol and repeatedly struck a 26-year-old woman in the head with it, according [...]